Thursday, April 20, 2023

Present: Viv, Eva, Penny, Isa, Ashley, Justin, Rini, Liv, Caitlin

Late:---

Absent: Nam, Ann

1) How is everyone doing? 

• Think: What is your favorite food or dessert in hot weather?

2) Board Shoutouts!

• you all are rockstars - thank you for staying active and excited throughout this fourth quarter!
• would anyone like to shoutout a specific board member?

3) SIPAC

• update? (Sr. Orque)
• Call with SIPAC
• Long term planning
• Solidarity
• letter to Ms. Levine
• Aim to send out ASAP
• Waiting for Ms. Hernandez’s feedback + Dr. Davis
• SIPAC writing a response rn- want to amplify ASC’s efforts
• Received response last week
• tomorrow, Friday, April 21 - MANDATORY X-Period (Hollaback/Right to Be Training)
• Joint meeting w/ SIPAC next week

4) ASC Jackets

• goal is to design, order, and distribute them before the end of the year

• visit Boathouse website for jackets that are pricey but a good investment- Eva and Viv
• Ella has made final edits- 1st design
• Ella's design: talk about suggested changes in design
• has more variety of Asian cultures
• change Student to Students’
• suggest adding the Filipino parol at the center of the design instead
• change 50 to 50th
• change 2023 to est. 1973
• change est. 1973 to Saint Ignatius (keep the same font)

5) AANHPI Month in May

• what kind of events would you like to see?

• send out interest form to ASC students after quarter break
• still waiting on this for now, but hopefully send out BEFORE spring break
• Send Friday 3/24- Nam
• Optional: ask ASC students for current emotions
• ID formation event- likely too much to be 2 separate events, so combine w/ May 17 event (see below)
• Send out letter first
• Meeting with ASC students for a safe space (like healing circle)
• Beneficial because of how reflective, educational, and engaging they are
• Topic Ideas: immigration, diversity and visibility in education,
• reacting to letter
• Structure Ideas: 
• anonymous circle sharing of personal stories/experiences with questions (think sophomore retreat and Arrupe Council)
• micro affinity groups within Asian and Asian American communities (inspired by POC Conference Señor Orque and Ms. Wong went to)
• Wednesday, May 17: Last event (tentative date)- closed event 
• Open space for questions 
• Food: KBBQ 

6) Prayer Schedule

• thank you, Ash and Viv!
• thank you, Penny, for coordinating prayer!

• May (AANHPI Month)

• Wednesday, May 3 - Caitlin

• What is AANHPI Month?
• Name events
• Tuesday, May 9 - Liv
• TBD

• Wednesday, May 17 - Penny
• TBD
• Mr. Hansen will reach out to readers— ask Viv or Eva for help writing!

7) Last ASC Event

• Tentative Date: Wednesday, May 17 at 2pm-3pm 
• KBBQ social! 
• Boba maybe? 

8) AANHPI Posters Social

• Monday, May 1
• Put up posters and have a social event (we’ll get boba!!)
• Publicity:
• 4/28 Friday: Instagram story- Caitlin
• 5/1 Monday: Instagram story- Justin

9) ASC Letter

• Send out date TBD
• share letter with moderators to go over and talk with Ms. Hernandez to talk about
• goal is to send it ASAP

10) ASC Support 

• reminder to all the board that we are here to support each other!
• as we enter the fourth quarter, we remind ourselves to take consistent breaks, reach out to wellness counselors or trusted adults when we need help, and to always prioritize our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health!

• don’t hesitate to reach out to one another!