Welcome to the Asian American Cultural Center's Blog! Here, you will find all sorts of creative pieces and weekly updates on events happening around campus.
Our Mission
Established in 1981, the Asian American Cultural Center (AACC), in cooperation with affiliated student organizations, promotes Asian American culture and explores the social and political experience of Asians in the United States. The Center and affiliated student organizations are committed to the intellectual, cultural, social and political development of the Asian American student community. To best serve these needs, we work closely to bring diverse programming to campus (speakers, conferences, dinners, writers, study breaks, artists, activists, movie nights, etc.) with the goal of enriching student life at Yale for Asian Americans.
History
The Asian American Cultural Center, established as the Chicano and Asian American Cultural Center in 1981, began as an idea sparked in a meeting of roughly 100 Asian Americans with then-president of Yale University Bart Giamatti in 1978. Though the Asian American Student Alliance (AASA) had been given rooms in Bingham Basement, its student activists knew they wanted to fight for something more: a larger facility and a space to call their own.
Since then, the AACC has become a community space for the Asian American population, which comprises 16% of Yale's undergraduate population. At the AACC, a staff of 13 undergraduate students, 3 graduate students, and 8 peer liaisons work with over 45 undergraduate organizations to promote Asian American culture, and organize relevant cultural, social, and political programming for Asian Americans. For more questions about the House, feel free to visit our website http://aacc.yalecollege.yale.edu/, or contact Dean Saveena Dhall.