Erin Wen Ai Chew, the Co-Founder and National Convener for the Asian Australian Alliance (AAA) is imploring the Asian Australian community to be more “political”. She tells Being Asian Australian that:
For far too long we have been silent on anything remotely political. Australian politics and other institutions have taken advantage of our community and have reduced us as a token and as a community who prefers to stay silent. It is time for Asian Australians to engage more in all types of political issues – whether it be politics, empowerment, systematic issues, social issues etc.
In saying that, Chew is inviting the community to 2 events she is involved with and yes, they are political and yes we encourage all of you to engage and participate!
The Asian Australian Alliance’s “IN CONVERSATION” series will be with Creative Director, podcaster and comedian Diana Nguyen. In 2021, Diana was the overall winner for the 40 under 40 most influential Asian Australian, and she has recently been performing at the Melbourne Comedy Festival with her awesome work in “Chasing Keanu Reeves”.
Diana’s web series “Phi and Me” has just won a Screen Australia grant for television development and she has featured in a number of TV shows and current affairs programs such as The Project.
DETAILS:
Date: Friday April 22, 2022
Time: 2pm (AEST)
Location: Zoom
RSVP: Please click here or use this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aaa-womens-forum-in-conversation-with-diana-nguyen-tickets-314520277617?fbclid=IwAR3ywBI-SdJqcJKzwf04Yn4F0wFppJSNmXpz6LWVwI0HO5HLx0ZRamrZ0BA
We will have an IN CONVERSATION with Diana on a range of topics including (but not limited to):
- Negative stereptypes of Asian/Asian Australian women;
- Sexual racism and how that impacts on Asian/Asian Australian women;
- Glass and bamboo ceiling;
- What it takes to be a creative entrepreneur;
- Anti-Asian hate/#stopasianhate;
- Awesome things she as a Vietnamese Australian woman has achieved;
- AND the most important thing is why is she chasing Keanu Reeves?
AND MANY OTHER THINGS
There will be time for Q&A – so have your questions ready!
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THIS EVENT IS HELD IN SYDNEY
We hope you can come and attend this as you will hear Zhi-Soon a federal election candidate for Banks in Sydney’s South talk about politics, democracy, his career as a diplomat and in the public service and answer questions on representation in politics. This is a joint even between AMSA (Australian Malaysian Singaporean Association) and AAA ( Asian Australian Alliance), as part of AMSA’s In Conversation series and AAA’s #ASIANAUSPOL (www.asianauspol.net) campaign.
There will be tea and coffee and some yummy afternoon tea, so we hope you can attend. Here are the details:
DATE + TIME
Sat 23rd Apr 2022
2:30 pm – 5:00 pm AEST
TICKET PRICE
$25 per person (AMSA member / AAA Follower) – Promo codes will be provided.
Also, you can all have the price as an AAA follower which covers the cost of venue and afternoon tea. Please attend and come with your questions! Spaces are limited and you can RSVP here: https://events.humanitix.com/episode-2-amsa-talk-series-2022/ or click this.
See you all there!