Our Mission
Among the goals of an Ethnic Studies pedagogy is self-determination for black, Indigenous, and communities of color often invisible to and within the academy. Self-determination, or the ability for dispossessed people to center one’s experiences in shaping one’s material reality, was an impetus for the formation of the AA&PI Student Services.
These spaces would not be possible without the work of Dr. Grace Yoo, our Project Director and Principal Investigator, Dr. Luoluo Hong, Co-Principal Investigator, Dr. Laureen Chew, TWLF Veteran Striker and Professor Emeritus (pictured above), as well as our SF State alumni, students, staff, faculty, and community members.
Excerpts from Daus-Magbual. A. (2021). Being Grounded with an Ethnic Studies Legacy: ASPIRE SFSU. About Campus, March-April (2021), 26-29.
Asian American & Pacific Islander Student Services is the first Asian American Native American and Pacific Islander (AANAPISI) funded program at SF State.
AA&PI Student Services Team
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College of Ethnic Studies Partners
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Access, Retention and Community (ARC)
Access, Retention and Community (ARC) is a Department of Education AANAPISI cooperative grant initiative that seeks to expand SFSU and the San Mateo County Community Colleges' institutional capacity to address an equity gap in college access, persistence, transfer, and completion for transfer students. ARC is designed to increase the enrollment, graduation, and career-readiness of underserved Asian and Pacific Islander American (AANAPI) and low-income (LI) students. The supports include: peer mentoring, faculty workshops and learning communities (LCs), student support communities and LCs, transfer-related events, workshops, and visits to SFSU.
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Responsive Education for Access, Community, and Hope (REACH)
The Responsive Education for Access, Community, and Hope (REACH) Program was created to improve and expand San Francisco State’s capacity to eliminate an equity gap in college access, persistence, and completion.
REACH offers a comprehensive set of culturally responsive and equity-minded access, awareness, and financial literacy strategies designed to improve college access, persistence, and completion of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AA&PI) and low-income (LI) students.