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...organization, which was founded in the late 1970s to foster a sense of community among Asian-American students at Harvard, also elected the other members of its 1996 steering committee...
...Because of the diversity of the community, it's supposed to address Asian-Americans in general, but there are also other organizations, like the Chinese Students Association, that fall under the AAA," Kim said. "What should be the role of AAA in uniting these students from all Asian-American backgrounds...
...Building an Asian-American community on campus is a really important issue for AAA to address," she said. "The basic [goal] for all of AAA is to get more people involved, to have more events that are important, that people care about, that they're interested in and that they can go to meet people...
...noted the lack of ethnic studies courses about Asian-Americans. "We feel that by not having any Asian-American studies classes, Har- vard is equating Asians with foreigners," she said. "They have East Asian studies and foreign culture [courses], but Asian-Americans are not foreigners. They're Americans...
...also cited the commitment of the AAA's incoming officers to open discussion and raise awareness of Asian-American issues...