The conference’s purpose is to develop leadership skills, connect community members, and foster a deeper understanding of relevance of APIA issues to personal lives.

APIA Awakening is filled with workshops, keynote speakers, and opportunities for personal development and education about multiple communities’ issues. The workshop facilitators represent various backgrounds and experiences including AASU alumni, community members, and UF faculty and staff.

The 3 respective workshop session categories are 1) Individual Focus, 2) Asian American issues and 3) Intersection with other communities.

Our keynote speaker is Rosalind Chou from GSU. Our other facilitators are as follows:

Session 1–Individual Focus
Dennis Ngin–Beyond the Books: Learning Outside the Classroom
Rosalind Chou–Framing
Sandy Chiu–Leadership Style
Session 2–Asian American Issues
Dr. Vasuda/Grad Student–Hindu/South Asian religion topics
Luis Caraballo & Leah Villanueva–Power and Privilege/Systems of Oppression (Race and Gender)
Dr. Johnson & Dr. Alonzo–Managing Stress
Session 3–Intersection of Issues with Other Communities
Eric Castillo–APImmigration: Asian Youth Activism & Immigration
Natalie Nguyen & Ernie Solero–LGBTQ issues
Dr. Zoharah Simmons–Black Community History

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Look out for updates on this FB event & www.ufflp.com for the full itinerary & workshop options. There is also FREE FOOD (i.e. breakfast and lunch).

Best of all…registration is absolutely FREE! Attendance is capped at 60 attendees so register quickly. Even if the quota is met, please register as there is a possibility spots may become vacant. Register here– http://tinyurl.com/apiaawakeningsignup

8:30am-9:00am_____Registration
9:00am-9:15am_____Energizer
9:15am-9:30am_____Keynote
9:30am-9:40am_____Transition to Workshop 1
9:40am-10:40am____Workshop 1
10:40am-10:50am___Transition to Workshop 2
10:50am-11:50am___Workshop 2
11:50am-12:30pm___Lunch Break
12:30pm-1:30pm____Workshop 3
1:30pm-1:40pm_____Transition to Debriefing
1:40pm-2:00pm_____Debriefing (small group)
2:00pm-2:30pm_____Debriefing (whole group)
2:30pm-3:15pm_____Keynote
3:15pm-4:00pm_____Conclusion–surveys

We hope SB12 has given you plenty of time for some R&R, but it’s that time of the year again to reflect on the past year and envision your future! The Freshman Leadership Program and UF Student Government cordially invite you to the 2nd Annual Leadership Annual Leadership Meet and Greet.

Come with questions and curiosity for the e-boards and chairs of the following (sub)organizations:
Asian American Student Assembly
Asian American Student Union
Asian Kaleidoscope Month
Campus Diplomats
Chinese American Student Association
Filipino Student Association
Freshman Leadership Program
Health Educated Asian Leaders
Korean Undergraduate Student Association
Student Government–Cabinet and Freshman Leadership Council
Travel and Recreation Program (TRiP)
Vietnamese Student Organization

***Please arrive promptly, as complimentary food will be served at this event.

This event is completely free and NOT exclusive whatsoever: so please invite your friends, bigs/littles and mentors/mentees to see how you can get involved within a (sub)organization next year!

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Mark your calendars now for Monday, March 12 at 6pm in the Matthews Suite (4th floor of Reitz) for FLP & SG’s 2nd Annual Leadership Meet and Greet!

Our first two Spring meetings took place on January 26 & February 6. We hope we gave you a new perspective to what you can do within AASU and FLP so that you can become a part of something even bigger than life: AASU WEEK 2012–ascension.

If you haven’t contacted with the Head of your event, do so ASAP so that we can get things rolling! Here’s the line-up for AASU Week:

AASU Week is March 24-31
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Sat– Mini-Conference; Learn about the behind-the-scenes work that goes into planning educational workshops and guest speaker presentations, as well as Asian American issues and how to raise awareness on these issues.

Sun–AASU Olympics; If you went out to AASU Field Day, you’ll know this Michael Fronda-led event will also be a hoot! Get excited to prepare a variety of exhilarating and mind-provoking games/activities as all AASU suborgs compete for the win!

Mon–Birthday Bash; AASU is turning 19! Our umbrella organization celebrates its birthday by honoring those most dedicated and hardworking to their suborgs. You’ll be helping coordinate decorations, awards, catering, programming and tech.

