You’re part of something big. Something that’s only getting bigger.
In this 2011 Annual Report, we’d like to remind our members that being a part of AAAYA means being a part of something big: something bigger than the events that you attend in your local chapter, or even the sum total of the hundreds of alumni who attended over 30 events in 6 cities in 2011.
You’re a part of a movement that’s been decades in the making. Asian American alumni first showed up in significant numbers on Yale’s campus in the 1960s. It wasn’t until the 1980s that there were enough alumni to convene an informal alumni group on the West Coast. In 2006, after an aborted attempt to convene an Asian American reunion on Yale’s campus, alumni in New York and San Francisco decided to formally organize AAAYA and build a grassroots organization – through local chapters in major metro areas.
The idea was to start local, start small, and then build up to something big: a national alumni organization that would bring Asian and Asian American alumni together to accomplish all sorts of things that we wouldn’t be able to do on our own: strengthen our personal and professional networks, provide mentorship and guidance to students on campus, and support Asian American causes through our local Asian American community organizations.
In Annual Reports from past years (2008, 2009, and 2010), we’ve talked a lot about building our membership base, growing our local chapters, and building a truly national organization. This year, five years after we started this effort, that message remains: we’re still growing, and we’re still building. But now that we stand at this five year mark, we can safely say that yes, we have built something big.
Can it become even bigger? Absolutely, and at the end of this report, we’ll talk about how you can help continue our growth. But for now, let’s recap a year’s worth of exciting activities, reflect on the decades of work that’s made all of this possible, and recognize how it’s all much larger than the sum of our parts.
YDoS :: Los Angeles: Budokhan Center of Little Tokyo Community BBQ and Sports Clinic
SoCal AAAYA Yale Day of Service Project
Date: Sat. 05/12/2012 – 9:30am – 3:00pm
The Budokhan Center of Little Tokyo
235-249 S. Los Angeles St. (between 2nd and 3rd St)
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Web site: http://www.budokanoflosangeles.com
Description:
Please join SoCal AAAYA in volunteering for The Budokhan Center of Little Tokyo Community BBQ and Sports Clinic!
The Budokan of Los Angeles, Downtown’s new sports and activities center, has been a dream of the Little Tokyo Community for more than four decades. Once the thriving heart of Japanese American culture in Los Angeles, Little Tokyo now faces the challenge of appealing to future generations while maintaining its historic cultural identity. For more than forty years now, community leaders have fought for the Budokan. And to many in the community, the Budokan of Los Angeles has been the answer to this challenge.
Volunteers needed for:
Children’s Basketball Clinics
Martial Arts Area
Site Coordinator:
Azan Kung YSD’91
Please go to YDoS website to sign-up!
http://yaledayofservice.org/node/926
AAAYA New York Chapter: Life After Yale – Careers: A Candid View, Thursday, March 29, 2012
Life After Yale: Careers – A Candid View
The Legal Profession
This event is the first in a series covering different professions and will feature three panelists representing the respective disciplines of outside litigation, general counsel, and outside corporate finance/M&A. This series is jointly supported by the Association of Asian American Yale Alumni (AAAYA), the Yale Alumni Association of New York (YAANY) and Yale University. The remainder of the series will cover investment banking (April 23), consulting, medical and entrepreneurship.
The panel discussion will be held in New York City, but will be simultaneously broadcast via video conference to Room 119, William Harkness Hall at Yale University at 100 Wall Street, and over the internet as a webinar.
Time: Thursday, March 29, 2012 from 4:30 pm to 6 pm EST
Registration: http://lifeafteryale.eventbrite.com/
Panelists:
Bijan Amini, Officer and Co-Founding Principal, Storch Amini Munves PC
Sandra Leung, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Alice Young, Partner and Asia-Pacific Chair, Kaye Scholer LLP
Moderator and Organizer:
Peter Young, President and Managing Director, Young & Partners LLC
Locations and Webinar:
New York Location: Conference Room 22B at Kaye Scholer LLP, 425 Park Avenue,
Yale Videoconference Location: Room 119, William Harkness Hall, 100 Wall Street
Webinar: Internet presentation website and conference call
Topics:
- • Where is the profession heading (good and bad)?
- • How do you get into the profession and what is the typical career path?
- • What are the myths versus the realities?
- • What are the characteristics of people who tend to do well and are happy in the profession?
- • What types of people tend not to do well or end up unhappy and why?
- • If you don’t stay in the profession until retirement, what are the exit routes to other professions?
Biographies: read more…
AAAYA New York Chapter & AACC: Life After Yale – Careers, Culture & Community, Saturday, April 14, 2012
When: Saturday, April 14, 2012 from 3-6:30 p.m.
Where: East Village/ Flatiron Area
What: 10 undergraduates will come to NYC to network with alumni while bowling at Bowlmor Lanes and feasting at Shake Shack. This highly engaging and popular event encourages undergraduates to explore various career paths through discussions with alumni. We are looking for alumni with diverse career paths to advise students. If you are interested in participating, please contact pamela.shen@aya.yale.edu.
RSVP: http://yalela.tix.com | 800-595-4849
