Census Promotion Videos

2010 is a Census Year. Here are some funny videos about why you should fill out the census. Yale students will fill it out in April. Encourage your families to fill them out too.

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Two videos with a message about writing in Taiwanese for ethnicity. The first one features a wide range of Taiwanese Amercians from a Barack Obama impersonator of Youtube fame to adorable little kids.

This second video was made by the Taiwanese Student Association of UC Berkeley. We applaud the sense of student activism.

North Korea in the News

North Korea is in the news recently.

Over the weekend, a South Korean naval vessel sunk in disputed waters leading some to suspect the North. 46 sailors are still missing and while an official investigation will take some time no one is discounting involvement on the part of the North Korean government.

South Korean Navy searches for survivors and inspects the wreckage.

Meanwhile on the ground, more North Korean civilians are using their cellphones to share information with the outside world. Though the information relayed is closer to facts regarding daily life more than state secrets, experts see these developments as encouraging signs of the technology's ability to cut across the barriers of even the most closed societies.

Much thanks to Yale thi[NK] for the heads-up.

The image is courtesy of Ahn Young-joon of AP.

More Census Videos

The Asian American Justice Center has created a bunch of Public Service Announcements about the census. In these videos you'll find many community leaders like Representative Mike Honda, comedian Alec Mapa and Yale Law graduate Yul Kwon. Please enjoy and share with others!

A Village Called Versailles Screening and Tea

The Vietnamese Student's Association will be hosting as part of the AACC Film Festival a screening of A Village Called Versailles, an inspiring documentary about a Vietnamese community in New Orleans and the obstacles they faced in rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina. Before the screening there will be a Chaplain's Tea and dinner with Father Vien who was featured in the film. Afterward there will be a Q&A session with Father Vien and the film's director. These event are cosponsored by the Yale South East Asian Studies Council, ALIVE, and the Chaplain's Office and it was organized by senior Xuan Nguyen as part of her thesis.


Wednesday, March 31st
4pm Chaplain's Tea w/ Father Vien in Golden Center
5pm Dinner w/ Father Vien in Pierson
7pm A Village Called Versailles Screening + Q&A w/ director and Father Vien in Golden Center

Please send an email to xuan.nguyen@yale.edu to reserve your spot for the dinner.

Supreme Court Battle Quietly Brews As Future Nominations Loom - ABC News

Supreme Court Battle Quietly Brews As Future Nominations Loom - ABC News
An interesting article from longtime PAEC member and chair Tyler about possible upcoming nominations to the Supreme Court. At the center of the piece is Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu who was nominated to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Hearings regarding his nomination will be held this week in committee. A son of Taiwanese immigrants, Liu would be the only active APA federal appellate court judge in the country. What makes the story more intriguing is that according to the ABC News article, Liu is seen as a possible Supreme Court nomination for Obama. Given that Liu is only 39, this could mean that as the possible first Asian American on the court, Liu could serve for a very long time.

You can read more about Professor Liu here.

Thanks for the heads up, Tyler. As always, anyone is welcome to email yalepaec@gmail.com with an interesting story you'd like to see on the blog.