Harvard Half-Asian People’s Association Hosting “So…What Are You, Anyway?” (SWAYA) Conference

The conference will include lectures given by actress and writer Diane Farr, Associated Press journalist Jesse Washington and former president of Harvard Hapa, James Fish, as well as discussion groups led by experts on modern race relations. Last year, the event drew over one hundred students and other guests from colleges and cities around the Boston area.

SWAYA will culminate in a special gala dinner* in honor of the 2011 recipient of the Cultural Pioneer Award, celebrity mixed-race artist Diane Farr, author of Kissing Outside the Lines, and actress in Numb3rs and Rescue Me.

The conference will begin with breakfast at 10:00 am, and community members are invited to attend and participate. Please register for the conference here.

*Tickets to the gala dinner honoring Diane Farr are $7 for students, $15 for others. Registration for the gala dinner is separate from conference registration. Tickets for the gala dinner can be found here and tickets for the conference can be found here (Harvard students are given free entry to the conference and those who are eligible can purchase gala tickets through SEF here).

For more information, contact Eliza Nguyen (enguyen@college.harvard.edu), Elizabeth Double (double@college.harvard.edu), or Jodi Balfe (jbalfe@college.harvard.edu).

This conference is hosted by the Harvard Half-Asian People’s Association (HAPA), an organization founded in the 1990′s promoting celebration and discussion of multiracial identity. Feel free to follow us on our blog.