TAASCON

📣 NOW ACCEPTING WORKSHOP PROPOSALS: calling all students, organizations, and community members. TAASCON X ECAASU 2026 is looking for workshop hosts!! Applications are open NOW until December 1st. Check out the link in our bios (@taasconnc and @ecaasu ) for the application and additional details 🌊 BELOW tag your friends and orgs that you want to see facilitating a workshop at TAASCON X ECAASU 2026 😝

📣 Introducing the 2026 TAASCON X ECAASU theme: CURRENTS 🌊 “Currents” is inspired by our understanding of change. Migrant narratives moving across countries, evolving in diverse enclaves, and managing ever-changing political regimes exemplify the dynamism in Asian-American communities. “Currents” evokes the current political climate of fascism, fragmentation, and polarization. In the past year, affirmative action was overturned. Diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts have been under attack, international students have been tossed as casualties of political feuds, political messaging has turned to fear and intimidation to promote deportations, and much more. As we interrogate our experiences in relation to time, place, and space, we encourage attendees, speakers, and comrades to consider three key sub-themes for this conference: • Migration, as a direct reference to the physical wind and ocean currents that carry people across borders. • Headlines, for the onslaught of current events that we hear every day. • Resistance, for the times that we need to oppose what we see going on and advocate for our communities as movements, as allies, and as changemakers. Find out more through the links in our bios. We can’t wait for yall to join @taasconnc and @ecaasu on March 27-29 at Duke University where we can explore our connections to CURRENTS together.

🌊 SAVE THE DATE We are so excited to invite you to the 10th Annual TAASCON and 48th Annual ECAASU Conference in one! TAASCON, the Triangle Asian American Student Conference and ECAASU, the East Coast Asian American Student Union are launching a historic conference collaboration at Duke University from 03/27-03/29. Expect a full day of programming on Saturday March 28 with additional activities, performances, and opportunities on check-in/check-out days, 3/27 and 3/29. Check out the link in our bios to learn more about @taasconnc and @ecaasu 📢 We are still searching for a few more student organizers in NC to join our on the ground conference committee! If you are interested, PLEASE APPLY THROUGH THE LINK IN OUR BIO. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.

Missing conference so much that we had to relive it again.. 💙💙 So much love from @taasconnc and @ecaasu for everyone who attended and we hope you all enjoyed!! Make sure to come back next year as well 😉😉 Video and Editing Credits: @caseyiscaseyiscasey #recap #instagram #ecaasu #conference #professional

Missing conference already? 🥰🥰 From the bottom of our hearts, thank you everyone who attended TAASCON X ECAASU's 2026 Conference!! 💙💙 We truly loved our time on staff and hope as attendees, this experience proves invaluable to you and that you all enjoyed your time with us! Thank you everyone for loving our Currents conference and we hope to see you all again next year!! 🌊🌊 Did you like the photos you're seeing? Want to relive your experience again? 📸📷 Check out our conference photos from the Dropbox link in bio! They're open to public!! ٩( ᐛ )و 🔗 /scl/fo/9bxrum6akdj9eo6x7itsi/AEvkHHkPJo8LCjKFjZwpY0Q?rlkey=9g918j5n0wok8j9k1r95qb4g1&st=fkdfp6c1&dl=0

Excited for conference? Can't to meet everyone?? Then look forward to our 🗣️ Networking Fair and 🔊Roundtables!! Get to know everyone at conference through these events and make to attend any roundtables that catch your eye! 👀 👀 We have wide selection for many interests, so be prepared for productive conversation and meeting new people from all across the East Coast! 💙💙

We are excited to announce our third plenary session featuring @1882foundation ! Based in Washington, D.C., the 1882 Foundation seeks to broaden public awareness of the history and continuing significance of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. The organization advances this mission through three overlapping initiatives: an annual national symposium, oral history talk stories, and resource development and accessibility for educators and researchers. The blockbuster film, Sinners, introduced audiences to Chinese Americans living in the Mississippi Delta. But this is only one story of many about Asian Americans living in the South. From the Manila Men in Louisiana (1767) to soldiers in the Civil War to the Supreme Court case of Gong Lum v. Rice (1927), Asian Americans have long been part of the fabric of America. Small “Chinatowns” and compelling stories of Asian Americans are found from Missouri to Virginia and throughout the Deep South. During this plenary session, you will see how Asian Americans lead active roles in communities around the South. The 1882 Foundation will also be tabling at our networking fair. We encourage you to attend the session, engage with their work, and visit their table to learn more!

