Happy Native American Heritage Month, Happy First-Generation College Week, and Happy Diwali / Deepavali / Tihar / Swanti / Kali Puja / Bandi Chhor Divas to everyone celebrating!
Welcome to QCAP’s November newsletter of the Fall 2024 semester!
Updating you on events and opportunities for our Queens College AAPI community.
📣ANNOUNCEMENTS
Request to Reserve the QCAP Community Space!
The QCAP Community Space in Powdermaker Hall 251 is still being reorganized and not open for regular hours till further notice. However, our space is available for reservation by students! If you would like to reserve the space for studying, meetings, etc., please book online at least 1 day in advance at https://qcapspacereservation.setmore.com/.
⭐️UPCOMING EVENTS
Tue 11/05: QCAP’s Mental Health Workshop with Renee Floresca
Join us for our second fall QCAP Mental Health Workshop, “EVERYTHING IS (NOT) FINE!,” on Tuesday, November 5, from 12:00–1:30pm in the President’s Lounge/Q-Side (Dining Hall 120 & 122), facilitated by Filipina actor, artist, writer, and educator Renee Floresca! This will be a fun, interactive storytelling/writing workshop designed for students looking to unwind and destress. Through writing and theater practices, mindfulness exercises, and open discussion, this workshop will help us “let go” and “release” that which does not serve us. Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed or just need a break, this workshop is a safe space to share, laugh, and discover that it’s okay not to be okay. Come as you are, and leave a little lighter! And snacks will be provided!
Wed 11/20: AACS + QCAP Chai (& Cocoa) Chat
Stop by the QCAP Community Space (Powdermaker Hall 251, on the 2nd floor by the Urban Studies department office) on Wednesday, November 20, during free hour (12:15–1:30pm), for some chai, cocoa, and snacks and the chance to be in community with AAPI faculty, students, and allies! This is a great opportunity to learn more about QC’s Asian American Community Studies (AACS) Minor and about QCAP and to ask any questions you might have! This is part of a series of monthly, free-hour Chai Chats that AACS and QCAP plan to host throughout the academic year—please join us! No registration necessary!
⏪QCAP RECAP
AACS + QCAP Chai Chat (10/30)
The first AACS + QCAP Chai Chat of this semester kicked off with a warm, welcoming atmosphere. Over chai and snacks, students and faculty gathered to connect and learn more about the exciting relaunch of the AACS Minor and QCAP’s journey into its third year. We chatted about the AAPI experience at QC, answered questions, and learned about the AACS Minor. Thank you to everyone who joined us! We are excited to continue our Chai Chats throughout the academic year and hope to see you at our next one in November!
🏫CAMPUS EVENTS
Monday Masterpiece Painting, Mon 11/04, 12:15-1:15pm, Student Union Diner
Knights Table Fresh Food Bag Program, free fresh food bags, Mon 11/04 & every Monday through 12/09, free hour (12:15-1:30pm), Student Union Diner
Weekly Yoga with Exhale to Inhale, Mon 11/04 & every Monday through 12/02, 12:00-12:45pm, James Muysken Conference Room in The Summit, register here
First-Generation Celebration Luncheon & Panel: Alumni Edition, Mon 11/04, 12:15-1:30pm, Dining Hall Patio Room, RSVP here
Initiating Conversations with Professionals, Mon 11/04, 12:15-1:30pm, Campbell Dome
Trick or Eat Food Drive, Mon 11/04, 5:00-7:30pm, Student Union LL 36, RSVP here
Career Conversations: Making Money Moves (for first-gen students & immigrants), Wed 11/06, 1:00-2:40pm, Rosenthal Library 230, RSVP here
Americares Thrift Shop Fundraiser, Wed 11/06, 12:15-1:30pm, location TBA
Harvest Fest, free fresh produce while it lasts, Wed 11/06 & first Wednesday of every month, free hour (12:30-2:00pm)
Hang Out with the GSSP Student Ambassadors, every Thursday, 12:00-2:00pm, Student Union Lower Level (lounge area next to the pantry)
Deepawali Utsav (QC SASA), Fri 11/08, 7:00-11:00pm, Dining Hall 800, tickets at QR code
QC Care Days, Fri 11/08 & biweekly Fridays through 12/06, 2:00-4:00pm, volunteer at the Pomonok Community Center
Island Feva 7 🌴, Wed 11/06, 6:00-10:00pm, Student Union Underground (SU LL50)
World Kindness Day, Wed 11/13, 12:00-2:00pm, Student Union Diner
Square Dance Bonanza, Thu 11/14, 6:00-10:00pm, Student Union Ballroom
Present Your Pet, Mon 11/18, 12:30-1:30pm, location provided with registration
Urban Affairs MA Info Session, Mon 11/18, 6:00pm, virtual, RSVP via QR code
A Life in the Arts, Wed 11/20, free hour (12:15-1:30pm), Rathaus Hall 101B (Dance Studio)
Giving Back Dance / Charity Drive, Thu 11/21, 7:00-11:00pm, Student Union Ballroom
Friendsgiving Dinner, Mon 11/25, 7:00-11:00pm, Student Union Ballroom
Friendsgiving (GSA), Tue 11/26, 6:00-8:00pm, location provided with registration
💗COMMUNITY EVENTS IN NYC
Virtual Arab Film Festival, on-demand screenings through 11/03
Palestinian Fashion Show: A Love Letter to Teta, Sat 11/02, 6:00pm, The People’s Forum, 320 W 37th Street, Manhattan, RSVP here
