The purpose of this paper is to examine the activities of university students who belong to ethnic minority organizations, such as "Japanese," "Korean," and "Chinese" student associations on US campuses. In these clubs, minority students organize various events and lead movements to confront discrimination and to improve their social status. These student organizations flourished after the mid-1960s when the demand for multiculturalism increased in the US. Therefore this paper addresses student activities from the perspective of multiculturalization.
Two Filipino student organizations, PACE at San Francisco State University and KP at University of California San Diego, are examined as case studies because Filipinos represent one of the largest groups among Asian Americans and are minority on US campuses. First, two of their clubs' main activities are closely examined in order to understand the fundamental principles of these organizations. One is the "High School Outreach Program" whose goals are to make high school students understand the importance of going to college and to provide information about college life in order to improve the educational level of Filipino youth. The other is a movement to appeal to their respective colleges to include Filipino culture and history in their academic curriculums.
There are sharp differences in the results of the work of these two student organizations. PACE, at San Francisco State University, has obtained great success, and this paper focuses, in particular, on the establishment and impact of the department of Ethnic Studies on Filipino students at that school.
In addition to the analysis of student events on campus, this paper also looks into their activities off campus and the relationship between college organizations and Filipino communities located near the colleges.
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