Asian American Student Initiative at William & Mary

What is AASI? Asian American Student Initiative (AASI) is a grassroots team of undergraduates, dedicated to promoting Asian American awareness, voice, and social issues at the College of William and Mary, around our local town of Williamsburg, and across America. Our foundations are community-based service learning, engagement, and social change. What is MAAS? Movement for Asian American Studies (MAAS) is the current project of the Asian American Student Initiative (AASI), attempting to bring an Asian American Studies program to the College of William and Mary. AASI attempts to do this by: -Developing spaces for Asian Americans to raise their voices about issues they face in the William and Mary community and at large. -Enlightening the campus on those specific issues that face Asian and Asian American students, faculty, and administration. -Working with other Asian American organizations on the East Coast to fulfill our goals locally and globally. -Gauging the perceptions and opinions of how our school views Asian American Studies. -Attempting to bring professors that specialize in Asian American Studies on full-time tenure tracks. -Working with faculty, administration, and students to help best plan when and how to make large impacts. AASI hopes that by showing salience of both the disparities and diversity of the Asian American community, from the micro to the macro, we can fortify the significance of an Asian American Studies program. To learn more about the Asian & Pacific Islander American Studies program at William & Mary, visit the following: http://www.wm.edu/as/charlescenter/academic-programs/interdisciplinary/structured/apia-studies/index.php