Taituuga Samoa Anesi Koria studied at UC San Diego from 1978 to 1988. He was an student leader from Third College involved in Asian and Pacific Islander Student Alliance (APSA) and the Asian American Studies Committee (AASC). During and after UCSD, he is strongly committed to education and community service, especially to educate and celebrate Pacific Islander culture and identity.Read More →
Chris Datiles was an undergraduate student studying Ethnic Studies from 2006 to 2011. During his time as an undergrad, Chris was involved with OASIS Summer Bridge, Kaibigang Pilipino, KP STAR, the Cross Cultural Center, the LGBT Resource Center, and the Kamalayan Kollective. His work was centered in creating space for minoritized students to learn and heal in community. Chris sees his time organizing as a student as part of the foundation that influences his practice as a psychotherapist that focuses on grief, loss, and change.Read More →
GROW is a collaboration of students, faculty, staff, and librarians at UC San Diego working to document the untold stories - going back to the 1980s and prior - behind the creation of the new Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Studies Program at UC San Diego, just one part of a broader demand for social transformation in the university and beyond.
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