After a 2 hour election deliberation marked by tears and laughter, I would like to congratulate the new AAA board of 2008-2009:

Chair - Aretha Choi (BC 2010)

CC/SEAS Vice Chair - Shilpa Vadodaria (SEAS 2010)

BC Vice Chair - Katie Wang (BC 2010)

Secretary - Daniel Nisball (SEAS 2009)

Treasurer - Jeremy Tapp (CC 2011)

Political Chair - Jia Ahmad (CC 2011)

Community Chairs - Lena Fan (CC 2010) & Mei Li Zhou (BC 2011)

Social Chair - Patrick Chang (SEAS 2011)

Publicity Chair - Corinne Fukayama (SEAS 2010)

Historians - Eddie Kang (CC 2011) & Lizzie Shen (CC 2011)

USCC Representative - Evan Omi (CC 2011)

You all have my love. Stay classy.

- Calvin, former Chair

 cultureSHOCK: over 500 people attended!

Read our reviews:

 cultureSHOCK Aims to Dispel Stereotypes 

Asian American Alliance Fights Stereotypes in Annual Showcase

Watch our videos:

 Naked Expressions

America’s Next Top Model Minority

Umbrella-AAA

 Watch the show:

 South Asian Bridalwear Fashion Show & Surprise Bhangra 

Columbia Bhangra Team + Breakdancers 

Congratulations to the AAA Board of 2007-2008 for doing so so much this year. 

What We’ve Done (2007-2008)

You should all be proud of the work you’ve all accomplished.

Now it’s time for the new board to carry on the legacy. The following link contains information on the upcoming AAA Elections:

 AAA Elections for the 2008-2009 Board

 Link includes information on Elections, Rules, Candidates, and Platforms.

Best of luck to the candidates! 

One of the biggest and most anticipated events of the year is finally here!

Get ready for the Asian American Alliance’s annual showcase of Asian American performing talent and design, CultureSHOCK | Exposure. Come for a full night of mind-blowing entertainment, mouthwatering pan-Asian cuisine, and Asian American-designed fashion– all for $10.

Performances by: Def Jam spoken word artist KELLY TSAI; acclaimed hip hop duo MAGNETIC NORTH; world music/hip hop ensemble and Kollaboration 2006 winners The STONE FOREST ENSEMBLE; hip hop/soul/folk artist and Sulu Series curator TAIYO NA; Def Jam poet ALVIN LAU; CU BHANGRA; RAW ELEMENTZ; the all-female South Asian a cappella group PENN ATMA, along with student performances by ALICE & THE HU, HEIROKU & STEPH CHOU, and more!

Visit our Facebook event page here.
Check back here for more information on ticket sales.
General admission: $10
Afteparty free with ticket stub.

Roone Arledge Auditorium, Lerner Hall
115th and Broadway

Doors open 7:30 PM.
Buffet dinner served from 7:30-8:15pm.
Show begins 8:30PM.

AAA will finally be holding office hours starting this Sunday!

AAA Office Hours

Every Sunday (starting this Sunday on 03/02/2008)

5:30PM - 8:00PM 

Lerner Club Space & the SGO (Lerner 5^th floor)

We will be serving free drinks and free pizza for those who come by.

WHAT IS AAA OFFICE HOURS?

Ever wanted to get more involved with AAA but didn’t have time to come to our weekly board meetings? Ever wanted a “safe space” for Asian Americans on campus? Are you curious about our upcoming events, Culture Shock, or want to talk about issues and prefer a more laid-back casual setting to discuss things? Or do you just want to hang out with the cool people of AAA?

Never fear, AAA office hours are here! AAA Office Hours will feature AAA’s newly renovated office space with couches, a space to study, and all our previous events write-ups, flyers, documents, etc.! Come by for a quick chat, if you need a quiet place to study, or just to say hi!

We look forward to meeting you!

Have a special talent? Want to perform in front of a crowd of over 600 people?

Now’s your chance to get your act together and get exposed. 

The Asian American Alliance is auditioning student acts for it’s annual performance of cultureSHOCK, a showcase of talented Asian American performing artists. This year’s theme is exposure.

