filter_framesActivism, Organizing, and Leadership within U-M Asian American + Pacific Islander Communities and Spaces

Activism, Organizing, and Leadership within U-M Asian American + Pacific Islander Communities and Spaces is an ongoing project in collaboration between the United Asian American Organizations (UAAO) and the Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program. By focusing on the longstanding political history of Asian American and Pacific Islander students on the U-M Ann Arbor campus, this collection is a part of a continuing initiative that aims to acknowledge and document the lasting impact of AA+PI student activists, leaders, and organizers. This project was initiated and headed by student activists who have been involved at every stage of the collection, digitization, and archiving process. While materials such as the Asian/Pacific American women’s journal and Midwest Asian American Student Union (University of Michigan) Records are accessible through the U-M Library, this collection brings together materials dating back as early as the 1970s from student organizations such as East Wind (UAAO’s predecessor), the Indian American Student Association, and the Hawaii Club. This collection is first and foremost a work in progress.

Currently, this collection includes The Marie Ting Papers , which comprises items such as educational pamphlets, promotional materials for numerous student organizations, newspaper clippings, and student magazines. This is just the start. In the future, it is the hope for UAAO to expand on what is seen here to include materials from AA+PI staff, faculty, and alumni and to collect oral histories from past and present student activists, leaders, and organizers. To learn more about this ongoing initiative, check out UAAO’s Zine Ed. 4 The Liberation Archive , as well as other zines, Roots and Planting Justice .

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