Sustainability: The Return to Roots
Haverford College, Bryn Mawr College, Swarthmore College
Date: April 23rd (Saturday)
Location: Virtual
Open to all within and outside the Tri-Co community!*
*specific workshops open to APIS/A -identifying students only
About Tri-CASC
The Tri-College Asian Student Conference, Tri-CASC, is a conference organized by students from the liberal arts colleges that constitute the Tri-College Consortium in Pennsylvania. Created for Asian Pacific Islander South Asian/American (APIS/A) identifying students and allies from within the Consortium and institutions in the greater Philadelphia area, this multi-day conference consists of a series of panels, speakers, workshops, and performances centered on the issues that grip APIS/A communities.
Mission Statement
Tri-CASC strives to serve as a place of solidarity, pride, and love for the APIS/A community and represent the experiences and narratives of Asian and Pacific Islander-identifying people in the United States. It is imperative that we progress the critical dialogues occurring at our individual campuses to build coalitions and further understand the nuances of the many APIS/A experiences. We will examine how our community has been the victim of oppression, both throughout history and in today’s political and social climate, while also acknowledging how APIS/As have been complicit in systemic injustices. We come together in acknowledgment of how our intersectional identities, respective privileges and disadvantages, histories, and experiences influence our fight for equality, and how none of us are free from our oppression until all oppressed peoples are freed from theirs. By leveraging the collective power of the various APIS/A communities, we can continue to weave APIS/A narratives into the complex racial fabric of the United States and deconstruct systems of power.