Haverford Pan-Asian Resource Center - PARC

04/14/2022

Hey everyone! Since AAPI heritage month is in May, OMA and GRASE have launched some cultural events earlier so that we get the chance to celebrate while we’re still on campus! Join us in the MCC this Friday from 4-6 for a chill event with drinks and Asian desserts!

02/01/2022

Welcome to the year of the Tiger 🐅
Join us for our annual Lunar new year🧧 dinner this Saturday!

12/01/2020

Join us Wednesday, December 2nd for a reach-in about Asian narratives in the context of BLM. Everyone in the Bico community is welcome to attend!

11/07/2020

Hey all, PARC here.

This Sunday, November 8th at 11 AM ET, we and other Asian students on campus will be having a Conversation on Asian Solidarity. This discussion is intended to be a space for Asian students to voice your support, questions, and concerns about the Strike. This discussion is focused on collectively better understanding the Strike’s goals and identifying our position within Asian solidarity for the Strike and for Black lives.

We encourage any and all students who self-identify as Asian (US-raised, internationally-raised, and anywhere in between) to come.

The zoom link is in the post and here is the zoom link: https://haverford.zoom.us/j/97869737107.

Please fill out this Google form if you have any questions/comments/concerns for this Zoom discussion. These responses are anonymous: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RB91foL-_GX14XEiV5LM5Z57V6bY1_A7XLKAwoHCrm0/edit

We hope to see you there.

03/24/2019

On March 27th at 5:30pm, PARC is hosting the second part of our series of food events titled Dinner with the Diaspora, a semester-long series that will focus on how food relates with our identities, heritage, and communities. Come join us in VCAM to sample dishes containing Western ingredients that have been reinterpreted by the diaspora/food that has been commonly misappropriated by Western countries and join in on discussions about these dishes and food in general! The purpose of this event is to share different aspects of the Asian diaspora with the Haverford community, so everyone is welcome to sign up! Unfortunately, we can only allow at max 40 people to join us at this event, so fill out this form ASAP if you're interested!

Note ❗❗❗: In the event that there is more than 40 people, we will run a lottery on Monday at 10pm to choose the attendance. We will get back to you all by Tuesday!

Link:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6cKpKvOUzO0fF2to-qgnHyC25O68Y3M0KX0gj7hd93I5aWw/viewform

03/21/2019

Sign up for a chance to have dinner with Ken Liu!

Google form:
https://goo.gl/forms/sB1U8OV9416EvUSA3

03/07/2019

Want a place for Tri-Co students to gather together and talk about API/A issues? Want to hear from amazing speakers like Helen Zia, Sonalee Rashatwar, and Dr. Nazia Kazi? Come out to the first annual Tri-College Asian Student Conference (Tri-CASC), April 12th-14th at Swarthmore College. Tri-Co exclusive registration ends March 9th, so make sure to reserve your spot now at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tri-college-asian-student-conf…. For more information, visit tricasc.strikingly.com.

When We Rise: Recentering Identity in API/A Communities

03/02/2019

02/27/2019

Asia is home to an unbelievable myriad of diverse cultures, races, and ethnicities, a lot of which unfortunately don’t fall into the traditional Asian narrative as dictated in the US. Where this traditional narrative limits the popular meaning of the word ‘Asian’ to ‘East Asian’, it ignores the many communities in Asia who come under the fold of a Pan Asian identity.

Our vast differences are the cornerstone of our different identities, including different kinds of tea! PARC, as part of its mission to foster support for all members of the Pan Asian community, especially invites the traditionally underrepresented communities of West and Central Asia to join us for evening of sharing the space, stories, and lots of tea from across these regions. We’re excited to meet you and share our mission to provide support for you, all the while sipping some delicious hot beverages!

This event is open to all members of the Pan Asian communities.

Saturday, 2nd March (DC Basement 008)
4:00 - 5:30 pm

See you there! ☕️😊

02/21/2019

Productions of Color at Bryn Mawr is currently looking for actors for this semester's show - AKO by Stephanie David (BMC '20) !!

For this show, they are primarily looking for Asian/Pacific Islander actors, plus for a few roles, they are hoping for actors who are fluent or familiar with Mandarin and Tagalog. They are also looking to fill a male lead role.

To audition, sign up for a slot on:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11iSMhccyl3lA7hPJCs2jj3awYoALh0yfeS1d5AcBb3M/edit?usp=sharing

(Or just walk in)

Alternatively, you may also contact Sophia Bokhari (BMC '20 - Artistic Director, Productions of Color) at [email protected], or Stephanie David at [email protected].

Break a leg!! 🙌🙌

02/20/2019

Hello friends! Here's to let all those interested in the reverse culture shock discussion that the timings have been changed to 4:30 - 5:30 pm this Friday, 22nd February due to snow. We're just as excited to meet all of you then! 😄

Coming home is what we look forward to the most after a stressful semester until we realise the habits that we were once familiar with seem so different now! The tingling confusion when you try to manage these changes at your place is called Reverse Culture Shock, a common psychological distress that most college students experience when they return home.

As an attempt to release emotional labours over winter break, PARC is facilitating a Quaker-style discussion 4:30 - 5:30 pm Friday, 22nd February @ PARC (DC Basement 008) to our members to share your thoughts and experience on this topic, so please mark the date in your calendar!