GWU Asian American Student Association

GWU Asian American Student Association Asian American Student Association is a student organization at the George Washington University

We believe that the Asian American identity is one that is often misunderstood and misrepresented. As an organization, we want to create a space for individuals to come together and experience the Asian American identity, and explore their own individuality in it. We want Asian American Student Association to be a place for individuals to find understanding, community, and fellowship. We welcome individuals of all race and ethnicities into our community.

💫🐘 MEET THE AASA FRESHMEN 🐘💫Meet the new Eboard members that joined AASA this past year! As the school year comes to an ...
04/28/2025

💫🐘 MEET THE AASA FRESHMEN 🐘💫

Meet the new Eboard members that joined AASA this past year! As the school year comes to an end, we just want to show some appreciation for the people who have been helping out behind the scenes! Make sure to keep an eye out for them next year as they plan even more fun activities and build the future of AASA 🫶

✨🍿SNACKS AND SHENANIGANS (PART 2)🍿✨Hosted by our freshman reps, get ready for a fun-filled evening of• FREE snacks and r...
04/17/2025

✨🍿SNACKS AND SHENANIGANS (PART 2)🍿✨

Hosted by our freshman reps, get ready for a fun-filled evening of

• FREE snacks and refreshments
• Games and challenges
• Exciting raffle prizes

📆 When? April 18th (Friday)

⏰ Time? 1:30-3:30pm

📍 Where? MSSC

Bring a friend or make some new ones! We can’t wait to see you all there!💗📸

📚✨ ALUMNI BOOK TALK ✨📚Join us for an exciting workshop with Christine Dela Rola, an AASA Alumni, to discuss “How to Quit...
04/07/2025

📚✨ ALUMNI BOOK TALK ✨📚

Join us for an exciting workshop with Christine Dela Rola, an AASA Alumni, to discuss “How to Quit (and Discover) Your Identity” 🧠💭

About the workshop: In her book, “Quit,” Annie Duke says “the most painful thing to quit is your identity.” What in your identity is shaped by cultural, gender, or family expectations? 🤔 Think about those influences! If you don’t meet those original expectations, does your identity still stand strong?

In this workshop, Christine Dela Rola—author of “Between Two Poles”—shares her journey of letting go of being a caregiver, something that challenged her core identity as an Asian American woman. 🌸 She’ll dive into the emotional journey of questioning what’s left of her identity, and whether or not we’re truly defined by societal labels. 👀

Christine will guide us in unpacking what drives our behaviors around identity, helping us explore if those behaviors are still serving us. Plus, she’ll offer tools to help us express our true, authentic selves! 💡🌈

✍️About the author:
Christine Dela Rola has championed wellness equity and public health while working with nonprofits in DC. She’s also written for lifestyle blogs, hosted podcasts, and currently volunteers with organizations like San Francisco CASA. 🙌 Recently, Christine published her memoir “Between Two Poles,” where she explores the intersection of mental health and cultural expectations. 📖💫

Don’t miss out on this informative workshop!!

👯🎤 LAST DAY TO GET TICKETS!! 🎤👯‍♂️Get ready for an unforgettable experience! 🌟 ’s hula, ’s stunning dance, and ’s vocals...
04/05/2025

👯🎤 LAST DAY TO GET TICKETS!! 🎤👯‍♂️

Get ready for an unforgettable experience! 🌟 ’s hula, ’s stunning dance, and ’s vocals will leave you in awe! Plus, inspiring speeches from and you won’t want to miss! 💖😎

Get ready for an unforgettable experience! 🌟 ’s captivating hula, ’s stunning dance, and ’s powerful vocals will leave you in awe! Plus, inspiring speeches from and you won’t want to miss! 💖😎

‼️CHECK OUT OUR LINKTREE IN OUR BIO FOR MORE INFO + TO BUY TICKETS‼️

* 🎫 Ticketing Info:
GWU: $20 Late Call
Non-GWU or Alumni: $35 Late Call

🎫✨7 MORE DAYS TIL THE GALA✨🎫Don’t know what to wear to our spring gala 💫👯‍♀️? We got you! Swipe to see some of our ideas...
03/31/2025

🎫✨7 MORE DAYS TIL THE GALA✨🎫

Don’t know what to wear to our spring gala 💫👯‍♀️? We got you! Swipe to see some of our ideas and inspo ➡️

Our theme this year is “Celestial Bodies: Constellating Community Across the Diaspora” !! Just as stars form constellations in the sky, communities across vast distances remain bound by shared history, memory, and solidarity, forging new kinships and collective identities 🫂💫 Diasporic communities have sustained these connections through oral histories, artistic expression, political movements, and digital communication, creating constellations of care that transcend the legacies of colonization, repression, and other struggles. These bonds stretch across time and space, offering support and unity in ways that continue to evolve. ☺️💗

We hope that this theme allows you to be creative with your formal wear! Play around with colors, creativity, and take reference from magazines and art you love and feel connected to!! 🧑‍🎨🌃

Of course, you do not have to fit the theme perfectly! But we hope you take inspiration to make that beautiful slay diva outfit we hope to see you in!😉⭐️

Buy your tickets with the link in our bio! 🎫

✨🍽️ THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS! 🍽️✨ Get ready for a culinary experience like no other at our 2025 Spring Gala! For $10* you ca...
03/29/2025

