Archive for May, 2005
Tuesday, May 31st, 2005
May 30, 2005 Happy Memorial Day. This holiday didn't really mean much except for providing a good opportunity to do work. Unfortunately I didn't take advantage of that :-\ I slept in, got brunch and then started my Asian American history paper. That was interrupted by the Halo ...
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Monday, May 30th, 2005
May 29, 2005 We were up early *8:30am* to clean the house. We headed to the Chinese Progressive Association in downtown San Francisco Chinatown to help them with a campaign against Nova Knits. The story is that Nova Knits employed a lot of Chinese immigrant workers as garment workers, ...
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Monday, May 30th, 2005
May 28, 2005 Day one of ACT training. SAAAC folks drove out to the Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO) in Oakland. It's a three story mansion with lots of empty meeting space and beds on the second floor. We met up with about 10 Berkeley folks and held ...
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Sunday, May 29th, 2005
May 27, 2005 My big event of the day was an end-of-the-year BBQ for the MLKPP. Beth made some kick-ass burgers and hot dogs (I ate two burgers and one hot dog and some chips with guacamole) so I was stuffed. Professor Carson gave all of us certificates of ...
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Saturday, May 28th, 2005
May 26, 2005 Last day of sections! I was busy in between class - running around meeting with Professor Chang to finalize my SRC position - I'll be researching anti-Japanese and anti-Asian violence after Pearl Harbo and during WWII. I'll be looking at newspapers in select cities with large ...
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Thursday, May 26th, 2005
May 25, 2005 Last day of MLKPP for the year. Great experience - I guess I'll write more during an end of the year wrap-up entry after I get done with all my studying and finals. History was pretty interesting today - one guy kept on complaining ...
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Wednesday, May 25th, 2005
May 24, 2005 Didn't go to class today. MLKPP, lunch, and then to the library to do some work alongside Jenny. I ended up falling asleep for most of the time and then went to an API Leaders 'retreat' led by Hai Binh at the A3C from 4-6. We ...
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2005
May 23, 2005 Classes are almost over - can count them on one hand now. I did the errand thing today - after polisci and MLKPP I was at American Studies getting forms for working on campus with Professor Chang and then to the CSRE building to get the ...
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Monday, May 23rd, 2005
May 22, 2005 SAAAC Retreat today! Overall, a lot of fun. I was initially disappointed because people didn't roll out like they said they would for it, but the seniors were awesome and so was Owen and Yang and Linda. I helped facilitate and I think things went well, ...
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Sunday, May 22nd, 2005
May 21, 2005 Carolyn Wong's graduation party for seniors was today! Spencer, Linda, Yang, and I piled into her car outside of Tresidder at 1:30 and were off to Andronico's Market, to pick up some beer and last minute food. We spent the afternoon making a salad and moving ...
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