This year, we’d like to feature more student acts. Please come prepared with a 2-5 minute preview of whatever you think is best for our show. cultureSHOCK prides itself on a medley of diverse and interesting acts. In previous years we’ve had everything from spoken word, slam poetry, power ballads, cello/electric violin-rock, stand-up comedy, hip hop, interpretive dance, theatre… Rather than draw all our talent from independent groups across the nation, we’d LOVE to tap into Columbia’s fresh, innovative and amazing talent and bring YOU to the stage!

We’re giving you almost a full month to choreograph, rehearse, write, sing, play, and practice and present us with what you can do! Come as a solo singer, a dance troupe of fifteen, whatever. Show us what you got, and then get the chance to show off to the Columbia community at large. cultureSHOCKwill be on Friday, April 18^th, 2008.

To sign-up for an audition, e-mail cs.exposure@gmail.com by Wednesday, 2/20 with your name(s), school and years, contact info, a description of your act, and any equipment you need/are bringing, along with the times you will be available to audition. We will be auditioning people on February 23rd, Saturday, from 4:30pm to 8:00pm in Lerner 477!.

Best of luck! We hope to see you there!

We’ll be serving Pinkberry smoothies all night long at Glass House Rocks this Thursday. Find us on the 3rd floor of Lerner.

 Thanks for coming! 

If you missed out, feel free to browse around this site and contact aaa@columbia.edu or the people listed below on how you can help out in whatever project we’re involved in!

We got:

AALDEF Poll Monitoring Training for the Super Tuesday Primaries

Julina Guo: qjg1@columbia.edu

ECAASU: East Coast AA Student Union Conference

Marilla Li: ml2573@barnard.edu

E-AAA-T: AAA Eating Festival & Contest

Aretha Choi: ac2657@barnard.edu

Asian Americans & Hip Hop Workshop

Jeremy Tapp: jjt2122@columbia.edu

Carnival For Kids

David Zhou: dwz2101@columbia.edu

CASPY: Chinese Adopted Sibling Program for Youths

David Zhou: dwz2101@columbia.edu

Asian American Female Body Image Workshop

Katie Wang & Aretha Choi: kw2235@barnard.edu, ac2657@barnard.edu

NYCAASC: NYC AA Student Conference

Nhu-Y Ngo & Marilla Li: ntn2103@columbia.edu, ml2573@barnard.edu

cultureSHOCK: Exposure; AAA’s annual variety show

Laura Chin: lc2391@columbia.edu

cultureSHOCK Afterparty: afterSHOCK

Calvin Sun: cds2107@columbia.edu

AAA Board Elections

Calvin Sun: cds2107@columbia.edu

Asian American Women Association

Aretha Choi: ac2657@columbia.edu

Voting Resource Guide for Asian Americans

Lizzie Shen: lizzieshen@gmail.com

Chinese Immigrant Services

Julina Guo: qjg1@columbia.edu

Do you want to get more involved? The Columbia University Asian American Alliance is looking for more hands on deck for a variety of initiatives for the second semester. Whether you’re Asian American or not, as long as you’re interested in helping out with planning giant parties, student conferences, political rallies, community service initiatives, variety & fashion shows, film festivals, or ethnic studies programs, AAA has a whole variety of activities and interests for anyone to get involved.

This will be a FREE BUFFET DINNER in an informal, laid back mixer format where AAA committees including Service, Political, and cultureSHOCK (our annual 700-person variety show) committees will be setting up tables for people to freely roam around and sign up! From parties to protests, from the classroom to YouTube, from performing arts to workshops, from identity issues to Saturday night issues, from students to alumni… Come to our subcommittee mixer & free buffet dinner on:

*Wednesday, January 30th, 8-9PM; Lerner Party Space.*

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This will be an open forum for anyone to come, eat, drink, and float around the variety of committees and activities AAA has set up tables for. This is also your chance to meet fellow members on AAA and how you can make a difference on campus.

Thank you all for an amazing night.

Look forward to this year’s installment of Culture Shock: EXPOSURE!
Coming to a Roone Arledge near you this April…