SEA Student Organizations
HARVARD COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (Formerly Bhumi)
http://www.college.harvard.edu/student/organizations/orgdetail?id=477
The Harvard College International Development Organization promotes sustainable solutions to poverty and underdevelopment through the mobilization of the youth community. By acting as a central hub of academic and professional resources and raising awareness of development issues, we hope to bring the developing world closer to Harvard's campus and our local communities.
Bhumi: Harvard's International Development Magazine
http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~tho/spring2005.pdf
Published twice yearly by the undergraduate student group Harvard College International Development Organization (HIDO)
HARVARD COLLEGE IN ASIA PROGRAM
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hcap/
The Harvard College in Asia Program (HCAP) was founded in October of 2003 at Harvard University. HCAP's goal is to foster greater interest and understanding of Asia among Harvard students (and of the United States among students in Asia). HCAP serves as a platform for student exploration and development; it connects the world's future leaders and strengthens the international relationships of tomorrow.
HCAP accomplishes this objective by sponsoring exchange conferences with the top universities in Asia. In February, students from these schools come to Harvard to attend the Harvard Conference; in late March/early April, students from Harvard attend conferences at our partner schools across Asia. Since its founding, HCAP has united over 300 students from Bangkok, Beijing, Cambridge, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, Singapore, Taipei, and Tokyo.
HCAP conferences are very different from typical academic conferences - they are holistic experiences, combining academic, cultural, and social activities. In addition, there is a strong emphasis on student-to-student interaction. As a result, students involved with previous HCAP conferences have described their experiences as moving, powerful, and even life-changing.
HARVARD COLLEGE SINGAPORE, INDONESIA, AND MALAYSIA ASSOCIATION
http://www.college.harvard.edu/student/organizations/orgdetail?id=430
The association aims to represent the unique cultures of Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia on campus, and to bring Singaporean, Indonesian, and Malaysian students at Harvard together during their time at college and thereafter.
HARVARD PHILLIPINE FORUM
http://www.college.harvard.edu/student/organizations/orgdetail?id=454
The Harvard Philippine Forum (HPF) provides members of the Harvard community with the opportunity to share and participate in the unique cultural experience of the Philippines, to discuss issues concerning the Filipino-American community, and to meet other members of the Filipino-American community at Harvard and the Greater Metropolitan Boston Area.
HARVARD THAI SOCIETY
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~thai/
Established in 1998 by two Thai undergraduate students, our club has grown both in size and depth. Members include the small Thai population on campus, and many non-Thais who are interested in Thailand and its cultures. Our mission is to create a better understanding of Thailand through cultural performances, informational services, and discussions.
HARVARD MODEL CONGRESS ASIA
http://www.hmcasia.org/
Harvard Model Congress Asia (HMC Asia), a student-run organization at Harvard College, is a conference where international high school students learn about government while playing the roles of officials in the United States government.
Delegates from more than a dozen countries converge in Bangkok, Thailand where they work together to debate and address challenges facing governments across the world. At HMC-Asia, students discuss contemporary political issues, draft policy, report news stories, and decide court cases, all under the guidance of Harvard University students.
The conference will be held at the United Nations Conference Center in Bangkok, Thailand and will run from September 4-6, 2008.
HARVARD PROJECT FOR ASIAN AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
(HPAIR)
http://hpair.org
The Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) is a collaboration between the students and faculty of Harvard University, offering a sustained academic program and an exchange forum to facilitate discussion of the most important issues relevant to the Asia-Pacific region.
HPAIR's flagship project is its international student conference, held in Asia each summer. It is centered around six workshop topics, which bring together undergraduate and graduate students, and a distinguished group of speakers from across the globe. Workshops involve speeches and discussions, interactive projects and activities, and are substantiated by serious research. Through the structure of plenary sessions, panels, workshops, and other events, each conference spans a multitude of issues relevant to the Asia-Pacific region. Providing an opportunity for discussion, debate, and reflection, HPAIR is a forum for building global understanding where current and future leaders meet and exchange ideas.
Since 2004, HPAIR has also organized the Harvard Asia Business Conference In Asia (HABCIA), a collaborative effort of undergraduate and graduate students of Harvard University to promote discourse on critical issues affecting Asia and its business environment. The HABCIA brings together many prominent leaders from the world of business, government and law, and more than 450 business students and young professionals to discuss their understanding of Asia and its business environment.
In addition to its international conferences, HPAIR aims to promote understanding of the economic, political, social, and cultural issues facing the Asia-Pacific region within the Harvard community through organizing panels and other speaker events.
HARVARD ASIA PACIFIC REVIEW
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hapr
The Harvard Asia Pacific Review is a semi-annual academic journal devoted to current and pressing issues pertinent to the Asia Pacific Region. The HAPR brings together a multitude of perspectives on recent events and trends, attracting world leaders, renowned scholars, and leading professionals worldwide as contributors to the journal.
PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE ASSOCIATION
Refugee Youth Summer Enrichment
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~ryse/
Recognizing the needs and potential of the Southeast Asian refugee community in Boston, five Harvard-Radcliffe undergraduates established the Refugee Youth Summer Enrichment (RYSE) program in 1986. Under the auspices of Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA), Inc., Harvard's undergraduate public service organization founded in 1894, RYSE began teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) to high school-aged refugees from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. What began as a program with 20 students has grown to serve as many as 130 students. This increase has been met with additional educational and cultural activities supplementing the English instruction initially offered by RYSE. For the past ten years, RYSE has been one of the few programs that operate at night in Greater Boston, providing ESL services to a very needy and hardworking Southeast Asian refugee population.
REFUGEE YOUTH TERM ENRICHMENT
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~ryte/
RYTE matches up high school-aged refugee students from the Boston area with students from Harvard and other local area colleges. A student and his or her tutee(s) meet once a week, either during Friday afternoon or Saturday or Sunday morning.
RYTE teaches students from over a dozen countries, with most of the students coming from Vietnam, Somalia, and Haiti. The students are highly motivated; they are aware that not knowing English is a language barrier that can prevent them from attaining their dreams, and they are committed to overcoming it.
The students vary widely in background. Some of our students are recent immigrants who are just starting to learn English. Others have been in the United States and want to learn more advanced reading and writing skills. As a result, RYTE encourages tutors to work with their tutees to come up with a curriculum that meets their tutee's unique needs. For many of our tutors, teaching ESL is a new experience; for this reason we provide extensive guidance to new tutors. In charge of each day's tutoring is a day coordinator, who is in charge of monitoring books, keeping tutors and tutees informed about program events, and assisting tutors in curriculum planning.
RYTE feels that the cultural assimilation process is just as important as learning English. To aid in this, they go on two field trips per semester. Past field trips have included the New England Aquarium, roller-skating, bowling, a Celtics game, and a scavenger hunt along the Freedom Trail.
HARVARD VIETNAMESE ASSOCIATION
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hva/
The Harvard Vietnamese Association is dedicated to fostering an awareness of Vietnamese and Vietnamese American culture on campus and within the Greater Boston area. Now in our 15th year, we are a vital force on campus and continue to embrace and promote the interests of the Vietnamese and Vietnamese student body at Harvard
HARVARD AIDS COALITION
http://hcs.harvard.edu/~hac/
The Harvard AIDS Coalition is the founding chapter of the Student Global AIDS Campaign, an international student network of AIDS activists striving for an end to this global pandemic. In 2002, the HAC organized two rallies for global AIDS funding and treatment access which achieved local and national media attention; engendered a letter-writing campaign to Congress that generated 1500 pieces of mail to Washington; sponsored a activist training conference for students starting SGAC chapters from more than 20 colleges in the region; and sent a team to the U.S. Capitol to directly lobby congressional offices. The HAC is committed to informed activism to reform foreign policy regarding the world's greatest development crisis.
HARVARD ASIA LAW SOCIETY
http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/asia_law_society/
The HALS is an organization that brings together students and faculty members with an interest in Asia – whether the interest is academic, social, professional, or simply personal. They offer social activities and professional development opportunities. The faculty sponsors the Harvard Asia Business Conference, and an annual overseas trip over spring break.
ASIAN PACIFIC ALLIANCE
email: apa-list@gse.harvard.edu
APA seeks to promote community and diversity, and foster a common ground for those of Asian Pacific Islander descent. The APA is open to anybody seeking assistance adjusting to the Harvard community and offers support by providing a safe and comfortable environment to voice their opinions and concerns. APA works as a group to explore API-related events and venues taking place around Harvard and the Boston area. They also seek to generate awareness of issues faced by those of API descent by bringing in guest speakers, planning academic and social outings, and holding bi-monthly Saturday group meetings.
SOUTH EAST ASIAN COALITION FOR AWARENESS LISTSERVE
email: sandra.m.kim@gmail.com
SEACA serves to enrich the HGSE community through the awareness of issues concerning the Southeast Asian community.
HUMAN RIGHTS PROFESSIONAL INTEREST COUNCIL
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/hrpic/
The Human Rights Professional Interest Council envisions the creation of a human rights community at Harvard in which students, staff, professors and alumni work together across professional disciplines, utilizing Harvard's vast and unique resources to influence the field of human rights.
The Human Rights PIC will achieve this vision by serving as: educational resource, bridging human rights theory and practice; professional resource, providing students with opportunities to pursue a career in the human rights field; support for advocacy, utilizing Harvard's human and other resources to support human rights campaigns and activities; and communication network, facilitating dialogue within the Harvard community and linking it to opportunities throughout the university and community at large.