SEA Interncollegiate Summit

Dear Community Leader,

We are writing on behalf of the Southeast Asian Student Coalition (SASC) at the University of California, Berkeley. SASC is working collaboratively with UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, UC Los Angeles, UC San Diego, CSU Fresno, University of the Pacific, Stanford and UVSA to plan a Southeast Asian Intercollegiate Summit that would work towards the SASC mission statement:

"To unite Southeast Asian communities, particularly those bounded by the historical context of the Viet Nam War, and to address the social injustices, the economic inequalities, and political under representation that they face."

On behalf of our community, I would like to invite you, your organization, and your community to the Southeast Asian Intercollegiate Summit, "SEA Changes: Continuing the Dialogue, Igniting Action"

WHAT: A gathering of college students and/or young professionals who are community leaders and activists organizing on behalf of advancing Southeast Asian communities in the United States.

WHO: College students and/or young professionals from:
- Various regions of California (but also open to out-of-state participants)
- Various educational institutions: community colleges, state colleges, state universities, private school, etc.
- Various ethnic communities: Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, Mien, Vietnamese, etc.

WHEN: Friday, 9 January 2009 to Sunday, 11 January 2009

WHERE: UC Berkeley campus

Please Register by 18 November 2008 by clicking HERE.

Some goals we'd like to accomplish are:
(X) Provide a space to share and update knowledge about Southeast Asians on college campuses and in our respective regions
(X) Develop a network of college students and organizers in the community
(X) Discuss issues and "problems" in our community
(X) Work together on an action plan to tackle some of these issues
(X) Institutionalize a similar summit for the future

For more information, questions, or opportunities to help/contribute, please email: sea.ics@gmail.com

In Solidarity,

Larry Bach & Nora Chandara
External Chairs
Intercollegiate Summit Planning Committee

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Southeast Asian Student Coalition
University of California, Berkeley
Ethnic Studies Department
506 Barrows Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-2570
sea.ics@gmail.com

SASC Mission Statement: "To unite Southeast Asian communities, particularly those bounded by the historical context of the Viet Nam War, and to address the social injustices, the economic inequalities, and political under representation that they face."