William & Mary College this Friday, 3/20

We're off to Williamsburg, VA to see our good friends Eddy Hong and Stacey McDermott. Please come check us out if you can!

Friday, March 20, 2009
Salder Center--Tidewaters
8pm

Here are the links to the performance announcement:

Yellow Rage Spoken Word

http://www.wm.edu/as/asianstudies/news/apahmonth.php

I'm pasting the text below.

Starts: March 20, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Location: Salder Center - Tidewaters
Event URL: http://www.wm.edu/as/asianstudies/news/apahmonth.php

Summary

Spoken poetry

Full Description

Yellow Rage is a dynamic duo of Philly-based Asian American female spoken word poets. Michelle Myers and Catzie Vilayphonh are the two founding members. Yellow Rage gained national attention when they performed on the first season of the critically-acclaimed HBO television series Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry, where they were semi-finalists. Through their poetry, Catzie and Michelle hope to provide an awareness that is not often heard. Exploring topics from fetishes to cultural appropriation to ethnic pride, Yellow Rage challenges mainstream misconceptions of Asianness. This event is FREE to see, so come early to get a seat!

Yellow Rage is presented by the International Performance Arts eXchange and co-sponsored by Asian Student Council, Dean Kimberley Phillips, and Asian Studies Initiative. Funded in part by the Freeman Foundation.

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May is traditionally National Asian Pacific American (APA) Heritage month in the United States, a time to celebrate the Asian and Pacific Islander history and culture in the United States. The celebration originally began in 1978 when a Joint Resolution signed by President Jimmy Carter designated the first 10 days of May to Asian/Pacific Heritage Week. In 1990 President George H. W. Bush expanded the celebration to the entire month.

In the Fall of 2006, the pioneer class of Asian American History at the College of William and Mary began organizing the celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage. The APAH Steering Committee opted to celebrate in March and April since final examinations commenced in May. 2009 marks the second year APA Heritage is celebrated at William and Mary.

Asian Studies Initiative dedicates this year’s celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage month to the College of William and Mary’s first ever Asian American student, Arthur Matsu, ’28.

In March 2009, the College received a donation to its initiatives in Asian American and Asia Pacific Studies from the 7 Society in the amount of $777.77 in honor of Arthur Matsu.

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Love,
Michelle