ECASU

[kitty]

Anyone going?

[VV o n g B a]

my old roommate is going to lead one of the workshops there. its titled "asians in the south" or something. if u decide to go to that workshop, look for alan huang. a couple of other auburn friends are going there too sponsored by the school.

[kasia]

East Coast Asian Student Union? What is it? Where is it being held? Details, please. :D

[noname]

Washington DC @ Georgetown, Feb 21-23
http://tfme.net/ecasu2003/

[tapestrybabe]

Man, i wanna go to this SO FREAKING BAD!!!!
but i feel its my current financial situation thats holding me back :( Seriously... is anyone else going???

Hmmm... maybe i can influence my parents to help me out with this... money wise... or get my AA club on my campus to pitch in with this.. i dunno...

but it says on the site feb 19th is the last day to register online 45$$... or you can register when you get there.. which will than cost you 60$$

[kitty]

Yeah... it's expensive... we're going to be requesting money from the student finance commission... and it may still be too much for us to go. :(

[ellsworth81]

hehe, ecasu is too for me. maasu is more within reason ... y'all should go if you don't have anything groundbreaking to do. :lol:

[VV o n g B a]

if money is a problem, u guys definitely want to check out on campus organizations for money. the diversity center at auburn gave enough money to the asian association for 5 ppl to fly to washington and attend. if u guys need a written reason, just ask me. i'll get a copy of what my roommate wrote to the diversity center.

[tapestrybabe]

ok, i'm just signing in here to say i'm pretty excited cuz yeah, i'll be attending this ECASU event... and i just wanna say thanks to those yw ppl who has helped me out a long the way... making it possible for me to make it to washington...

[ChinaLama]

I'm gonna be going to. My employer (the organization, rather than any person) will pay my costs. :)

[VV o n g B a]

Originally posted by ChinaLama@Feb 17 2003, 02:07 AM
I'm gonna be going to. My employer (the organization, rather than any person) will pay my costs. :)
what employer is this? they're paying the costs for a diversity meeting?

[SunWuKong]

hey oops, i completely didn't know jack about ECASU and that it's a huge asian convention thing right here in DC. this is very last minute, but if anybody wants to hang out, PM me and let's see if we can set something up. i'm not going but i live in the area.

[VV o n g B a]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@Feb 20 2003, 05:02 PM
hey oops, i completely didn't know jack about ECASU and that it's a huge asian convention thing right here in DC. this is very last minute, but if anybody wants to hang out, PM me and let's see if we can set something up. i'm not going but i live in the area.
its on a weekend and u could register on-site... u could attend if u wanted to.

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by VV o n g B a@Feb 20 2003, 06:16 PM
its on a weekend and u could register on-site...  u could attend if u wanted to.
no i don't want to go because it's gonna cost me more money than i'm willing to spend for it. :P

[kitty]

Hey tapestrybabe and SWK, hope it was a great weekend... missed out on seeing you guys :P

[VV o n g B a]

so how was it everyone? good/bad/ugly?

[ChinaLama]

ECASU was good. The weather was ugly. :( The community spirit in Georgetown-- well, what would that be when there are entire sidewalks that haven't had ANY of their snow shoveled away?

[tapestrybabe]

the workshops i took were:

-What's your last name?!? Adoptees in the Asian American Community
-APA's in the hip hop scene and...
-Organizing for AA arts...

anyways, i did some networking within the workshops.. and in the first one i attended.. one of the facilitators had me fill out a survey for transracial adoptees... a survey that is lead by three different professors.. and one of the professors actually teaches at my school... a person who is also a korean american female.. and who is also a transracial adoptee herself... so i plan on getting in touch with her on my campus...

[VV o n g B a]

Originally posted by tapestrybabe@Feb 25 2003, 12:41 AM
the workshops i took were:

-What's your last name?!? Adoptees in the Asian American Community
-APA's in the hip hop scene and...
-Organizing for AA arts...

anyways, i did some networking within the workshops.. and in the first one i attended.. one of the facilitators had me fill out a survey for transracial adoptees... a survey that is lead by three different professors.. and one of the professors actually teaches at my school... a person who is also a korean american female.. and who is also a transracial adoptee herself... so i plan on getting in touch with her on my campus...
apparently there's a lot of u out there. the professor that the asian association has in auburn as a sponsor is also a transracial korean american female adoptee.

