What is the Advocacy & Education Committee?

SAPAAC works on advocacy and education, related to issues affecting the Asian American community at Stanford and nationwide. As Stanford graduates, we also take an ongoing interest in on-campus activism today, going beyond the AAPI community. We tackle:

(1) National AAPI issues: political participation by Asian Americans, inclusion in American society, the development of Asian American Studies, AAPI achievements in culture, sport and media

(2) Stanford AAPI issues: faculty and administration diversity, supporting the Asian American Studies program, encouraging the University to recruit Asian Americans to fill the administration’s leadership positions

(3) Stanford University issues: addressing issues of concern to all alumni, including the University’s treatment of students, handling of sexual assault cases, fossil fuel divestment, and other issues of ethical leadership by Stanford

We produce …

Statements by the Full SAPAAC Board: We draft statements about issues of concern, voted on by the SAPAAC Board. See more on the SAPAAC Board Statements page.

Stories of Asian America: The A&E committee compiles stories each month about Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, including law/politics, cultural celebrations, arts/entertainment, education and entrepreneurship. See more in Newsletters.

Op-Eds: We write opinion pieces sharing Asian American perspectives, regularly publishing in the Stanford Daily and on sapaacc.org. See more under Op-Eds.

Archive of AAPI History at Stanford: A nascent collection of documents and oral histories important to the history of Asian Americans at Stanford University (more)

Join our campaign teams!

Advocacy and Education campaigns are open to all SAPAAC members; you do not need to be a Board Member to get involved. Current campaigns include the following (working groups may have separate meetings):

Asian American Studies Coalition [active, monthly] (more)
Recognizing Chinese Laborers at Stanford [active, monthly] (more)
SAPAAC Board Statements Drafting Sub-Committee [ad hoc]
Archive of AAPI History at Stanford [on hiatus] (more)

A sample of SAPAAC Board Statements on issues concerning Asian American and Pacific Islander Stanford alumni (see all Board Statements here)