The Pan Asian Council - PAC - meeting is a weekly gathering of affiliated Asian/Asian American student organization representatives that serves as a communication hub for current issues and happenings in the community.

AAASI/AsACC Asian American Experience class - a requirement for all AMP mentors and an introductory class for those pursuing an Asian American minor.

Senator Christopher J. Dodd,
The Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut,
and
Warner Bros. Pictures

invite you to a
Special Preview Screening of

JUST MERCY

Tuesday, December 3, 2019
7:00pm

Spotlight Theatres
39 Front Street
Hartford, CT 06103

Post film discussion led by the Connecticut Collaborative on Poverty, Criminal Justice and Race (tbc)

Please note, upon confirmation of attendance, seats will be guaranteed up until 6:45pm on Tuesday, December 3, after which time unclaimed seats will be released.

For questions or to RSVP please email doddcenter@uconn.edu or call 860.486.5131

MOVIE INFORMATION:

Michael B. Jordan and Oscar winners Jamie Foxx and Brie Larson star in “Just Mercy,” an inspiring drama that brings one of the most important stories of our time to the big screen.

Award-winning filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton directed the film from a screenplay he co-wrote, based on the award-winning nonfiction bestseller by Bryan Stevenson.

A powerful and thought-provoking true story, “Just Mercy” follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley (Larson). One of his first, and most incendiary, cases is that of Walter McMillian (Foxx), who, in 1987, was sentenced to die for the notorious murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite a preponderance of evidence proving his innocence and the fact that the only testimony against him came from a criminal with a motive to lie. In the years that follow, Bryan becomes embroiled in a labyrinth of legal and political maneuverings and overt and unabashed racism as he fights for Walter, and others like him, with the odds and the system stacked against them.

JUST MERCY

In theaters December 25 (Limited); January 10 (Wide)

Warner Bros.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVQbeG5yW78&t=3s

Director: Destin Daniel Cretton

Writers: Destin Daniel Cretton & Andrew Lanham; Based on the book by Bryan Stevenson

Producers: Gil Netter, Asher Goldstein, Michael B. Jordan

Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Rob Morgan, Time Blake Nelson, Rafe Spall, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Karan Kendrick and Brie Larson

Please join us for El Instituto's Tertulia lunch series with Natalie Granados,
"From Paper Conservator to Paper Maker."

Wednesday, December 4, 2019, 12PM-1:30PM, Ryan Building El Instituto's Conference Room.

Lunch will be served.

Natalie Granados is a special collections conservator at UConn library. Born and raised in the Dominican Republic, Natalie earned her BFA from Parsons School of Design and an M.A in Paper Conservation from the University of the Arts London.

Commemorating the 400th anniversary of the
arrival of enslaved Africans to the British colonies

Discussing the legacy of American slavery and 
The New York Times' 1619 Project

Featuring:
Dr. Sasha Turner
Associate Professor of History, Quinnipiac University
Fellow, Yale University Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition
Author, Contested Bodies: Pregnancy, Childrearing, and Slavery in Jamaica (U. Pennsylvania Press, 2017)

Dr. Frank Mitchell
Executive Director, Amistad Center for Art and Culture in Hartford, Connecticut

Dr. Alhaji Conteh
Assistant Professor in Residence in Africana Studies, University of Connecticut

Join AsACC and Student Health and Wellness (SHaW) for a craft-making evening to de-stress in preparation for the end of the semester and finals...

Last day of classes for Fall 2019 semester.

AsACC Staff holds its Holiday Party as the Fall 2019 semester draws to a close.

Pet Therapy Event at Rowe Center GTDI Office

Stressed out about finals? Studying for long hours at the library? Miss your pets at home? This Sunday, December 8th, come to a therapy dog event the Rowe Center, Room 301, drop in anytime between 3:00-4:00pm. Pat a therapy dog and feel your stress melt away! Refreshments will be provided. Recent studies by researchers from British Columbia have shown that that even a single brief session with a therapy dog can considerably reduce stress and improve well‐being.

This event is hosted by UConn's Global Training and Development Institute (GTDI) in honor of the YSEALI Program's 6th Anniversary and its annual community service campaign known as YOUnified. YSEALI (Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative) is a grant program funded by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Cultural Affairs. This fall, 42 participants from 11 countries in Southeast Asia came to UConn and Brown University to learn about social entrepreneurship and prepare to apply for a mini-grant to start their own social change projects in their home communities to address a local need. The next cohort of participants from Southeast Asia will arrive on campus after spring break 2020.

GTDI is partnering with Healers with Halos, a local pet therapy organization, to offer this program to the UConn Community. Staff from UConn's GTDI office will be present at the therapy dog event to answer any questions and provide information about the YSEALI program's goals and the related YOUnited Initiative. Posters of recent YSEALI alumni mini-projects in Southeast Asia, which have been funded through the YSEALI grant, will be displayed in the hallway for viewing.

ISSS Hartford will be closed on 12/9/19

AsACC will be open for quiet study hours during finals week.

AsACC will be open for quiet study hours during finals week.

AsACC will be open for quiet study hours during finals week.

AsACC will be open for quiet study hours during finals week.

Join us to decorate holiday cookies and some enjoy some sweet treats. Don't know how? That's okay, we'll show you!

ISSS Hartford will be closed on 12/20/19

AsACC will be closed for the Holiday Break.

ISSS Hartford will be closed from 12/23/19 - 1/3/20.

AsACC will be closed for the Holiday Break.

ISSS Hartford will be closed from 12/23/19 - 1/3/20.

AsACC will be closed for the Holiday Break.

ISSS Hartford will be closed from 12/23/19 - 1/3/20.

AsACC will be closed for the Holiday Break.

ISSS Hartford will be closed from 12/23/19 - 1/3/20.

AsACC will be closed for the Holiday Break.

ISSS Hartford will be closed from 12/23/19 - 1/3/20.

AsACC will be closed for the Holiday Break.

ISSS Hartford will be closed from 12/23/19 - 1/3/20.