Who is ECAASU?

In 1977, the Intercollegiate Liaison Committee was founded at Yale University as the nation’s first intercollegiate Asian American student conference. In 1978, the conference was moved to Princeton University and renamed as the East Coast Asian Student Union. Finally in 2004 after 27 conferences at 20 different college campuses, the annual conference would again be renamed to its current designation as the East Coast Asian American Student Union. As of 2018 after 42 conferences and 41 consecutive years of uninterrupted growth, ECAASU remains as the oldest Asian American student conference in the nation.

Who is TAASCON?

In Spring 2024, the Triangle Asian American Students Conference (TAASCON) was revived after a short break over the COVID-19 Pandemic by UNC Students for Asian American Studies (SAAS). SAAS is a grassroots organization that emerged in the fall of 2022 inspired by the dedicated efforts of the Asian American Working Group at UNC which successfully advocated for dedicated space for Asian Americans on campus, now known as the Asian American Center.

Since 2022, SAAS has been advocating for an Asian American Studies Program at UNC. Their primary objective is to promote and explore the diverse experiences and rich histories of Asian Americans. While establishing an Asian American Studies program is still a major goal for SAAS, they now also emphasize on our long-term vision for UNC and Asian America.​ They hope to create more space for Asian American political advocacy and discourse, radicalize and bring together Asian American students.

They draw inspiration from the radical political principles of the Asian American Movement in the 1960s, also prioritizing solidarities with other historically resilient communities, emphasizing that the issues in the Asian American community are deeply interconnected with broader histories of racial capitalism, systemic racism, oppression, and injustice.

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