Urbana 12 PANA Lounge

If you’re at Urbana ’12 this year, you won’t want to miss what’s happening at the Urbana Pan Asian North American (PANA) Lounge.

The PANA Lounge will be split into two. On the social side, we’ll have space to hang out, snacks, a photo booth, and a “Genius Bar” for free consulting on Asian North American ministry. And check out Shin Maeng‘s art installation as well!

On the content side, we’ll present 24 eight-minute talks on the latest and greatest ideas in Asian North American ministry in the first part of each afternoon. The middle part will generally spotlight various Asian North American artists and creatives, while the last part will host various ethnic gatherings. There’s even an intimate concert with Jason Chu, and an open mic on the last afternoon! Here’s the full schedule, and click the talk’s title to jump straight to the video:

Friday, December 28

• 1:30 – James Choung, “Redeeming Our Gifts”
• 1:45 – Peter Cha, “Preparing for the 2040 Reality”
• 2:00 – Linson Daniel, “Dismantling the South Asian North American Dream”
• 2:15 – Tracey Gee, “Asian North American Women in Leadership: The Power of Leading from the Inside Out”
• 2:30 – DJ Chuang, “Step Up, Speak Up and Live It Up”
• 2:45 – Arul Karunanidhi, “Hindu, a Muslim, and a Christian walk into a room…” (Video won’t be posted)
• 3:30 – Artist Spotlight on Authors: James Choung and Tracey Gee
• 5:00 – South Asian Gathering

Saturday, December 29

• 1:30 – Ken Fong, “Unbelievable”/a>
• 1:45 – Lisa Espineli Chinn, “Why Asian North Americans are Specifically Positioned for Global Missions”
• 2:00 – Jimmy Quach, “Asian North Americans Changing the World Through Entrepreneurship”
• 2:15 – Sarah Shin, “Asian North Americans Christians and the Arts”
• 2:30 – David de Leon, “Is the Filipino Worth Dying For?”
• 2:45 – Jason Chu, “From Yale to YouTube: A New Asian North American Vision”
• 3:30 – Artist Spotlight on Poets: Jason Chu
• 5:00 – Filipino Gathering

Sunday, December 30

• 1:30 – Helen Lee, “Confessions of a Tiger Failure”
• 1:45 – Joe Ho, “The Legacy of the Immigrant Church”
• 2:00 – Anna Lee-Winans, “The Power of Asian North Americans in Academia”
• 2:15 – Christian Chin, “Asian North American Christians: Imitators or Originators?”
• 2:30 – Alice Atkins, “Scripture and Culture”
• 2:45 – Sara Chang, “Adopted Twice”
• 3:30 – Asian American / Transracial Adoptee Gathering
• 5:00 – Hmong Gathering

Monday, December 31

• 1:30 – Ken Kong, “Organic Ministry Among Our Immediate and Extended Families”
• 1:45 – Billy Vo, “Angry Asian Man, Honorary White or Another Way?”
• 2:00 – AC Acosta, “Missionaries Missing in Action”
• 2:15 – Nate Lee, “The Moral Model Minority”
• 2:30 – Dora Yiu, “Raise Your Voice: Asian North American Women & Activism”
• 2:45 – Greg Hsu, “Asian North Americans: Divided by God?”
• 3:30 – Open Mic
• 5:00 – Southeast Asian Gathering

Updates will happen through the @InterVarsityAAM Twitter feed, so make sure you follow that. And you don’t have to be Asian to come, so check it out! Hope to see you there!