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Have you RSVP'd for Sangam's 20th Chai House: Jason Chu yet ??? Check out Jason's previous performances and get hype for Friday's event!!

WHEN: Friday, November 19, 2021 from 5-7 pm
WHERE: Lauder College House Media Room
RSVP: bit.ly/JasonChuSangam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEi5x4FojxU

Alan Z and Jason Chu (ft. Sirena) performs "Model Minority" LIVE on the Wish USA Bus Alan Z, Jason Chu, and Sirena showcase "Model Minority" inside the Wish USA bus. The song is the first single in Alan Z and Jason Chu's "Face Value" that was...

Applications for Sangam Board 2022 are now open!

Apply here: bit.ly/sangam2022
Deadline: 11:59 pm ET on November 19th

With the Asian American community growing more and more each year, it's important to remember that Asian America is not a monolith, that it encompasses so much diversity and differences in every aspect of culture. It's important to preserve and amplify the voices of Asian Americans who are marginalized because of their ethnicity and/or their class. Come out to our Chai Chai TODAY at 4:30PM in Houston Hall 218 (Ben Franklin Room) to discuss and learn more about this intersection of identities (and get some samosas and chai)!

RSVP form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebSLZJOKUrcatz2YMgY1sXmSVT8JFnCyw_EwHMPlj2_lxzVQ/viewform

Sangam Chai Chat: Class and (In)Visibility in Asian America RSVP Hello! If you plan to attend, please fill out this form to RSVP for Sangam's first Chai Chat of the Fall 2021 semester: Class and (In)Visibility in Asian America.

Hi community! We just made an Instagram !!! To celebrate our Instagram launch, we decided to re-introduce ourselves to folks who might not be familiar with us. Be sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram for the most updated information about upcoming events. Can't wait to meet over samosas and chai soon!

Penn Sangam updated their information in their About section.

TW: MOVE bombing, human remains

Join Police Free Penn in taking action to demand that Penn return MOVE remains and make reparations for its active violence against the West Philadelphia community. We are disgusted by this news and encourage all to take action!

See this op-ed in the Inquirer for more information on Penn's irresponsible and despicable actions: https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/penn-museum-reparations-repatriation-move-bombing-20210421.html?fbclid=IwAR2P1CMNs5uTOv_fM5W0RVkkwK2jAYuuy5ZHPyIs1o4Jg9C2DUKhxFNREl4

🚨EMAIL ACTION🚨 link to the email prompt is in our link tree 🚨

Please read and share our response to Penn’s involvement in holding remains of Delisha and Tree Africa, two children of the MOVE family, that were killed in the 1985 state sanctioned bombing.

Join us in pressuring and admin to meet the demands of the Africa family.

Email template: bit.ly/PFP423Email

Coming to you today with our lovely Special Events Co-Chairs!

✨ Ashley Uppani (she/her)✨
Year: 2024
Major: Biochemistry

What is your struggle meal? Oooh; when I'm having a rough day I tend to gravitate towards warm foods that won't upset my stomach, typically a version of Indian rice soup/porridge and a type of bean curry with pickles.

What is the best advice you've ever received? Simply work hard and trust that things will work out; they most likely will.

What would your role be in an apocalyptic movie? Honestly, I would be the first to die simply because I don't think I would bother to run.

Give us your hottest take. I'll give you three! Pineapple belongs on pizza; mint chocolate ice cream is one of the best ice cream flavors; mustard is the superior condiment.

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✨ Xuan Nguyen (she/her)✨
Year: 2023
Major: Nursing

What is your struggle meal? peanut butter toast with condensed milk :-)

If you were in a boxing match, what would your entrance song be? https://soundcloud.com/nenene-music/3kai-takahashi-walk-away

What would your role be in an apocalyptic movie? the friend with the snacks (clementines, peach gummies, etc.)

Give us your hottest take. hot dogs are good! ordering one at costco is a delightful culinary experience

Michelle Hébert’s portfolio is extensive, and her work has been featured on many, from Lili Reinhart to Arden Cho. Join us TODAY from 5-6:30 pm EST to hear from Michelle about her journey and the behind-the-scenes of these designs, with the opportunity to ask her any questions you have!

This event is free and open to everyone!
Event details: https://fb.me/e/C7gcTkQm

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/CHMichelle

Did you know that some of Michelle Hébert's works have been worn by celebrities like SZA and Brenda Song? Despite coming from a working-class family and having no connections to the industry, Michelle worked endlessly to get her name out there-- and it's paid off greatly!

