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About ECAASU
WHO makes up ECAASU?
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The Representatives Council consists of 1 or 2 members per school. These dynamic student leaders represent their school in a national forum. |
The Affiliate School Project strives to get to know ECAASU's member schools better by creating a profile for each school that is editable wiki-style. |
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The National Board is the central executive board for all national activities of the East Coast Asian American Student Union. The Conference Board are local boards in charge of organizing ECAASU's biggest event: the annual conference. |
The Directorate, or the Board of Directors, is a group of ECAASU alumni dedicated to shaping and directing the long term vision of ECAASU. |
...and of course: our MEMBERS!
To join our members list, simply fill out your e-mails in the right sidebar.
WHAT does ECAASU do?
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Regional Mixers |
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ECAASU hosts regional mixers in the fall in large cities up and down the East Coast. Members of the Representatives Council are invited to attend. |
Every year, ECAASU hosts one of the largest gatherings of Asian Americans at our annual conference. This year, in 2008, we had 1,200 delegates congregate to discuss a wide variety of issues. |
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Voter Registration Drive |
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ECAASU publishes a journal on Asian American issues, especially those pertaining to college students or those involving college students. We also include profiles of our affiliate schools as a yearbook for our members. |
Teaming up with APIA Vote, ECAASU is running a nationwide voter registration and voter education drive. We believe in not only making the voter registration process easy, but we are also dedicated to helping our members make informed deicsions when voting. |
...and more
These are only snippets of what ECAASU does. Hopefully these can give you a sense of what ECAASU stands for, our goals and our membership. If you have any more questions, please do not hestitate to contact us at board@ecaasunational.org.And a bit of history
In 1977, 150 Asian American students gather at Yale University to develop a vehicle to increase communication and provide mutual support to Asian American student organizations across campuses. The Inter-Collegiate liaison Committee (ICLC) is borne. ICLC rallied against the Bakke Decision and begins to organize for a Spring conference at Princeton University. In March of 1978, ECASU is formed out of the "Asian Student Unity" conference at Princeton. 275 students from 35 colleges.
Recently, there has been a plethora of changes, winding from the sudden surges in Asian American populations in colleges nationwide, to the fevered scapegoating of Asians in the Clinton campaign scandal and the Lawrence Labs debacle. The Wen Ho Lee incident has shown that no Asian-American is safe from racial profiling and stereotyping. In the past years, Asian populations in juvenile systems have doubled in parts of the country, and by all accounts the fissure between the haves and the have-nots within our very own community has widened too far. There has been a resurgence of Asian American activism, from the gradual strengthening of collegiate groups to the bold organizing of the 80-20 Initiative. With eyes on these trends, ECAASU looks to strengthen the East Coast Asian student community, and to bring us to new heights of awareness, activism, and pride in our people.
