<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font color="#000000">Hey AAA!~</font><div><font color="#000000">My name is Kathy Lin and I'm one of your co-career/political chairs. One of AAA's core club values is to <u>promote engagement and awareness of Asian American issues and concerns</u>. </font></div>
<div><br></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">To do so, we're helping to host a Boston wide event this Saturday called<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<div><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="garamond, serif" size="6"><b><font color="#6fa8dc">BAASIC</font><font color="#3d85c6"> </font></b></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="garamond, serif">(Boston Asian American Students' Intercollegiate Coalition)</font></div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><i style="font-weight:bold"><font color="#0b5394" face="georgia, serif">Where:</font> </i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> MIT (Check in at 26-100)</font></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#0b5394" style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"><font face="georgia, serif">Cost:</font> </font><font color="#000000" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><u>FREE</u> for MIT students with ID ($25 for everyone else)</font></div>
<div><font color="#0b5394" size="1"><i style="font-weight:bold">Why it's free:</i> </font><font size="1" color="#000000">MIT AAA is co-hosting the event and reserving the spaces necessary for the workshops! You're part of the club that's helping to make this event happen. And the BAASIC board has agreed to let us onboard for FREE! :)</font></div>
<div><font size="1" color="#000000"><br></font></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><div><div><b style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><font face="georgia, serif">Date&Time:</font></b><font color="#0b5394" style="font-style:italic"> </font><font color="#000000">This Saturday 11/16, 9AM-5PM (<i>but you</i> <i>come and go as you like!) </i></font></div>
<div></div></div><div><font color="#0b5394" face="georgia, serif"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font color="#0b5394" face="georgia, serif"><b><i>What is BAASIC?</i></b></font></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000">Day conference to raise awareness of Asian American issues.<br><br></font></li><div><li style="margin-left:15px">
<font color="#000000">Workshop series featuring talks on several topics such as: </font></li></div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000"><b>The Bamboo Ceiling:</b> <i><font size="1">Why aren't more minorities in leadership positions? What is the future for women and minorities in these high-paying, high-status professions?</font></i><br>
</font></li><div><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000"><b>Asian Americans and Grad Schools:</b> <font size="1">How to shine as an Asian American Grad School Applicant</font></font></li></div><li style="margin-left:15px">
<font color="#000000"><b>Entrepreneurship: Chicken and Rice Guys: </b><font size="1">Meet the founder and CEO of Chicken and Rice Guys Ian So.</font></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Photography</b>: <font size="1">Learn the fine points of professional photography and <font color="#000000">gain deeper insight on her success from Tammy Mo.</font></font></li>
<div><li style="margin-left:15px"><b><font color="#000000">Cooking: </font></b><font size="1"><font color="#000000">Learn to make delicious food from a renowned food blogger, Jennifer Che.</font><br><br></font></li></div>
</ul><li style="margin-left:15px">A day of food, opportunities fair and entertainment featuring Derek Hsu <font size="1"></font>(Kollaboration 2013 Boston Grand Prize Winner),<font size="1"> </font>MIT's John Chow, and more.</li>
</ul><div><br></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><div><font color="#0b5394" face="georgia, serif"><b><i>Why go: </i></b></font></div><div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">
<font color="#000000">It's easy to get lost in the MIT bubble and lose track of what's going on in the real world. There are actually a lot of adversities troubling the Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) community.<br>
<br></font></li><div><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000">BAASIC is open to all Boston area schools, so it's a great way to meet new people while gaining a well-deserved sense of membership and identity in the APIA community!<br>
<br></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000">All attendees get a free t-shirt and food! (Who doesn't like free stuff)<br><br></font></li></div><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Every BAASIC participant has the chance to win a free Kaplan Advantage On site, Classroom Anywhere or On Demand course for the <u>GRE, LSAT, MCAT, GMAT, DAT, PCAT or OAT</u>. (Course value is up to $1999). </span><br>
</font></li></ul></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">REGISTER HERE: <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/baasic-2013-communities-in-motion-tickets-8596910591" target="_blank">http://www.eventbrite.com/e/baasic-2013-communities-in-motion-tickets-8596910591</a></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font color="#000000">For more information about BAASIC, check out their website: </font><a href="http://baasic.org/" target="_blank">http://baasic.org/</a></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font color="#000000">I'm Asian. You're Asian. We're BAASICally all asian. Hope to see you there!<br>
</font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><font color="#000000">-AAA Exec</font></div></div>