Come hear Michelle talk about her journey into fashion THIS FRIDAY at 5PM EST! The event is FREE and open to the public!

Register here: https://tinyurl.com/CHMichelle

FB event: https://fb.me/e/C7gcTkQm

In addition to being an independent fashion designer, Michelle Hébert is a TikTok content creator where she shares how she makes her garments as well as tips and tricks about getting into the fashion industry.

Hear more from Michelle THIS FRIDAY at 5 pm ET at our Chai House! The talk and Q&A is open to the public. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/CHMichelle

10 year old me would be proud 🥺#fashiondesigner #sewing #artist #makeitvogue #diyfashion Michelle Hébert () has created a short video on TikTok with music Pure Imagination. | 10 year old me would be proud 🥺 | Have you always wondered how clothing is made? | Hello, my name is Michelle Hébert | and I’m ...

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Chai Chat today. In case you missed it, Sangam launched our discord where we hope we'll be able to continue our discussions beyond our events. Join the discord here: https://discord.gg/QabGps6r

We are also SO excited to kick off our 2021 Board Spotlights today and for us (the new board) to continue building spaces with you all throughout the rest of the year 💗

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✨ Samah Sharmin (she/her)✨

Year: 2024
Major: Potentially History
Board Position: Finance Chair

What is your struggle meal?
Ramen from Houston... or the Maruchen ramen from the grocery store

What is the best advice you have ever received?
You gotta risk it for the biscuit

If you were in a boxing match, what would your entrance song be?
So What by P!nk

What would your role be in an apocalyptic movie?
The one who grabs all of the burning books out of the bonfires.

Give us your hottest take.
I'm going to get cancelled for this but I didn't really like Folklore...

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✨ Claire Nguyen (she/her & they/them)✨

Year: 2022
Major: History with Minors in Asian American Studies and English
Board Position: Publicity Chair

What is your struggle meal?
Quesadilla with Garlic Chili Sauce

What is the best advice you have ever received?
Courage is breaking your heart open and open again until it stays open.

If you were in a boxing match, what would your entrance song be?
Dancing Queen by ABBA

What would your role be in an apocalyptic movie?
Not sure, but I would definitely fight someone for some reason.

“In a city where median income is $39,000 for a family of four we ask: affordable for who? As more and more unaffordable housing projects increase under the guise of development, more and more long term residents and small business owners will be displaced,” the petition reads. “Losing Hoa Binh Plaza would mean losing jobs, small businesses, and the community created there for the last 30 years. It also erases part of Philadelphia’s immigrant and refugee history. We demand development without displacement.”

Gentrification is a very real issue that erases the livelihoods of immigrant communities. Though this article is from 2019, it highlights an important fight against gentrification in our beloved city.

Please stop by our Chai Chat happening TONIGHT at 5PM EST to talk more about gentrification in the AAPI community! Link here: https://fb.me/e/CbtTHK9v

(Source: https://www.phillymag.com/foobooz/2019/06/20/save-hoa-binh-plaza-nam-son-bakery-petition/)

Philly Is Trying to Save a Beloved Vietnamese Bakery From Demolition Community organization VietLead has started a petition to stop the demolition and development of Washington Avenue's Hoa Binh Plaza.

📣 LAST CALL FOR PUBLICITY CHAIR APPLICATIONS!

Friendly reminder that all applications for our publicity chair positions are due TONIGHT, FEBRUARY 7TH AT 11:59PM. No prior experience is necessary to apply, just a passion for opening up discussion about AAPI topics! For more information and to apply, please click on the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdsOSVm4vN5Dbl550zknIJ97-cWEXppsXKcH2QpX-H5-f__0Q/viewform

📣 WE ARE LOOKING FOR A PUBLICITY CHAIR FOR 2021!

APPLY HERE: https://forms.gle/AY9pkS6n4ngjcC877

Love Sangam's events and been to all of them? Or just want to learn more and connect with others about social, cultural, and political issues affecting Asian Americans? Want to meet and work with like-minded students and organizations all over campus? Apply for Penn Sangam's 2021 board! The term will last from January to December 2021, and any Penn student who will be on campus for that duration is eligible to apply. No prior experience, with Sangam or otherwise, is required - just a passion for discussion, learning, and community-building!