Icons of Culture Festival, multiple events through Sat 11/02, Perelman Performing Arts Center, 251 Fulton Street, Manhattan
Book Talk: Family Amnesia by Betty Yu (AAARI), Fri 11/01, 6:00-7:30pm, in-person at AAARI, Manhattan, and via Zoom
Online Reading & Conversation: Poetry as Consciousness (AAWW), Fri 11/01, 7:00-9:00pm, virtual
Run Amok: Asian Americans in Hardcore Punk, Fri 11/01, 7:30-10:00pm, Lincoln Center’s David Rubenstein Atrium, Manhattan
New York Japan CineFest 2024, Fri 11/01, 6:30-9:00pm, Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue, Manhattan
10th Annual Diwali Festival, Sat 11/02, 12:00-4:00pm, Flushing Town Hall Theater
Diwali Celebration: Let’s Light Up Liberty Avenue, Sat 11/02, 3:00-8:00pm, Liberty Avenue & Lefferts Blvd (Little Guyana Avenue), Queens
K-Pop Dance Academy, multiple free classes Sun 11/03, Sat 11/09, & Sun 11/10, Korean Cultural Center New York, 122 E 32nd Street, Manhattan
Online Book Talk: Closing the Golden Door: Asian Migration and the Hidden History of Exclusion at Ellis Island, Thu 11/07, 12:00-1:00pm, virtual
Reading with Jennifer Chang and Maureen Sun, Thu 11/07, 7:00-8:30pm, Yu and Me Books, 44 Mulberry Street, Manhattan
The World’s Borough Art Exhibition Opening Reception, Thu 11/07, 7:00-9:00pm, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd, Queens, exhibition on view 11/07-11/25
Mindful Moments: A Creative Experience with Literature & Connection, Fri 11/08, 5:30-7:00pm, Yu and Me Books, 44 Mulberry Street, Manhattan
Writers for Palestine Fundraiser, Sat 11/09, 6:00-8:00pm, The People’s Forum, 320 W 37th Street, Manhattan
I’m Possible by Omnium Circus, multiple shows Sat 11/09 & Sun 11/10, Queens Theatre, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
Book Launch: The Other Side of Tomorrow by Deb JJ Lee, Tue 11/12, 6:00-8:00pm, Yu and Me Books, 44 Mulberry Street, Manhattan
Book Discussion: Growing Up Under a Red Flag with artists Xinmei Liu & Yao Xiao, Wed 11/13, 6:00-7:30pm, Yu and Me Books, 44 Mulberry Street, Manhattan
Free Film Screening & Q&A with Filmmaker: All We Imagine As Light, Wed 11/13, 7:00-9:30pm, Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue, Manhattan, register here
Korean American Film Festival New York (KAFFNY), Wed 11/13-Fri 11/15, details TBA
Book Release Party: Haruki Murakami’s The City and Its Uncertain Walls, Mon 11/18, 10:00pm-12:00am, Yu and Me Books, 44 Mulberry Street, Manhattan
On Performance, Poetics, and Authoritarianism with Christine Balance, Tue 11/19, 4:00-6:00pm, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Avenue, Room 9207, Manhattan
Dogeaters: Jessica Hagedorn with Patrick Rosal and Lucy Yu, Tue 11/19, 7:00-9:00pm, New Design High School Library, 350 Grand Street, 4th Floor, Manhattan
Book Talk: Something Close to Nothing by Tom Pyun, Thu 11/21, 6:00-7:00pm, Yu and Me Books, 44 Mulberry Street, Manhattan
Materials of Solidarity: A Tour with Nadine Fattaleh (NYU A/P/A Institute), Fri 11/22, 5:00-6:30pm, 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor Gallery, Manhattan, exhibition on view through 12/06
No/Pen Mic, Fri 11/22, 8:00-9:30pm, Yu and Me Books, 44 Mulberry Street, Manhattan
Workshop: Collage for Liberation with Ashley Lagrange, Sat 11/23, 1:00-4:00pm, The People’s Forum, 320 W 37th Street, Manhattan, register here
Yellow Face, performances through 11/24, Todd Haimes Theatre, 227 W 42nd Street, Manhattan, use code AANHPI for 30% of tickets
Maybe Happy Ending, performances through 2025, Belasco Theatre, 111 W 44th Street, Manhattan, rush & lottery tickets available
Exhibition: Legacies: Asian American Art Movements in New York City (1969-2001), on view through 12/20, 80WSE, 80 Washington Square East, Manhattan
📌INTERNSHIPS & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
Scholarship Opportunities at Queens College and CUNY
Handshake – online platform for QC students to search & apply for internships & jobs
Northwell Health Healthcare Management Program Internship – Summer 2025 applications due 11/01
2024 CUNY Ethics and Morality Essay Contest – submissions due 11/01
2024 CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship – applications due 11/01
LifeSci NYC Internship Program – applications reviewed year-round; suggested early deadline for summer applications is 12/31
CUNY Cultural Corps – Internship opportunities. Fill out an interest form for Spring 2025.
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) Program – applications due 3/15/2025
Unilever Marketing Internship – Summer 2025 applications due 1/01/25
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) Program – applications due 3/15/25
✨RESOURCES
In case you didn’t already know, we have a Resources section on our website, where you will find not just QC- or CUNY-related resources but other Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) resources as well. These resources range from scholarly journals to various podcasts and YouTube channels to local AAPI-serving community organizations. Check them out!
And if you need any support or help accessing resources, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected].
