Vivian Lu

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Vivian is a senior in the College studying African Studies and Anthropology. Originally from Colorado, Vivian was on AAA's Political Committee before joining the executive board.

Vivian Chenxue [morning snow] Lu is a senior from the quiet, friendly Rocky Mountains of Boulder, Colorado. Her APIA consciousness mostly began in her NYC life, and at Columbia she studies Anthropology and African Studies (focus: Economics).

Vivian has been fortunate to work with the Urban Justice Center, Committee on Global Thought, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Political Science/Africana departments, Chinatown Tenants Union (Manhattan), Desis Rising up and Moving (Queens) and Hopi-Tewa tribal government. She co-facilitated a workshop at the National Asian American Students Conference in Atlanta last year on gentrification in NYC's Chinatowns. On campus she coordinates ROOTEd, a peer faciliation group challenging students with discussions on social identities, power and privilege. As AAA historian, she will work with the wonderful AAA Political Committee to keep campus educated about the important and powerful histories of Columbia and the country's APA political activism, Ethnic Studies and Asian American Studies.
She is the lucky and proud daughter of immigrants from mainland China and dabbles with languages, student groups, bluegrass, soccer, telling/receiving stories, and a few socially-lubricating activities.

Positions

2009-2010 Historian