All applications are due Sunday, February 7th by 11:59 pm EST. Note that you will participate in a casual ~15 minute interview after we receive your application. We look forward to hearing from you!

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BOARD APPLICATION EXTENDED: OPEN UNTIL FRIDAY, 12/4/20
Sangam Board App Here ➡️ tinyurl.com/sangamboard2021

We hope you've enjoyed our events this past year – Now it's YOUR TURN to get involved. If you've ever wanted to create spaces for your peers to discuss AAPI issues or invite cool AAPI speakers to talk, we want you for Sangam board.
The application for Sangam's 2021 Board is open until Friday. After it closes, current board members will reach out to applicants for a casual interview. No prior attendance at Sangam events is required! If you have any questions, reach out to us here or Facebook or by email at [email protected] or PM any of the current board members (scroll on FB for intros!). We look forward to meeting you!

SANGAM BOARD APPS ARE OPEN:
tinyurl.com/sangamboard2021

We hope you've enjoyed our events this past year-- we've had so much fun planning Chai Chats and Chai Houses to bring the AAPI community together, even as we've transitioned to Zoom! Now it's YOUR TURN to get involved. If you've ever wanted to create spaces for your peers to discuss AAPI issues, we want you for Sangam board.

The application for Sangam's 2021 Board is open until next Wednesday, 12/2/20. After it closes, current board members will reach out to applicants for a casual interview. No prior attendance at Sangam events is required! If you have any questions, reach out to us here or Facebook or by email at [email protected] or PM any of the current board members (scroll on FB for intros!). We look forward to meeting you!

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Black and Asian solidarity against racism in the United States can be traced back over a century and a half. Come discuss how this shared history shapes AAPIs' role in Black Lives Matter at our first Chai Chat of the semester next Tuesday:

"'Asian Americans owe so much of their presence in this country to the Black struggle for freedom — from birthright citizenship to the ability to tell our stories in education and the culture to the civil rights we enjoy,' says Jeff Chang, the author of We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation. 'We want to be on the right side of history, and that side is squarely in fighting against anti-Black racism.'”

https://time.com/5851792/asian-americans-black-solidarity-history/

Asian Americans' Response to Black Lives Matter Is Part of a Complicated History America's racial reckoning has reignited conversations about anti-Blackness, privilege and solidarity

PAACH is seeking nominations for Asian Pacific American Leadership Initiative (APALI)! Nominations are due June 6 at 11:59 and self-nominations are highly encouraged. More information can be found below:

"The mission of APALI is to empower Asian Pacific Americans by providing a foundation through identity exploration and leadership training in order to support future endeavors. We would like to have an ethnically, regionally, and ideologically diverse group of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students involved in APALI."

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aGdFc2anNqGDycIPjWIRopaPENpphlmW2Pb1FYvfi14/edit?fbclid=IwAR3TUh0kOddMnYJLW_dzFY8Qbm-FkkPHTnmz1iEsayHtQLAkPoJwhZ_LQEg

Fall 2020 Nomination Message Hello everyone, The Pan-Asian American Community House (PAACH) would like to invite you to nominate Asian Pacific American undergraduate students to participate in the Asian Pacific American Leadership Initiative (APALI). We are currently seeking undergraduate students for the Fall 2020 program....

Today's 2020 board spotlight is the amazing Anna Hui, our Special Events Chair!!! 🤩😍🥳

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BOARD SPOTLIGHT: ANNA HUI

Anna is a freshman from Chicago studying Biological Basis of Behavior in the College. Outside of Sangam, she is also involved in PEER, APALI, and ASPIRE. In her free time, you can catch her brewing tea, collecting an array of turtlenecks, or eating lao gan ma straight out of the jar.

Our next 2020 board spotlight is our terrific, thoughtful, tik-toking(???🤪) External Chair, Nancy Lu 🤩!!!

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BOARD SPOTLIGHT: NANCY LU

Nancy is a junior majoring Health and Societies, with a concentration in Health Policy and Law, and minoring in Chemistry. Outside of Sangam, she volunteers for Service Link at Penn Family Care (with Julci!) and is a member of Wharton Global Research and Consulting. She is a fan of drinking iced coffee in any weather, even though her hands are perpetually cold.

