In alignment with Cal State Fullerton’s annual celebration of Asian Pacific Islander South Asian American Heritage Month, the university will host a number of events in support of those who identify as APISAA, including the Titan Table Talk “Empowering APISAA Communities.”
Born out of the racial awakening that occurred in 2020 during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Titan Table Talk is a monthly dialogue webinar designed to engage the campus and community in topics surrounding racial equity. The talks occur three to four times a semester and are a joint effort co-hosted by CSUF President Fram Virjee, the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Programs, the Office of Government Relations and the Alumni Foundation.
This year’s Titan Table Talk theme is “empowerment,” and with that focus, it has been the priority of the university to shape the programming around both local, regional and national Heritage Month recognition events — and specifically this month — the empowerment of the APISAA community. The talks shed light on understanding how this community is empowered personally, emotionally, intellectually and economically.
“The goal of the university is to bring about inclusion and foster belonging on our campus, and that means recognizing members of certain communities and giving them a platform to talk about topics that are relevant to them,” said Philip L. Vasquez, director of CSUF’s Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Programs. “This also gives people who are not part of that community at Cal State Fullerton a chance to engage in those discussions and hear multiple perspectives on certain topics.”
The webinar, held Tuesday, was hosted by Jennifer Yee, professor of Asian American Studies at CSUF. Panelists included Tammy Kim, vice mayor of Irvine, Malofou Sagiao, Jr., director of Veteran Services at Irvine Valley College and a 2015 CSUF graduate, and Kathy Yu, inclusion & outreach specialist at Pixar Animation Studios and a…
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