✨🍽️ THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS! 🍽️✨

Get ready for a culinary experience like no other at our 2025 Spring Gala! For $10* you can get free food from our incredible selection from Mehak and Isshin Asian Bistro, performances, amazing speakers, and so much more at our gala! 💖

We will be serving vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, nut-free, and dairy-free options from both of these places. Additionally, we will not be serving pork or beef! 😎🍴

‼️CHECK OUT OUR LINKTREE IN OUR BIO FOR MORE INFO + TO BUY TICKETS‼️

* 🎫 Ticketing Info:
GWU: $10 Regular / $20 Late Call
Non-GWU or Alumni: $25 Regular / $35 Late Call

✨📢 CALLING FOR VOLUNTEERS 📢✨We are looking for volunteers for our 2025 Spring Gala! This years theme is “Celestial Bodie...
03/24/2025

✨📢 CALLING FOR VOLUNTEERS 📢✨

We are looking for volunteers for our 2025 Spring Gala! This years theme is “Celestial Bodies: Constellating Community Across the Diaspora” 🫂💫

Volunteers will receive free food and admission, but must be committed to working throughout the event!! 🎫

🤷Commonly asked questions:

☝️Where do I find the form to sign up?

Click the linktree in our bio to fill out the google form!

☝️Are we allowed to wear formal clothes?

Yes! You might want to bring an extra pair of casual clothes just in case but we didn’t have any issues last year.

☝️What are the volunteer tasks? And are we able to enjoy the gala with our friends if we volunteer?

Volunteers will be tasked with a specific role during the event, assist in set up 1-2 hours before the event, and clean up for 1 hour after the event. You will mainly be working to check people in or serve food so there is enough time to enjoy our performances, speakers, and more 👀

☝️Where can I find more information about volunteering?

The volunteering form in our bio has all the information you need :) If you have any questions dm us!

LAST CHANCE TO SIGN UP: (THURSDAY) APRIL 3RD AT 11:59 PM

✨🍨MALAI ICE CREAM + MUSUEM DUMP!🍨✨This event was so much fun! Thank you all for coming :)💗
03/23/2025

✨🍨MALAI ICE CREAM + MUSUEM DUMP!🍨✨

This event was so much fun! Thank you all for coming :)💗

✨💫CELESTIAL BODIES GALA💫✨It’s time for our most HYPE event of the year! 🤩 Join us for a gala celebrating the Asian Ameri...
03/22/2025

✨💫CELESTIAL BODIES GALA💫✨

It’s time for our most HYPE event of the year! 🤩

Join us for a gala celebrating the Asian American diaspora through culture, community, dinner, speakers, performances, and activities! ✨💝

‼️CHECK OUT OUR LINKTREE IN OUR BIO FOR MORE INFO + TO BUY TICKETS‼️

🌌 Theme Details:

This year’s theme, “Celestial Bodies: Constellating Community Across the Diaspora,” draws on the imagery of the cosmos to explore the interconnectedness of diasporic experiences. Just as celestial bodies—stars, planets, and constellations—exist in relation to one another, so too do communities across the diaspora, linked by shared histories, movements, and solidarities. 🫂🪐✨ It celebrates the beauty of diasporic networks, emphasizing that even when scattered, we remain luminous and intertwined. 🌌💛

🎫 Ticketing Info:
GWU: $10 Regular / $20 Late Call
Non-GWU or Alumni: $25 Regular / $35 Late Call

So much love and care has been put into planning of this event and we are so excited to share it with you all! 😊 Look out for upcoming updates 👀

✨🌟ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT🌟✨Join us in a special screening of independent film, All We Imagine as Light 🎬!Payal Kapadia’s...
03/20/2025

✨🌟ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT🌟✨

Join us in a special screening of independent film, All We Imagine as Light 🎬!

Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light captures the dreams of millions of invisible migrants who come to Mumbai seeking a better life, only to struggle for a place that never fully embraces them. Through the lives of three Hindu women, the film explores the beauty and challenges of city life—its freedom, its limits, and the way space is never truly their own. Yet, in friendship and resilience, they find strength and the unbreakable power of hope.

“Yes, Mumbai is not a city of dreams, but of illusions—maya.”

💫 Where?: Duques 359

💫 When?: March 26th, 6:30pm

✨🍿SNACKS AND SHENANIGANS! 🍿✨Hosted by our freshman reps, get ready for a fun-filled evening of• FREE snacks and refreshm...
03/19/2025

✨🍿SNACKS AND SHENANIGANS! 🍿✨

Hosted by our freshman reps, get ready for a fun-filled evening of

• FREE snacks and refreshments
• Games and challenges
• Exciting raffle prizes

📆 When? March 28th (Friday)

⏰ Time? 5-7pm

📍 Where? Square 80

Bring a friend or make some new ones! We can't wait to see you all there!💗📸

🎨🖼️ PAINT WITH US 🖼️🎨IN LIGHT OF THE ELECTION, Join us for a community gathering to transform grief and anger into actio...
03/19/2025

🎨🖼️ PAINT WITH US 🖼️🎨

IN LIGHT OF THE ELECTION,

Join us for a community gathering to transform grief and anger into action. The event includes guided discussion about how to organize and find community, along with space for de- stressing with zine creation, other crafts, and free food. 🧑‍🎨🎨🍽️

Together, we’ll envision a future focused on mutual aid, creative expression, and organizing beyond the ballot box!🫂

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