Next up for 2020 board spotlights is our wonderful Vice President, Julci Areza !!!! 😚😚😚

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SPOTLIGHT: Julci Areza

Julci is a junior studying Health & Societies and concentrating in Race, Gender, and Health. She is the Co-Coordinator of Service Link at Penn Family Care, an organization that supports patients of Penn Presbyterian Hospital with issues relating to the social determinants of health. This year, she is also a part of the Neuroscience & Society Undergraduate Fellowship. Outside of science, Julci is extremely passionate about community building and Asian American activism. In addition to being a Co-Organizer for Spice Collective and Seven | Eight, she is a member of the Asian American Studies Undergraduate Advisory Board (ASAM UAB) and an intern in the ASAM Office.

In her free time, Julci loves running around Philadelphia, attending speaker events, searching for the best oat milk latte, and trying new foods. Ultimately, she would like to pursue an MPH and/or a PhD and work with medically underserved communities.

Kicking off 2020 board spotlights with our fearless President, Sophia Dai!! Over the course of the next week, we will be featuring each member of our new board so keep an eye out 😍

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SPOTLIGHT: Sophia Dai

Sophia is a junior studying Neurobiology and minoring in Health Care Management. On campus, she is involved in Sangam, OWN IT, 34th Street Magazine, and WUHC. Outside of school, Sophia conducts psychology research, specializing in olfaction, with the Dalton lab at Monell Chemical Sciences Center.

You know the drill! Good food and thoughtful conversation in 3 hours at PAACH!

"'Coming from an Asian immigrant family,' the New York-based director says by phone, 'I didn’t think you could do this professionally.'"..
"'There was personal growth I needed to get through, as well as my immigrant background,' Yan says. 'And, frankly, as a woman as well, it felt a little more achievable to become a producer.'"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/02/05/cathy-yan-birds-of-prey-harley-quinn/

Cathy Yan’s rapid rise from journalist to ‘Birds of Prey’ director: ‘I didn’t think you could do this professionally’ Yan guided Margot Robbie's return to her character Harley Quinn, and is the first woman of Asian descent to direct a major Hollywood superhero movie.

What forms of media are Asians commonly seen in? In what forms of media have we yet to gain representation? Share your thoughts at Chai Chat this Friday!

"'I have a habit of getting on a subway train to see the demographics of the train, and I don’t see this reflected on our stages, where we’re supposed to be so imaginative,' Mia Katigbak, the co-founder and artistic producing director of the National Asian American Theater Company, said in a phone interview."

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/theater/national-asian-american-theater-company.html

National Asian American Theater Partners With Regional Companies The initiative, with New York Theater Workshop, Soho Rep and others, aims to foster inclusion of Asian-American theater artists, technicians and administrators.

Awkwafina has quickly become one of the most recognizable Asians in Hollywood. Come discuss what her career means for Asian representation with us at our Chai Chat this Friday!

"How much can Asian American representation really mean in the big picture, when celebrating a face that looks like our own comes at the expense of other marginalized groups? Who else are we siloing into stereotypes as we, as Asian Americans, seek to break free of our own?"

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkeg9g/awkwafinas-past-makes-her-a-complicated-icon-of-asian-american-representation

Awkwafina's Past Makes Her a Complicated Icon of Asian American Representation The rapper-turned-actress' career is a case study of how an oversimplified view of representation can fall short.

Parasite, an Oscar nominee for Best Picture, is one of several examples of Asian representation in media we'll be discussing at our Chai Chat this Friday!

"Through earning this status and popularity, “Parasite” has helped Asians in entertainment to gain visibility and add another dimension to a rather monolithic view of our community. The film proved that Asians can be brilliant actors, we can be creative and within different Asian societies, there is class diversity."

https://nextshark.com/parasite-hollywood-misconceptions/

How 'Parasite' Smashed Hollywood’s Misconceptions About Asians and Foreign Films Koreans are plastered with plastic surgery, they’re manufactured and they lack originality. Asians aren’t expressive enough to be good actors. Asian culture is too bizarre and exotic to connect with an international audience. These are just some of the misconceptions Hollywood has held onto for ...

Penn Sangam updated their website address.

Board app closes tonight at midnight!! Love Sangam? Just heard of us? Take a study break and fill out our form!

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Big news - Sangam’s application for its 2020 board is OPEN!!! If you’ve loved our events or want an opportunity to promote discussion and learning in Penn’s Asian American community, this is the place for you!

The application will be due at midnight on Wednesday, December 4th, followed by a brief casual interview. Feel free to ask questions by messaging our page or emailing us at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you!

https://tinyurl.com/sangamboard2020

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