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Acronym for Asian Pacific American Coalition, "a student group that strives to represent and serve students of Asian descent at Northwestern by raising awareness of Asian/Asian American social and cultural issues and engaging and empowering the A/AA student community."<ref>[https://nuapac.wordpress.com/about/ APAC Mission Statement]</ref> APAC began in 1991 as the Asian American Advisory Board ([[AAAB]]), which, in addition to overseeing all Asian/Asian American student organizations, demonstrated for the creation of the Asian American Studies Program ([[AASP]]) with hunger strikes in 1995. | Acronym for Asian Pacific American Coalition, "a student group that strives to represent and serve students of Asian descent at Northwestern by raising awareness of Asian/Asian American social and cultural issues and engaging and empowering the A/AA student community."<ref>[https://nuapac.wordpress.com/about/ APAC Mission Statement]</ref> APAC began in 1991 as the Asian American Advisory Board ([[AAAB]]), which, in addition to overseeing all Asian/Asian American student organizations, demonstrated for the creation of the Asian American Studies Program ([[AASP]]) with hunger strikes in 1995. | ||
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Pronunciation
['ay pak]
Description
Acronym for Asian Pacific American Coalition, "a student group that strives to represent and serve students of Asian descent at Northwestern by raising awareness of Asian/Asian American social and cultural issues and engaging and empowering the A/AA student community."[1] APAC began in 1991 as the Asian American Advisory Board (AAAB), which, in addition to overseeing all Asian/Asian American student organizations, demonstrated for the creation of the Asian American Studies Program (AASP) with hunger strikes in 1995.
APAC is an advocacy/socio-political group officially recognized by the MSA and an A-status group recognized by ASG.
Annual Events
- APAC & CSA Spring Speaker
- Espresso Expressions
- KASA & APAC Korea Peace Day
- Mr. Panasia
- MAASU Spring Conference
Past Spring Speakers
- WongFu Productions in 2015
- Timothy DeLaGhetto in 2014
- Franny Choi in 2013
- Phil Yu (Angry Asian Man) in 2010[2]
- Margaret Cho in 2003[3]
Example Sentence
Did you go to the APAC general meeting?
