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Asian American Student Union provides community building, education, & advocacy for UMDs Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) community🐢

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Christina and Binay are beloved community leaders who deserve to be back home with their families.

Write to Christina by emailing anakbayancp@proton.me by @umcpaasu

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📣 CALL FOR WORKSHOPS - FUEL: The Spirit📣
Do you have something to say about the APIDA experience? We want to hear all about it!

AASU’s fall educational conference, FUEL, is back November 14-15 and we’re looking for students and student organizations to lead workshops! Every year, FUEL brings our community together for interactive workshops and conversations about APIDA issues.

Now you can help shape what it looks like:
🌟 Dig into APIDA identities, history, or representation
🌟 Spotlight issues you are passionate about
🌟 Create new ways to start discussions
Even if you are not sure how to structure a workshop, we’re here to help. Whatever your idea is, we want to give you the space to share it!

✍️ Submit your workshop proposal: https://go.umd.edu/fuel2026-workshops (link in bio)
⏰ Deadline: October 28, 2026 at 11:59PM by @umcpaasu

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Think you know your APIDA facts? 👀 Put your knowledge to the test at AASU x AAST Jeopardy Night! 🎤✨ Join us for a fun night of APIDA-themed Jeopardy, friendly competition, and good vibes! Test what you know, learn something new, and compete for a T-shirt prize (still unsure)! 👕🏆

Whether you’re a trivia expert or just want to come hang out, everyone is welcome! Come meet people from AASU & AAST, enjoy some food, and see if you have what it takes to become our Jeopardy champion! 🧠💗 by @umcpaasu

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Do you like snacks? Fun drinkity drinks? Join AASU for our first AGBM of the year! Meet us @ Matcha, Mocktails, and Mental Health! We’re serving up matcha, mocktails, snacks, and more! Come for the food, stay for the facts and community!

You’ll get to learn about AASU’s advocacy campaign and the issues we fight for. Whether you’re new to advocacy or a matcha fiend, all are welcome! It’s a great opportunity to be introduced to our org, meet new people, and share what’s on your mind! Connect with others at AASU, we’ll make drinks for you!

📍Tawes 0207
📆 Monday 10/19 | 6-7:30pm by @umcpaasu

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5 days ago

welcome week recap! 🧸

thanks to everyone who came out and helped kick off our semester! by @umcpaasu

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Interested in joining AASU? Apply for Social Affairs or Advocacy Liaison!! Application form is linked in our bio! by @umcpaasu

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11 days ago

UMD AASU endorses Voice4All in the Fall 2026 SGA Elections! 🗳️

AASU is proud to support Voice4All and their platform, which aligns with our values as a cultural and advocacy organization.

Voting is open now through Tuesday, October 6 at 5PM Be sure to cast your vote!

Please report any SGA election violations to go.umd.edu/violations26 by @umcpaasu

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14 days ago

IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO JOIN AASU E-BOARD 2026-2027! 😇 – TWO POSITIONS OPEN ❣️

We are accepting written applications until FRI, OCT. 23RD and interviews are rolling until MON, OCT. 26th

You can run for 1 of the following positions:
*VP of Social Affairs (1)
Advocacy Liaison (1)

The positions with a * have 1 of the 2 positions filled. If selected, you will be assigned to the current e-board member as your co-position holder or “co”.

APPLICATION PROCESS IS AS FOLLOWS;
Submit your written application to be eligible to run for a position.
Schedule one 15-minute max interview (virtual) on a rolling basis as soon as your application is submitted with the presidents and your co-position holders. Interview confirmation will be released within 24 hours of your application submission and interviews will be held virtually and on a rolling basis between Oct. 4th until Oct. 26th.
Interviews are limited to 15 minutes
Applications will be reviewed by the 2026-2027 executive board
Final decisions will be sent out sometime between Oct. 29th - Nov. 5th

The mission of the AASU is to provide community building, education, and advocacy for the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) community at the University of Maryland 🥰

Apply at go.umd.edu/fallelections2026 or link in bio! ❤️ by @umcpaasu

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Are you a STEM student at the UMD?
Did you know these facts about the companies hiring at the STEM focus Career Fair on October 1st? Join us for a speak-out infront of The Hotel at UMD at 3:00pm to learn about them and hear from other enraged students who oppose war contractors, human rights violaters, and genocide profiteers being on campus. Come meet the Anti-Imperialist UMD organizations and get involved with kicking them out!
We stand in solidarity with the many peoples displaced, surveilled, and killed by the products of these companies for profit. We demand for UMD to stop inviting them to our campus! Stop the pipeline of recruiting students to war-profiteers! by @umcpaasu

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The Anti-Imperialist UMD organizations are holding a speak-out during the STEM focus Career Fair on October 1st infront of The Hotel at UMD at 3:00pm. We are opposing our universities decisions to repeatedly sell out our students and staff for the sake of war contractors, human rights violaters, and genocide profiteers. In 2026 we have seen massive budget cuts and rising tuition across the university, yet at the same time our school is spending 65 million on the creation of a Quantum research hub. This hub is being built around the Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS), and Microsoft. ARLIS conducts secretive research for the Department of War. Microsoft is currently raising money for data centers around the world that Pax Silica will is advancing with their imperialist agreement, a Critical Minerals supply chain project designed to build up for war with China and improve AI supply chains. The land being taken for this initiative will displace thousands of Indigenous people in the Philippines.

Companies like Lockheed Martin and Boeing are involved in contracts with DHS and ICE, providing drone surveillance and weapons that often target children, schools, hospitals, and indigenous people. Companies like L3Harris and AeroVironment are war profitters that perpetuate the war, violence and genocide in Gaza, Iran, the Philippines, and all around the globe. L3 manufactures critical components for the Tomahawk missile system which was tested on civilian land in the Philippines and bombed the Minab girl’s school in Iran killing 120 children. We stand in solidarity with the many peoples displaced, surveilled, and killed by the products of these companies for profit. We demand UMD to cut research and institutional ties with these companies and recruiters! Stop the pipeline of recruiting students to war-profiteers! Money for jobs and education not for war and occupation! by @umcpaasu

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💫 Join AASU’s FUEL Committee and help plan this year’s FUEL Conference! 💫
Get more involved with AASU while gaining experience in:
- advocacy on APIDA issues
- community building
- event planning

FUEL (Forging, Understanding, Empowering, and Leading) is AASU's annual conference where we discuss, present, and explore various themes and issues in the APIDA community.

Committee meetings will be held weekly starting the week of October 5th (hybrid style) and time is determined based on availability of most members. Applications are on a rolling basis!
Access the application form at go.umd.edu/fuel2026-committee or the link in bio!!" by @umcpaasu

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21 days ago

Pull up to House Week tomorrow!! 🏠
Monday 9/21 @ 7 PM in Tawes TBD by @umcpaasu

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