Our Story

The ASAM 100B Podcast is a podcast created  by  the students of ASAM 100B at California State University, Long Beach.

Through their conversations, Student Podcasters explore emerging themes and topics in Asian American Studies and bring their perspectives to topics that are emerging or have endured for the Asian American community. In the podcasts, students explore various concerns within the AAPI community and combine their skills in academic research, rhetoric, composition, and Asian American studies to explore the futures they want to build for their communities. 

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ASAM 100B Composition II is an expository writing course designed to satisfy one of the GE writing requirements at CSULB. Like other composition courses, ASAM 100B introduces students to academic discourse, builds analytical reading skills, introduces rhetorical-strategies to further develop student's thesis-driven writing. In addition to building these rhetorical and analytical writing skills, student learned engage with the activist, community-driven epistemologies to explore topics concerning the AAPI –– Asian American Pacific Islander –– community.

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 Territorial Acknowledgement: CSULB is located on the sacred site of Puvungna. We acknowledge that we are on the land of the Tongva/Gabrieleño and the Acjachemen/Juaneño Nations who have lived and continue to live here. We recognize the Tongva/Acjachemen Nations and their spiritual connection as the first stewards and the traditional caretakers of this land. We thank them for their strength, perseverance and resistance.

Labor Acknowledgement: We recognize and acknowledge the labor upon which our country, state, and institution are built. We remember that our country was built on the labor of enslaved people who were kidnapped and brought to the US from the African continent and recognize the continued contribution of their survivors. We also acknowledge all immigrant and indigenous labor, including voluntary, involuntary, trafficked, forced, and undocumented peoples who contributed to the building of the country and continue to serve within our labor force. We recognize that our country is continuously defined, supported, and built upon by oppressed communities and peoples. We acknowledge labor inequities and the shared responsibility for combatting oppressive systems in our daily work