Tue–Gameshow Night; A new addition, this gameshow night will be lots of fun to plan as you will see what goes into planning a fun competition filled with competing mentor/mentee pairs!

Thu–Film Screening with APIA with panel; Everyone loves educational films and guest speakers! Why not have both?

Fri–Closing Ceremony; This committee is based on applications. Learn what it takes to put on a large-scale production, as far as programming and working with special guest performances.

Sat–Block Party; Set outside on Reitz Colonnade/North Lawn, this event is also a never before seen one! Get the chance to work with AASU suborgs as well as the Black Student Union, Hispanic Student Association and the Pride Student Union. Games, cultural engagement and TONS of food entail!

The Basics of Becoming a Boss
1. Swag–Dressing appropriately for interviews/presentations
2. Step–Body language
3. Sayin’s–Professional correspondence, Public speaking
4. Starts–Career Resource Center, Pre-Career Organizations
5. Soul–Balance involvement, friends, & academia

Networking & Personal Branding
Make yourself stick out by having a “30 second elevator speech” readily practiced and memorized!

1. Name–With confidence, no mumbling
2. What You Do–Major, Student Involvement Activities, Interests, Passions
3. HOOKUPS–Your market: who are you looking for, Your own network: who do you already know
4. Credibility–Past positions/achievements>>Personal stories work best!

***Fill out the volunteer form at http://www.leadershipandservice.ufl.edu/gatorplunge.php before THIS WEDNESDAY AT NOON; fill in AASU under Group Affiliation on the form. ***

The event itself is this Saturday, September 24th at 8:15 AM. We will be meeting at the Plaza of the Americas in front of Peabody Hall.
—Wear close toed shoes & bring a water bottle so we can work hard to give back to our community!
–FREE FOOD: breakfast & lunch are both provided!!

We hope you settled into UF nicely over these past two weeks! We just wanted to provide you the websites we had mentioned during our first meeting:

1. Mentee applications due September 19th– http://tiny.cc/gox4o
Become apart of the FLP fambam by getting your very own mentor!

2. AASU chair applications due September 4th — http://tinyurl.com/3b4sdvp
Start of freshman year strong by seeking a position in the Asian American Asian Union!

3. We’ll be hosting our Joint Potluck/Gatornight Extravaganza with CASA on September 16th. Look out for a FB event page or ufflp.com for the updated details on this event! ***If you haven’t done so, add “Flp At Uf” as a friend on Facebook so you can get timely updates! (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001697856106)

As always, we’re here to make your freshman year the best experience so feel free to shoot us an email about Gator Nation, AASU, etc. We are more than willing to help you out!

Registration is at 1:00
Kickoff is at 2:00
Awards are at 3:00

Expect free food from:

- Gator Dominos
- The Gelato Company
- Planet Smoothie
- Moe’s
- The Flying Biscuit
- and more….

Join FLP’s March for Babies group as we participate in a great cause!
Here’s the link to register with “FLiP Love”
http://www.marchforbabies.org/s_team_page.asp?seid=1490692

Please invite and ask as many people you possibly can to participate in March for Babies. There will be hundreds of people and it will be an exciting and fun time

Moving onto our upcoming activities, FLP is having our FOURTH General Meeting TOMORROW at 6:30 pm at LIT 0125! Note the room change. We are NOT at CSE anymore. Earlier this week, us FLP directors have been spamming you with e-mail about this upcoming meeting. At this meeting we will be discussing and splitting into committees. It’s finally the time to get some hands on experience that will help you guys in the future with leadership positions in AASU’s suborgs or other organizations here at UF!

Here’s a brief description of our committees:

• Community Service-In charge of finding community service projects
• Fundraising-In charge of planning events to fund-raise for charity
• Social-In charge of planning upcoming socials such as Thanksgiving Potluck
• Historian-In charge of documenting FLP events through scrapbooking and taking pictures
• Public Relations-In charge of promoting FLP events through Facebook, website, etc.
• AASU Outreach-In charge of keeping FLP members updated on upcoming AASU events
• M&M Relations -In charge of finding M&M bonding events or activities

So APPLY APPLY APPLY NOW!
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&pli=1&formkey=dEhZT2p5ZTlndl9xTER6cG9fRXVDVVE6MQ#gid=0

And we’ll see you guys tomorrow

For those who have signed up, It’s Here!!

First Retreat

At Graham Gallery

Saturday October 2nd, 10am-4:30pm

$3 for Lunch

Wear Comfortable Shoes

See you there!