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Collection Number: 70102

Collection Title: Asian American Center of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records, 2020-2021

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Size 37 items (0.02 gigabytes)
Abstract Contains materials pertaining to the Asian American Center during the 2020-2021 academic year. Materials include fliers announcing programs and events, recipes, statements in response to rising violence directed at Asians and Asian Americans, and other materials shared online. Founded in 2020, the Asian American Center’s mission is to cultivate a critical understanding of Asian American peoples, cultures, and histories. The Center strives to engage and empower Asian American students, faculty, and staff and the greater Carolina community through education, organizing, and advocacy.
Creator University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Asian American Center.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Asian American Center of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records #70102, University Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Heidi Kim, July 2021 (RT 20210702.4).
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: Jessica Venlet, July 2021

Encoded by: Dawne Howard Lucas, August 2021

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Founded in 2020, the Asian American Center’s mission is to cultivate a critical understanding of Asian American peoples, cultures, and histories. The Center strives to engage and empower Asian American students, faculty, and staff and the greater Carolina community through education, organizing, and advocacy. The Asian American Center's establishment was made possible by the work of students, alumni, staff, faculty, and administrators. The work of the student Asian American Center Campaign team and alumnus Eugene Lao (’91) were recognized by the University Diversity Awards in Spring 2020.

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Contains materials pertaining to the Asian American Center during the 2020-2021 academic year. Materials include fliers announcing programs and events, recipes, statements in response to rising violence directed at Asians and Asian Americans, and other materials shared online.

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