Are you an AAPI high school student interested in learning about Zine making?
Apply for this workshop series here!
Dates: Saturdays, January 20, 2024 - April 20, 2024
Time: 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: 10 Truman Irvine, CA 92620
Cost: Free
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, December 1, 2023 at 11:59 PM PST
Please note that you will need to attend an information session via Zoom prior to applying for this program.
Information Session 1: Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 7:00 PM PST
Information Session 2: Monday, November 13, 2023 at 7:00 PM PST
Information Session 3: Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 6:00 PM PST
RSVP for a session here.
In this course, we will examine the origin of the term “AAPI,” distinct and yet overlapping histories and relations between Asian American and Pacific Islander communities; the emergence and persistence of the model minority myth and its harms. Focusing on the local history of Orange County, we will explore the following key topics: the Vietnam War; U.S militarism in the Pacific; Pacific Islander community formations; Southeast Asian Refugee resettlement and homemaking; and lastly, contemporary Asian American and Pacific Islander advocacy and activism in Orange County. The Asian American and Pacific Islander history component will build the foundation and inform students’ creative production — Zine making.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
Gain experience in working and learning from and with a student collective/community
Learn about the similarities and differences in immigration history, cultural practices, and everyday experiences of different ethnic groups within the larger Asian American & Pacific Islander communities
Learn about oral history interviews as a methodology
Create, design, and disseminate stories and course material via an original Zine
Improve public speaking skills
What is a Zine?
Using knowledge acquired during the course and their lived experience as a foundation, students will design and create a multi-part zine — a multimedia independently published booklet consisting of photos, drawings, poems, recordings, and videos — to explore the complex meaning and continuous negotiation of belonging, its potential costs in their experience and that of their community.
Program Instructors
Phuc To
Ph.D. Student in Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego
B.S. Biology, UC Irvine
M.A. Asian American Studies, UC Irvine
Victoria Siaumau
Ph.D. Student Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego
B.S Child Development, Cal Poly SLO
B.A Ethnic Studies, Cal Poly SLO
Program Advisors
Dr. Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Ph.D.
Dr. Tony Hwang, Ed.D.
Administrative Staff
Mary Nguyen
Raini Do
Workshop Schedule
[subject to change]
January 20, 2024
Unit 1
January 27, 2024
February 3, 2024
February 10, 2024
February 17, 2024
Unit 2
February 24, 2024
March 2, 2024
Unit 3
March 9, 2024
March 16, 2024
March 23, 2024
March 30, 2023
April 6, 2023
April 13, 2023
April 20, 2023
Course & Zine Introductions
Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander Community Formation
Place-based Community Formation Pt. I
Place-based Community Formation Pt. II
Lunar New Year - Optional Remote Learning
President's Day - Optional Remote Learning:
The Model Minority Myth and Its Harms
Model Minority Myth Pt. I
Model Minority Myth Pt. II
AAPI Activism in Orange County
Contemporary APPI Activism Pt. I
Contemporary AAPI Activism Pt. II
Optional Zine Work Session - Remote Learning (submit first draft)
Spring Break - Optional Remote Learning
Spring Break - Optional Remote Learning (submit final draft)
Preparing for Exhibition
Exhibition & Celebration
Note: The program instructors will hold optional weekday sessions over Zoom to assist students with their projects and to answer questions about the workshop material
If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to the program coordinator Mary Nguyen (marynguyen@sccca.org).
The Asian American Youth Leaders is a youth leadership program developed in partnership between the South Coast Chinese Cultural Association (SCCCA) in Irvine and the Humanities Center at the University of California Irvine.
The aim of the program is to:
Cultivate the next generation of Asian American leaders who can contribute to the social dialogue in developing just and equitable solutions to social challenges and needs.
Develop leadership skill sets necessary to participate in civic engagement activities and effect positive change in society.
Broadly increase awareness within the Asian American community on the shared and disparate histories of immigration by the various Asian ethnic and cultural groups.
Increase and promote contributions of Asian Americans in the United States.
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