A4 of Brown University

EVENTS

On this page, we will post all upcoming events hosted by our various regional clubs and on Brown's campus.

If you have an event you'd like to share with our community, please do not hesitate to reach out to us!

UPCOMING EVENTS

Our Brown Community Capital: Virtual Affinity Group Alumni Connections

Through the Meetaway virtual speed networking platform, you’ll have an opportunity to connect with A4 community members and alumni across Brown’s affinity group communities. This will be a great opportunity to make new connections based on shared interests and experiences and expand your Brown community capital.

Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Time: 7 P.M. ET

Location: Virtual

Connecting to Vietnam: Building Cultural Bridges through Language and Storytelling

This talk, Connecting to Vietnam: Building Cultural Bridges through Language and Storytelling, focuses on the speaker’s journey of reconnecting with Vietnamese heritage through language education. It highlights how storytelling and language are vital for bridging cultural divides, particularly between Vietnamese and Western contexts. The session will provide insights into the evolution of the Vietnamese language, the importance of cultural identity, and how language fosters connections within the community.

Date: Friday, October 18, 2024

Time: 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. ET.

Location:

Zoom or in person at the Sciences Library Room 625 (zoom link will be provided upon form submission)

Event Description

Our Brown Community Capital: A Community Dinner for Students & Alumni

Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Time: 6:30-8:30 P.M. ET. Doors open at 6 P.M. ET

Location:

Sayles Hall Auditorium

81 Waterman St Providence, RI 02912

AAPI Mobile History Museum

The Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Mobile History Museum seeks to share the diverse yet interconnected histories of members of the AAPI community. The inaugural exhibit features sections on the Cambodian American Journey, the Chinese American Journey and zines (small, self-published magazines) created by a range of AAPI artists both local to Rhode Island and across the world.

Date: Friday, October 25, 2024

Time: 12:00-4:30 P.M. ET

Location: College Green, Brown University

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Diwali/End of Year Holiday Sunday Brunch

Come together with our Brown A4 community in celebration of Diwali and the end of another year!

A4 will reserve a group table/s, attendees will be asked to pick up the cost of their meal ($30/per person).

Date: Sunday, November 10, 2024

Time: 11:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M. ET

Location: Vienna, VA (Location and event details will be provided after registration for the event)

Book Talk | The Forgotten Intimacies of Empire in the Middle East | Mostafa Minawi

This talk draws on Prof. Mostafa Minawi’s latest book, Losing Istanbul: Arab-Ottoman Imperialist and the End of Empire (Stanford University Press), which offers an intimate history of the empire following the rise and fall of a generation of Arab-Ottoman imperialists living in Istanbul.

Date: Monday, November 18, 2024

Time: 4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. ET

Location: Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs in the Joukowsky Forum (155) Room

For physical accommodation and other requests, please email us at cmes@brown.edu

No registration required.

Event Description

PAST EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

Mid-Autumn Celebration (September 28, 2024)

A celebration was hosted in downtown LA, organized by BCLA and supported by A4. We had around 20 attendees and had a great time eating moon cakes, chicken adobo, soup dumplings, and more delicious food. Many of us learned how to play mah jongg for the first time!

A4 Commencement Celebration (May 25, 2024)

A celebration to honor the graduating Class of 2024, their families, and the Asian, Pacific Islander, and Asian & Pacific Islander-American communities of Brown University.

Pan Ivy Movie Premier: "Joy Ride" | Marina Theatre, San Francisco (July 8, 2023)

The Brown Asian American Alumni Alliance (A4) joins Duke's, Harvard's, and Cornell's AAPI clubs in a Pan Ivy Opening Weekend private screening of the summer's most anticipated comedy, "Joy Ride". Directed by Adele Lim (Crazy Rich Asians) and produced by Seth Rogan, the film tells the hilarious and unapologetically explicit story of identity and self-discovery of four Chinese-American friends who embark on a once-in-a-lifetime international adventure.

Date & Time: 8 Jul 2023, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Location: Marina Theater, San Francisco

A4 Commencement Celebration | Providence, RI (May 27, 2023)

On May 27, 2023, we gathered on College Hill with our graduates, friends, family and fellow alumni for a celebration. The Brown Gendo Taiko and Brown Lion Dance provided performances, with the opening remarks delivered by A4 Board Members Hieu Nguyen '02 and Yen Tran '14.

Awards were presented to Professor Elena Shih, winner of the A4 Community Champion Award, as well as to winners of the Student A4 Community Contribution Award Jasmine Li '23 and Nelson Lin '23 (Honorary Mention).

At the end, ribbon leis were presented to the graduates.

Click here for more details and photos from the event.

"Daughts of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China's Civil War" Book Talk | Hosted by Brown Club of Hawaii (virtual) (May 29, 2023)

Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China's Civil War is the remarkable true story of two sisters, inseparable as children, whose lives are irrevocably disrupted when the "bamboo curtain" drops overnight between Communist mainland China and Nationalist Taiwan. Their decades-long separation and gritty determination to succeed embodies the traumatic split of the nation itself.

At Brown University, Dr. Zhuqing Li is the Head of Library Exploration and Research for East Asia and a Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Studies.

Prof. Li's book was chosen to be the 2022-2023 Brown Book Award.

AAPI Potluck | New York (May 20, 2023)

Happy Asian American And Pacific Islander Heritage Month! A celebration was held at the basement of the Outpost Club in Brooklyn, NY. This event was shared with other schools such as Stanford, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, UPenn, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge, MIT, and Berkeley. This event was open to everyone of all backgrounds and identities.

Brown Clubs in Asia Speaker Series with Masi Oka '97 | Hosted by Brown Club of Japan (virtual) (May 20, 2023)

Alumnus Masi Oka from the Class of '97. Masi was born in Tokyo, Japan and moved to Los Angeles, California at a young age.

The Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actor burst onto the scene starring in NBC's drama series "Heroes," a role for which he received his nominations. Oka currently stars in the blockbuster action film "Bullet Train" from director David Leitch opposite Brad Pitt for Sony Pictures. Recent feature film appearances include the animated "Spies in Disguise" opposite Will Smith and the worldwide smash thriller "Meg" opposite Jason Statham.

Behind the camera, Oka has served as a producer on the feature film adaption of the worldwide phenomenon Japanese Anime series "Death Note" which he produces with Dan Lin and Roy Lee for Netflix. The team joins forces again for the upcoming sequel. He's also teamed with Chernin Entertainment, the producer bringing the classic Capcom "Mega Man" to life in the motion picture form. Additional producing credits for Oka include the upcoming films "Attack on Titan" which is set to be directed by Andy Muschietti, and "Akira" from Taika Waititi, both for Warner Bros.

As an actor, Oka also appeared in "Heroes Reborn" for NBC and his portrayal of coroner Max Bergman on the international hit series "Hawaii 5-0" quickly became a fan favorite on the long-running CBS network drama. He appeared in the critically acclaimed Amazon Studios drama "Mozart in the Jungle". He starred in the feature film remake of a television classic "Get Smart" and its companion DVD release, "Get Smarter," both released in 2008. His additional feature film credits include roles in "Jobs," "Along Came Polly," "Austin Powers in Goldmember," and "Friends with Benefits."

With a background in improvisational, Oka has appeared at The Groundlings, ImprovOlympics, Second City, and TheatreSports. His improvisational expertise has been showcased with guest appearances as various characters on "Punk'd," "Reno 911" and "The Jamie Kennedy Experiment." In 2014 Oka partnered with Japanese entertainment conglomerate Yoshimoto to bring the famed Second City to Japan, thereby introducing American-style improv to that market.

In addition to his very public roles, Oka works behind the scenes as an advisor to multiple major Japanese corporations, including the government entity JETRO, and was a cultural envoy to the US Embassy, bridging the gaps between Japan and Hollywood in the arts and business.

After graduating from Brown University with degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science and a Theatre Arts minor, Oka pursued an acting career while taking his first job at George Lucas' Oscar-winning special effects house Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), providing technology for groundbreaking effects for more than 30 films. Oka's strong background in computer science laid the groundwork for his starting Mobius Digital, an independent gaming studio that created the critically acclaimed Outer Wilds in 2019. Outer Wilds, published by Annapurna Interactive, was awarded the BAFTA Game of the Year Awards and has owned and been nominated for several indie Game of the Year awards.

All-Ivy Winter Mixer (New York) - Jan 2022

Alumni from Brown, Dartmouth, Princeton, and Stanford gathered in New York in January 2022 at The Parlour Room in Midtown for a night of mingling, merriment, and drinks!

“Big thank you to everyone involved for putting together such an incredible training. It was great in this current climate to get inspired by what all of us are able to contribute.”

A Panel Discussion: Women Business Leaders in Asia | Brown Club of Japan - July 2021

Globally women’s participation in leadership roles is incrementally increasing. In 2019, the proportion of women in senior management grew to 29% which is the highest number ever recorded. Traditional cultural values of countries in Asia continue to be challenged by modernized values and initiatives to increase diversity in the workplace.

A virtual discussion with Rika Nakajima (’92), Aliza Knox ('81, P'19), and Marcella Ho (’17) as they share their inspiring stories and perspectives.

A4 x Brown Club of DC Gather Up: Navigating Life after Brown - June 2021

After a year of discovering new ways to connect with each other, this collaborative event presented a unique opportunity to meet and network with other DC alumni on a fun virtual platform. The event opened with a dialogue on Navigating Diversity in the Workplace/After Brown before moving into small groups and general mingling.

White Supremacy, State Violence, & The Anti-Trafficking Industrial Complex - June 2021

In the wake of the Atlanta shootings and alongside the global Movement for Black Lives, this virtual panel considers the possibilities for movement building and racial solidarity. Guest speakers reflect on the "Anti-Trafficking Industrial Complex," as a prism to understand white supremacist and state violence in interpersonal and systemic ways.

Special Introduction by Professor Anthony Bogues, CSSJ Director and moderated by Professor Elena Shih, CSSJ Human Trafficking Research Cluster Faculty Fellow

Featured Speakers Included:

Yves Tong Nguyen, Core Organizer, Red Canary Song
Melissa Brown, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University
Lyndsey Beutin, Assistant Professor, McMaster University
Sarath Suong, National Coordinator, Southeast Asian Freedom Network

How to be an Active Ally to Asians & Asian Americans - April 2021

This training on how to be an ally to Asians and Asian Americans was led by Dr. Phitsamay S. Uy, a Lao American K-21 educator, community advocate, and equity trainer, who uses these three perspectives to bridge theory and practice in her teaching, research, and service. Her interests and expertise focus on immigrant and refugee youths, Southeast Asian American students' educational experiences, family and community engagement, and professional development training. She is a graduate of Boston College and received her doctorate from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education.

Anti Asian Violence and Racism Panel - April 2021

On Tuesday, April 13, the Asian/Asian-American Alumni Alliance (A4), an alumni group for AAAPI-identified alumni of Brown University, hosted a panel discussion on Anti-Asian Racism and Violence. Distinguished alumni speakers addressed the Asian/Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences in the U.S., including historical exclusion, representation, and political movements.

Class of 2025 Matriculation Campaign - April 2021

During the month of April, 104 A4 alumni volunteers to call accepted students who identify as Asian, Pacific Islander, or Desi/South Asian, to congratulate them on their acceptance and encourage them to join the Class of 2025 at Brown!

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