API Sub-Committees
API ERG Sub-Committees
Have an idea for an event or a project? Want to help out? Send an email to our API Steering Committee at api_steering@lbl.gov. We welcome all volunteers.
Culture Subcommittee
Cultural & Social Events/Food/Language
Browse through recipes shared by API ERG members. Please share your favorite recipe too.
Watch Janie Pinterits', a program manager in the IDEA office, How to Make Lumpia video
Media Subcommittee
Book Club / Movies/ Music Appreciation
Massie Ballon & Lida Gifford, Co-Chairs
UPCOMING EVENT
Oct | Book Club. Our next book club meeting is planned for October, which is Filipino American History Month. We will discuss Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen, by Jose Antonio Vargas. See API ERG Calendar for Zoom link.
Previous Book Club Selections
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang Two authors, June Hayward and Athena Liu, were both on their way up in the literary world, but Athena was getting more attention. When Athena unexpectedly dies, her friend steals the manuscript for Athena’s experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I. June then creates the persona of Juniper Song, misrepresenting herself as the Asian American author of Athena’s novel.
“Fairest,” said author and artist Meredith Talusan (she/they), is a memoir that “allows me to look at the entirety of my life and understand how I moved through the world in this body over the years.” Fairest is Talusan’s story and her journey from being a “sun child” in the Philippines to a transgender, white-passing, Harvard-educated immigrant and journalist. ** A joint book club selection with the Lambda Alliance ERG.
Crying in H Mart a 2021 memoir by Michelle Zauner, a Korean American who grew up in Oregon and when she was a young adult, used Korean cooking as a way to cope with the grief of losing her mother to cancer.
They Called Us Enemy written by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, and Steven Scott; illustrated by Harmony Becker. This graphic memoir recounts actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II.
Talks Subcommittee
Museum Culture Talk/Round Table Discussions
UPCOMING EVENTS
Th Sep 19 12 pm | Persia: Crossroads of Art and Culture Uncover the unique artistic elements of ancient Middle Eastern art, and its influence on art across Asia and Europe. See API ERG Calendar for Zoom link.