We are seeking AAPI high school students for Winter and Spring 2023 to document the stories and memories of love and care in AAPI communities in Orange County amid the rise of Anti-Asian Violence. We will be using PhotoVoice, a technique that utilizes photography to help people represent themselves and tell their own stories.
Workshop Learning Objectives:
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 struggles of different ethnic groups within the larger Asian American & Pacific Islander communities
Tell stories through photography and writing
Learn about and conduct oral history interviews
Organize and curate a photography exhibit
Create, design, and disseminate photographs and stories via digital and physical platforms
Improve public speaking skills
Program instructors
Phuc To
PhotoVoice Primary Instructor
B.S. Biology, UC Irvine
M.A. Asian American Studies, UC Irvine
Ph.D. Candidate in Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego
Mary Nguyen
PhotoVoice Assistant Instructor, AAYL Program Coordinator
B.S. Pharmaceutical Sciences, UC Irvine
Program Advisors
Dr. Judy Tzu-Chun Wu
Dr. Tony Hwang
Program Schedule (Tentative)
Saturday, January 28, 2023 10 am - 12 pm Course & PhotoVoice Introductions
Saturday, February 4, 2023 10 am - 12 pm AAPI History & Photography Principles and Ethics
Saturday, February 11, 2023 10 am - 12 pm AAPI History & Oral History Interviews
Saturday, February 18, 2023 10 am - 12 pm AAPI History & Brainstorming PhotoVoice Themes
Saturday, February 25, 2023 10 am - 12 pm AAPI History & Sharing Our Stories Part I
Saturday, March 4, 2023 10 am - 12 pm AAPI History & Sharing Our Stories Part II
Saturday, March 11, 2023 10 am - 12 pm AAPI History & Sharing Our Stories Part III
Saturday, March 18, 2023 10 am - 12 pm Workshop Series Reflection & Presentations
The following session below are optional for students who wish to participate in conference and community presentations:
Saturday, March 25, 2023 10 am - 12 pm Brainstorming Ideas for Creative Dissemination Projects
Saturday, April 15, 2023 10 am - 12 pm Working on Dissemination Projects
Saturday, April 22, 2023 10 am - 12 pm Conference/Public Exhibit Preparation
Saturday, April 29, 2023 9 am - 5 pm Teaching for Justice Conference Presentation
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 contact the workshop's primary instructor, Phuc To (pdto@ucsd.edu).
The Asian American Youth Leaders 2.0 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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Photovoice Student work
Check out our students' digital exhibit that showcases all of their photos from the project!
Our students presented their PhotoVoice Project at the Teaching for Justice Conference at UC Irvine!
Our students received certificates for their work on the PhotoVoice Project from Senator Dave Min!
