ASAM

The University of Pennsylvania Asian Alumni Network (UPAAN) and Asian American Studies Program (ASAM) invite you to:

How Hollywood Affects Stereotypes

featuring:

Kal Penn, Visiting Faculty Member of ASAM, Cinema Studies, and Sociology

Jon Hurwitz, W'00, Writer, Director, and Producer

Hayden Schlossberg, Writer, Director, and Producer

Sunday, April 13th
4:30-5:30 p.m.
Logan Hall, Terrace Room
249 South 36th Street

Philadelphia, PA

$10 admission fee

 

Get the scoop from industry insiders about how Hollywood perpetuates and challenges stereotypes. This event will include audience Q&A and a light reception.

Autographs or pictures will not be permitted at this event.

Space is limited. Please make your reservation as soon as possible.

 

RSVP is required for admittance to this event. No exceptions.

 

Click the following link to RSVP:

https://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/membersonly/UPN/events/event_order.cgi?tmpl=events&event=2156754

(You must be registered with "QuakerNet" to RSVP)

Kal Penn played the role of Gogol Ganguli in Mira Nair's The Namesake. He also starred in Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj, Epic Movie, and appeared in Superman Returns. He also recently appeared in 24 (Fox), and Law and Order (NBC). He currently appears as Dr. Lawrence Kutner on House (Fox). He will also reprise his role as Kumar Patel in Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay.

Jon Hurwitz, W'00, is a screenwriter, producer and director. He graduated cum laude from the Wharton School of Business with a degree in Finance. Jon is best known for co-writing Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle. The sequel, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, is scheduled for release on April 25, 2008.

Hayden Schlossberg, a screenwriter, director, and producer, is a graduate from the University of Chicago, originally from Randolph, New Jersey. He is the co-writer, co-director, and co-producer of Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, and co-wrote Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.

Recently, the University announced that the Asian American Studies program will receive a 25% decrease in their budget. Because the program is already so poorly funded, these additional cuts would ultimately terminate Asian American Studies at Penn.

If this University is indeed committed to diversity, it must display that passion through sufficient funding and support of Asian American Studies.
In an effort to address this issue to administration, the Asian Pacific Student Coalition and the ASAM Undergraduate Advisory Board have started a petition to document the student and faculty interest in Asian American Studies.

An online version of this petition is available at the following link:

http://www.petitiononline.com/saveasam/

HELP US SAVE ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES AT PENN! Please sign the petition above! Signatures will be collected signatures until Wednesday, April 2nd.