[kitty]

I had great fun... met up with FlareZz but didn't get a chance to hang with SWK or tapestrybabe (forgot to print out contact info before I left)... The snow was stupid. Driving down we saw people shoveling the snow with bulldozers... (yeah that's gonna work)

I went to:

GLBT panel discussion
Substance Abuse and Mental Health in AA community
Asian American Men (asexualized? desexualized?)

The Showcase was friggin' awesome. I worship the ground Organic Thought walks on... The party wasn't so bad, 'cept that it was ECASU and a national frat thing and open to the public so it was a tad crowded.

[tapestrybabe]

Originally posted by VV o n g B a@Feb 25 2003, 02:00 AM
Originally posted by tapestrybabe@Feb 25 2003, 12:41 AM
the workshops i took were:

-What's your last name?!? Adoptees in the Asian American Community
-APA's in the hip hop scene and...
-Organizing for AA arts...

anyways, i did some networking within the workshops.. and in the first one i attended.. one of the facilitators had me fill out a survey for transracial adoptees... a survey that is lead by three different professors.. and one of the professors actually teaches at my school... a person who is also a korean american female.. and who is also a transracial adoptee herself... so i plan on getting in touch with her on my campus...
apparently there's a lot of u out there. the professor that the asian association has in auburn as a sponsor is also a transracial korean american female adoptee.
OH man, i got to meet with the professor today...
she's way cool... and my bad.. she's actually a CHInese American adoptee... but i'm glad i got to meet with her just the same... i'm gonna be helping out doing some research for her.. when it comes to dealing with korean adoptees.. and also, she gave me some info about a summer job... working as a camp counselor... working at this korean adoptee camp for children...

[tapestrybabe]

Originally posted by kittygirl@Feb 25 2003, 01:09 PM
I had great fun... met up with FlareZz but didn't get a chance to hang with SWK or tapestrybabe (forgot to print out contact info before I left)...
hahaha... thats ok...
glad you folks had a fun time...
and hahaha.... were you with the syracuse group... in the auditorium... cheering away... when they mentioned the possibility of the next ecasu event being held in syracuse?? man, what a loud group you ppl were... hahaha :)

[FlareZz]

yo yo yo
hey it was fun huh, cept i got stuck in a DC club and i couldn't get back home because the hotel maxxed out my debit card....
Other than that it was great, cept we missed the flight back cuz some ppl couldn't get ready in time!!
And i had to sleep in the airport...
And if i could have gone to some cool workshops it would have been fun, but instead i was stuck in coaltion building and networking blah blah blah....snooooooooze,
dont get me wrong, it was important, but sooooooo boring.........

[FlareZz]

Originally posted by tapestrybabe@Feb 24 2003, 10:41 PM
the workshops i took were:

-What's your last name?!? Adoptees in the Asian American Community
-APA's in the hip hop scene and...
-Organizing for AA arts...

anyways, i did some networking within the workshops.. and in the first one i attended.. one of the facilitators had me fill out a survey for transracial adoptees... a survey that is lead by three different professors.. and one of the professors actually teaches at my school... a person who is also a korean american female.. and who is also a transracial adoptee herself... so i plan on getting in touch with her on my campus...
Was the professor you met named tina chen or something and from vanderbilt by any chance?

[tapestrybabe]

Originally posted by FlareZz@Feb 26 2003, 12:19 AM
Originally posted by tapestrybabe@Feb 24 2003, 10:41 PM
the workshops i took were:

-What's your last name?!? Adoptees in the Asian American Community
-APA's in the hip hop scene and...
-Organizing for AA arts...

anyways, i did some networking within the workshops.. and in the first one i attended.. one of the facilitators had me fill out a survey for transracial adoptees... a survey that is lead by three different professors.. and one of the professors actually teaches at my school... a person who is also a korean american female.. and who is also a transracial adoptee herself... so i plan on getting in touch with her on my campus...
Was the professor you met named tina chen or something and from vanderbilt by any chance?
No, her actual name is Dr. Amanda Baden... and this is her website.. http://www.transracialadoption.net/
she's actually an Assistant Professor at Montclair State Univ... and i cant believe i actually got to meet her the other day.. apparently shes a really prominant person... when it comes to doing research about transracial adoptees... and me, i'm looking forward to working with her... when it comes to assisting her with her continued research...