Member Organizations
APC currently consists of 19 member organizations. Click on their logos to learn more!
NighT Market
APC hosts a Night Market annually with its member organizations In previous years, APC would host a similar event in Spring Quarter for Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. While its formatting has changed, the event has retained its core goal to bring the AAPI community together and showcase the many organizations to the broader UCLA community.
Check our Instagram for further updates about this year’s night market!
History
The Asian Pacific Coalition at UCLA was founded in 1975 amongst a thriving antiwar movement, the emergence of Third World consciousness and solidarity, and Asian American identity. Originally called Asian Coalition, it gave a political voice to many second- and third-generation Asian students, who were beginning to identify themselves as not just Asian and not just American, but as the newly coined term "Asian-American."
It was formed as part of the Third World Liberation front (which is now called Mother Organizations Coalition), which united organizations representing Black, Latine, Pacific Islander, and Asian students, amongst others. The Third World Liberation Front was responsible for the successful campaign to establish ethnic studies programs, including Asian American Studies!
Today APC unites over 15 Asian American and Pacific Islander clubs at UCLA, and organizes alongside coalitions like UC Divest, Southeast Asian Coalition, and Mother Organizations in order to advocate for the uplifting and empowerment of all oppressed communities.
Mission Statement
A strong, united AAPI community that continuously strives for the uplifting and empowerment of all its members, addresses community issues within UCLA and beyond, represents and preserves the AAPI voice, and promotes equity through sustainable leadership.
Vision Statement
2023-2024
As the Asian Pacific Coalition at UCLA, we are dedicated to dismantling systems of racial oppression and striving for collective liberation* through coalition building* within and beyond the AAPI* community. We commit to strengthening our relationships with member organizations by providing accessible programming that educates and politicizes our communities. To uphold our commitment, we will cultivate a community grounded in the practices of revolutionary optimism* and radical love*.
*collective liberation - recognizing that the struggles of marginalized groups are connected and actively dismantling systems of oppression
*coalition building - the continuous process of building and maintaining an alliance of groups with similar interests and values in order to achieve a common purpose together
*APC wants to acknowledge our use of AAPI as opposed to APIDA; the distinction of Desi American in the acronym enforces the idea that South Asians are not included in the greater Asian American community. Furthermore, Desi American is not inclusive of the entire South Asian diaspora. Thus, APC will henceforth use AAPI in our language and programming.
*revolutionary optimism - adopted by many anti-imperialist organizers and revolutionaries, this concept divests from nihilist stances of the future and focuses on the possibility that the oppressed and working class can change the conditions of capitalism to better the world.
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*radical love - the revolutionary idea that one’s politics and actions must be rooted in compassion for humanity; caring for others unconditionally is a profound act of defiance against an economic system and social order which incentivize individualism and competition.
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