About Us

ASA (Asian Students Association) is an organization for students interested in exploring, discussing, and partaking in Asian culture. We achieve this by bringing together students who identify as Asian and who have a curiosity about the culture to foster awareness of the histories, peoples, and cultures on campus. ASA is a new club due to the combination of AASIA (Asian American Student in Action) and Sangai Asia. We hope to continue to host cooking nights for the Bates community, enjoy communal dinners with authentic Asian cooking, provocative discussion nights where we delve into difficult dialogues, and celebrate cultural celebrations such as Lunar New Year, Diwali, and Nauryz. ASA serves as a resource for anyone in the Bates community interested in talking about topics that affect Asian communities in or outside the United States (adoption, immigration, assimilation, cultural differences) and for students interested in Asian identity.