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The new leadership of the Asian American Association (AAA) was elected last week, with the new officers pledging to focus on political activism during the coming year.
Citing the creation of a "campaign of awareness" as his primary ambition for the semester, Co-President-Elect Andrew Park '01 wrote in an e-mail message that he hopes "to bring current Asian-American issues to the forefront for discussion, debate and political change."
"Though Asian Americans make up a solid 20 percent of Harvard's undergraduate student population, there is a lack of representation of us in faculty and the academic field," Co-Vice President-Elect Lei Juliet Wei '01wrote in an e-mail message.
Support for the creation of an ethnic studies concentration ranks high on incoming board members' agendas. Wei said despite continued prejudice toward Asian-Americans in the United States, the community's political profile and academic presence at Harvard remain minimal.
The group also plans to increase membership through social events that will bring the group's steering committee closer to its members--a main concern of newly elected Co-Social Chair Betty Hsu '03.