About Us

APAA (established in 1972) is a group of passionate students dedicated to advocating for the AAPI community at Cornell. APAA builds on its past work in promoting the fundamental importance of political education and history through advocacy and discussion. AAPA is committed to furthering AAPI awareness on campus and to politically empowering and advocating for the needs of Asian-Pacific American students. Furthermore, APAA builds coalitions with other students of color and social justice groups to facilitate a more unified community of color. In the past two years, APAA held discussions on revolutionaries and thinkers like Grace Lee Boggs as well as relevant issues in the AAPI community such as affirmative action, rising gun violence in the AAPI community, and Asian-American history. We are also engaging with the greater Cornell community through fundraisers, panels, and other events to raise awareness about AAPI issues. APAA also publishes a literary magazine called Parallax, an Asian American social and political journal that highlights historical and contemporary AAPI topics of interest.