WAA Welcomes Prof. Emily Lawsin & AMST 248

WAA is delighted to announce that Prof. Emily Lawsin from UMich, Ann Arbor will be joining Wellesley's AMST faculty for the upcoming semester to teach new AMST 248: Asian American Perspectives on Identity & Community Formation.

The following is the course information:

CRN 24312
Fridays, 12:30 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.
JAC 452

This course offers a set of analytic tools for grappling with the historical and contemporary complexities of Asian American identification and community formation. It will introduce different theoretical frames for exploring the meaningful contours of the terms "Asian American" in relation to other racialized and ethnic groups in the U.S. The goal of this course is to provide students with useful theoretical and practical tools for critically thinking about the ever-shifting terrain of Asian American identification in the wider contexts of orientalism, U.S. imperialism and nationalism, racialization and racism, economic restructuring, transnationalism and other social processes and transformations.

Prerequisite: Not open to students who have previously taken ANTH 220
Distribution: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Unit 1.0


The maximum enrollment for this course is 25. You can add this course online starting from 2/2/09 at 8 a.m. until 2/13/09 at 11 p.m. If it requires an instructor permission, you should contact Prof. Lawsin at elawsin@wellesley.edu and ask her to either sign an exception form, which can be printed or picked up from the Registrar's Office (GRH 3rd floor), or to electronically approve the course for you. And make sure you attend the class on the first day of Spring 2009, 2/2/09.

Leadership in Action

Leadership in Action (LIA) is an eight-week paid summer internship program designed to develop emerging young leaders by providing college students with practical leadership skills and the opportunity to work hands-on in the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community in Southern California.

The intern will be paid $2,000 for the eight-week internship.

Community-based organizations we have or will work with:
Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches
Asian and Pacific Islanders for Reproductive Health
Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention
Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center
Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Asian Pacific Family Center
Chinatown Service Center
East West Players
Filipino American Library
Japanese American Citizens League
Korean American Museum
Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates
Korean Resource Center
Korean Youth and Community Center
Little Tokyo Service Center
Orange County Asian Pacific Islander Community Alliance
People's Community Organization for Reform and Empowerment
Search to Involve Pilipino Americans
Woodcraft Rangers
Visual Communications

The intern's weekly schedule is comprised of 4 days at their assigned community based organization (CBO) and 1 day at LEAP. At the CBO, the intern works with their assigned supervisor on a meaningful project. At LEAP, the intern's day is devoted to leadership development training, issue discussions, CBO site visits and a community impact project. Nationally recognized trainers deliver workshops in critical skill areas. Issue discussions are on local or timely topics of interest and are facilitated by local community leaders/activists and LEAP trainers.

To date, the LIA program has graduated 82 interns, representing 32 colleges and universities from across the country. The interns have served in over 24 community-based organizations in the Southern California area.

The 2009 program will be held in Los Angeles from June 22 - August 14, 2009. The application process for interns is now open. Applications are due Thursday, March 12th, 2009.

APPLICANTS
There are two rounds in the application process. The first round is where a committee reviews all the applications and decides who they want to come in for an interview. The second round is the actual interview either at LEAP or by teleconference. The results will be decided by the end of March and interns will be notified by the first week of April.

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
If you are interested in hosting a Leadership in Action intern, please contact us with any questions or concerns. If you want to apply, please download the application below and send it back in to us by Friday, February 20th, 2009.

More Information
Click here to download the LIA Flyer
Click here to download the LIA 10 Year Anniversary Packet
LIA 2009 CBO ApplicationLIA 2009 Intern Application

For additional information on the Leadership In Action program, please contact:
Scott Chan
Program Coordinator
(213) 485-1422 ext. 4108
schan@leap.org