A Taste of Community: The Asian Culture Club

The Asian Culture Club is a club to learn about different traditions; it is designed to promote understanding and appreciation of Asian cultures through shared experiences and activities. 

By: Mai Xiong 

President of the Asian Culture Club, Mikeyla Alisna, gives the overall idea of what this club really is. 

Alisna, ‘27, said, “We are mainly known here for our Potlucks. It’s where members bring different types of food, snacks, drinks, and all of that; it is very welcoming and connects everyone through our cultural food. We also do various arts and crafts related to asian culture. We also have this big Chinese New Year festival that we volunteered for, run by the integrated center every February.” 

Alisna shares that there are a lot of things that go on in this club, such as gatherings, art activities, and bringing people closer together. 

Blong Xiong, historian of the Asian Culture Club, goes by Jesse, shares his experience and responsibility in this club. 

Xiong, ‘27, said, “So as the historian I’m supposed to be keeping records of anything that goes on in this club, the decisions we have to make, and anything we do at meetings.”

As the historian, Xiong helps make decisions and keep track of anything that happens in the club and meetings.

Xiong said, “ I’ve been in this club since my freshman year and have met and seen lots of great people. And yeah, it’s just been really good.”

Xiong shares that being in this club is a good experience, with meeting new people and being surrounding be good people. 

Students have many different interests and reasons why they joined this club; they share an interest in wanting to build connections with new people and enjoy learning new cultures. 

Celeb Vang, ‘30, said, “I’m looking forward to learning and exploring the different cultures and just appreciating all of them.” Vang is most looking forward to learning and celebrating the different cultures in the club.

Trish Tran, ‘30, said, “I really want to explore and learn other traditions and really make new friends.” 

She shares that getting to meet new people of different cultures and learning from them is something she hopes to accomplish in this club. 

Gao Vang, ‘29, said, “I joined this club because there isn’t enough representation of asians around. I really think that some asian cultures really need to be voiced out there. I just don’t think it’s being recognized enough, and some cultures are really just taking over the other representations of Asians.” 

Vang describes that her reason for joining this club is to represent the smaller asian cultures since there is not enough representation of smaller asian cultures. 

She shares that Asian representations are mainly taken over by bigger ones and are overshadowing the small asian cultures. 

Vang, ‘29, said, “If you want to learn more about Asian culture, definitely join Asian culture club.” 

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