TAASCON x ECAASU would like to announce @momosmaster_chapelhill for catering dinner on Day 2, Saturday! Momo's Master is an authentic Himalayan restaurant located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, founded by Chef Ramesh Dahal. Momo is a traditional dumpling popular in Tibet and Nepal, where Chef Dahal was born and raised. For Saturday, we are serving biriyani, a layered Indian dish that includes rice and either lamb, chicken, or fish, and vegetables, along with spices like saffron in a rich gravy! Join us on Saturday evening for incredible Himalayan cuisine and meaningful community connection over biryani!

Calling all North Carolina Triangle students! @taasconnc is proud to offer FREE scholarship registration for Research Triangle students to attend the 2026 Conference. Spots are limited and a valid school ID is required. Registration link in bio. If the registrant is under 18 years old or was previously registered under the NC student discount while being a Triangle student, please contact [email protected] for more information. Research Triangle students must currently attend UNC-Chapel Hill, NC State, or Duke. If you have already registered, we will be contacting you shortly to initiate a refund process.

We are excited to announce a plenary session featuring one of our sponsors, @ncaatogether , North Carolina Asian Americans Together. North Carolina Asian Americans Together (NCAAT) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization committed to supporting equity and justice for all by fostering community among Asian Americans and allies in North Carolina through civic engagement, leadership development, grassroots mobilization, and political participation. On Day 2 (March 28, Saturday), attendees will participate in a Know Your Rights training, followed by a 15-minute Q&A session. This plenary is both educational and action-oriented. We encourage all attendees to attend the session and sign up NCAAT newsletters to learn more about their work in our community. NCAAT will also be tabling at our networking fair later that afternoon, so please stop by to connect and learn more!

We are excited to announce that lunch on Day 2, Saturday, will be catered by @bonjour_banhmi ! Bonjour Banh Mi & Tea is a local, Vietnamese-owned restaurant based in Morrisville, North Carolina, serving crispy banh mi sandwiches layered with a variety of proteins, crisp pickled vegetables, creamy mayonnaise, house-made pâté, and fresh herbs. If you needed another reason to attend the conference, here it is! Join us on Saturday to enjoy incredible food while connecting with the community.

We are excited to announce our second plenary session, a roundtable of Asian American professors from UNC and Duke University about Asian American studies and movement in the South! Join us at our conference for a conversation that brings together scholarship, lived experience, and critical perspectives on migration, diaspora, and power. ◇ Dr. Heather Ruth Lee is a historian whose research examines how law, race, and business shape migration and everyday economic life. Her books integrate legal history, Asian American studies, food studies, and digital humanities to illuminate how marginalized actors navigate restrictive regimes. She also brings this work into the public sphere through collaborative digital projects and museum partnerships. (Source: https://history.unc.edu/person/heather-lee/) ◇ Dr. Marguerite Nguyen is an Associate Professor of English. Her research and teaching cover American literature, Asian American literature, Vietnamese diasporic studies, critical refugee studies, and ecocriticism and is supported by the Andrew Mellon Foundation, American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, and National Humanities Center. (Source: https://scholars.duke.edu/person/marguerite.nguyen) ◇ Dr. Soham Patel is an interdisciplinary scholar and educator whose work focuses on radical migrant histories, with a particular emphasis on the South Asian diaspora. His writing has appeared in American Studies Journal, Asia Shorts (Association for Asian Studies), CounterPunch, Ethnic Studies Review, Jamhoor, Journal of Asian American Studies, and ReOrient: Journal of Critical Muslim Studies. (Source: https://americanstudies.unc.edu/soham-patel/) ◇ Dr. Calvin Ryan Cheung-Miaw is a historian of race who works at the intersection of intellectual history and social movement history. His current book project, Asian Americans and the Color-Line, uses the history of Asian American Studies to explore the rise and fall of Third Worldism within the United States. He’s at work on a project on radical Asian American activism. (Source: https://scholars.duke.edu/person/Calvin.Cheung-Miaw) Attend our conference to hear from all these amazing professors!