Thursday, September 25, 2025

Thursday, September 25, 2025

 Meeting #6: Thursday,  September 25, 2025 


Present (11): Jackie, Jordan, Maddie, Cruz, Khai, Oliver, Katelyn, Radhika, Lucas, Claire, Kaley 


Absent (5):  Jett, Pachi, Kalin, Jack Jack, Naina


Tardy: None


Minutes by: Lucas, Claire, Kaley 


Sit next to the people with the same ASC role as you!


Spectacular Shout-Outs:

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Today’s Check-In:

What is your favorite movie?


  1. ASC Kickoff 
    1. What went well
      1. Food lines going smoothly
      2. Interacting with the students — interviews
      3. Good turn out
      4. Clear slideshow 
      5. Spreadout for intros
    2. What could we improve for next time
      1. Shorten event — cut down activities
      2. Encouraging them to keep freshman letters
      3. Microphone for leaders on both sides
      4. Clarify setup/cleanup
      5. Getting upperclassmen to attend
        1. Emphasize senior sash requirements
      6. Timing X-period? — sports practice interference
      7. Keeping attendance at the beginning/end
      8. Interview questions/post event check ins.


  1. Morning Prayer 
    1. Radhika Saha '28 Khai Klein '28 ASC coming up for morning prayer THIS Friday, September 26th. The theme for this day is Durja Puja. 
    2. Other Dates for this Semester: 
  1. Mon 10/20 (Diwali 2025)Jacqueline Hang '26 Naina Paul Mulye '27
  2. Fri 12/5 (before Pasko) Claire Cadiz '26 Madison Dela Rama '27


2B.  AANHPI Heritage Month (Kickoff) event update (Moderators)

  • Thursday, April 30 — 3:00pm
  • Posters by spring break
  • Emails starting early-March


3. October ID formation or ASC social ideas?

  • Tues October 14th
    • “Check-in” meeting
  • November for ID formation


  • Past ID Formations:
    •  “Colorism in the Asian American Community” 
    • “ Microaggression, Hate Crimes, and Hate Speech,”
    • “Balancing Expectations with Multiple Identities”
    • “ASC Alumni Panel”
    • Media Representation on 11/8
  • Asian representation in education
    • pressures
    • college admissions 
  • Destigmatizing foods from Asian cultures 
    • spam, msg, —> April cross affinity collab?
  • Art/drawing - experiences 
    • Gallery walk - Art Studio?
  • Bingo experiences
    • ”People bingo” w/ shared experiences — vulnerability?
  • Politics effects on AANHPI community 
  • Asian art forms
    • dance, painting, poetry, drawings, music
    • bringing asian culture into mainstream media/music
  • Gentrification of Asian Cuisine 
    • Appropriation, white-washing, westernization
    • eg. Matcha, boba, ube, sushi becoming a trend —> loss of cultural significance
  • Collab w/ Filipino Culture Club
    • Conversation/celebration for Filipino-American Heritage Month
      • Reach out to Zoe O’Neil and Jessica Wu (club leaders) for Oct. 14th - Co-Presidents

Notes from 2025-26 Board Training

Name

Event idea / note

Jett Dixon ‘26
  • Check-ins during break
  • Outside of campus and exploring their identity - field trip to Angel Island, Chinatown

Jackie Hang ‘26
  • Service trip for whole of ASC (this year was with Jesuit/St. Francis) - collaborate with them with different non-profits

Jordan Liu ‘26
  • Building a stronger community 
  • Interpersonal - community building, like a buddy system - eases freshmen into transition
  • “ASC SUPPORT” - letter writing system with other affinity groups members

Pachi Chavez ‘26
  • Wellness programs ie: during finals. In Mandarin class, did Taichi - felt relaxed

Maddie Dela Rama ‘27
  • cross-affinity - relics or items we can bring from our culture. Have a gallery walk and show what it means to you. All different subcultures and see what it means 
  • Service activity with all of ASC - great bonding experience

Cruz Jovero ‘27

ABSENT

Khai Klein ‘28
  • Tet - viet new year, include viet food

Kalin Manangan ‘26
  • Check-ins, esp at beginning of year. Getting lower classmen and freshmen a place where they belong, a place where they can ask questions, get to know SI community

Jack Jack Lok ‘26 
  • Intersectionality / A way to have events to know we are all inter-connected with other affinity groups. Meet people from other affinity groups
  • In wiegand last year, be in groups with others that are not from same affinity. Have more joint events

Oliver Manangan ‘27

ABSENT

Naina Paul Mulye ‘27 - 
  • Cross affinity - different recipes from affinity group. Pick one and make one to learn more about affinity group - actively participate in their culutre

Katelyn Tang ‘27

ABSENT

Radhika Saha ‘28
  • During X, affinity group have a display and have different activities and create stuff and find different cultures and explore. Street art

Lucas Liang ‘26
  • Involved in community outside of SI - volunteering at an org in SF - could be an ID formation

Claire Cadiz ‘26
  • Junior class did presentation on immigrants grandparents to US. Maybe people present to 9th/10th
  • Wellness Fair -  finals mental health club does something. Incorporate asian practices - calming each other down
  • Closer connection and meet daily with a freshmen/soph

Kaley Chin ‘26
  • Cross affinity events would be good - X-Periods and panels - good, but also doesn’t get unique experience. Group discussion between affinity groups 


4. Diwali w/ SIPAC - Not until Wed, Oct. 22

  1. ASC Presentation
    1. Update/make a copy of slides from last year + assign roles
    2. Diwali 2024


4. Questions, comments, concerns?  Communicate via Slack and group chat to determine who goes to SIPAC events (aside from required events)


ASC Support 

Reminder that we are here for one another! 

Don’t hesitate to reach out to other board members for help and support!! Get rest and remember to do something that makes you happy this week! 

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