City of Philadelphia - File #: 220669

• File #: 220669
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 9/15/2022
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Title: Honoring and recognizing the 25th Anniversary of the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania and its success in cultivating a vibrant field of scholarship while also serving as a home for numerous generations of students with an incredible diversity of experience, fostering deep connections within our city's Asian communities, serving as a potent force in the fight against racism and shaping the conversation of what it means to be Asian American in the past and in the present.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Gym, Councilmember Squilla, Councilmember Gilmore Richardson, Councilmember Driscoll, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Gauthier, Councilmember Brooks, Councilmember Oh, Councilmember Thomas, Councilmember Bass

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/15/2022	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Moved to Be Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar - Rules Suspended

Title
Honoring and recognizing the 25th Anniversary of the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania and its success in cultivating a vibrant field of scholarship while also serving as a home for numerous generations of students with an incredible diversity of experience, fostering deep connections within our city's Asian communities, serving as a potent force in the fight against racism and shaping the conversation of what it means to be Asian American in the past and in the present.

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WHEREAS, The Asian American Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania is an interdisciplinary program that contextualizes the history, experiences, and contributions of Asian immigrants and persons of Asian ancestry in North America and the diaspora, while exploring identity, combating racism, and building community; and

WHEREAS, The story of the Asian American Studies Program, which was founded after years of student protest, is one of resilience and optimism in the midst of a continuous fight for the program's stability and growth, turning proposed budget cuts in 2008 into the thriving and influential program it is today; and

WHEREAS, The Asian American Studies Program will soon add three full-time faculty and a slate of new course offerings to a vigorous program that includes a research fellowship, a speaker series, podcasts, lunch-time lectures, faculty in a wide variety of disciplines, and swelling student enrollment, and is poised to become the largest, most robust Asian American Studies program in the Ivy League and on the East coast; and

WHEREAS, The existence and growth of the Asian American Studies Program would not have been possible without the leadership, courage, and dedication of generations of students and the faculty who have guided them, including founding director Dr. Rosane Rocher, Co-Director Dr. Fariha Khan, Faculty Director Dr. David Eng, former directors Dr. Eiichiro Azuma and Dr. Josephine Park, as well as Senior Lect...