A Welcome Message from our Director 

I’m so glad you found your way to our website! Established in 1981, the Asian American Cultural Center (AACC) exists as a result of Asian American student-led efforts to rally for a space on campus and thus remains today as a symbol of resistance, activism, visibility, and institutional recognition when Asian American invisibility was being fought. 

Recent News from the AACC:

AACC Building Closed Until Further Notice

Due to the persistent threat that COVID-19 remains to public health and safety, the AACC building located on 295-297 Crown St., New Haven CT will be closed until conditions markedly improve. Nevertheless, the Center will continue to provide students with support, resources, and opportunities for community and collective knowledge building virtually. Join our Yale Connect page, sign up for our AACC weekly newsletter, and follow us on social media to stay updated on all we have planned. For the latest information from Yale on COVID-19, please visit these links:

• https://communications.yale.edu/covid-19-information
• https://yalecollege.yale.edu/policies-procedures/covid-19-faq
• https://covid19.yale.edu/yale-statistics

#StopAsianHate 

While there has been an uptick in anti-Asian violence over the course of this past year, it is not a recent phenomenon.  Support and get connected to incredible Asian American organizations that have demonstrated a longstanding committed to adressing racial injustice, culturally responsive mental health resources, and relevant educational materials using this resource sheet created by the AACC staff : https://docs.google.com/document/d/19fBNkmLBshfe60BcSdVuYB7s_9UEI1eohfs4SbTpKWo/edit?usp=sharing. We need everyone to remain committed to anti-racist work long after the news headlines have moved on.

2020 AACC Award Winners 

For a description about each award, please click here: AACC Awards.

Arts & Media Innovation Awards 2019-2020

The Arts & Media Innovation Awards is a collaboration between the Asian American Cultural Center and Tsai CITY to encourage art and multi-media explorations of Asian and Asian American identity. Accurate Asian American representation in mainstream media has been minimal, and we wish to encourage any student interested in creating a project that addresses this issue to apply. Five $500 awards will be given to the best proposals as determined by a panel of alumni judges. 

Read more about our 2019-2020 award winners here: 

https://www.city.yale.edu/blog/2019/12/9/artsmediawinners

and our inaugural award winners here:

https://www.city.yale.edu/blog/2018/11/28/city-and-aacc-announce-arts-amp-media-innovation-award-winners.  

Asian Graduation Celebration 2019

On the evening of Friday, May 17th, over a hundred undergraduate and graduate students gathered with their friends, families and loved ones to participate in Yale’s inaugural Asian Graduation Celebration. The keynote was delivered by Professor Mary Lui, Head of Timothy Dwight College and Professor of History and American Studies, along with student remarks from Cindy Kahn Nguyen ‘19 and Vicky Yi Qing Liu ‘19. Congratulations Class of 2019! We are so proud of you and will miss each of you dearly.

Asian American Student Alliance’s 50th Anniversary Celebration

Founded in 1969, the Asian American Student Alliance is Yale’s oldest student organization for Asian Americans. The weekend of April 6th, 2019 brought close to one hundred alumni back from all across the U.S. and abroad back to campus for a powerful intergenerational gathering.

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