Asian American Cultural Center at Yale

The Asian American Cultural Center, established as the Chicano and Asian American Cultural Center in 1981, began as an idea sparked in a meeting of roughly 100 Asian Americans with then-president of Yale University Bart Giamatti in 1978. Though the Asian American Student Alliance (AASA) had been given rooms in Bingham Basement, its student activists knew they wanted to fight for something more: a larger facility, and a space to call their own.

Since then, the AACC has become a community space for the Asian American population, which comprises 16% of Yale's undergraduate population. At the AACC, a staff of 13 undergraduate students, 3 graduate students, and 8 peer liaisons work with over 45 undergraduate organizations to promote Asian American culture, and organize relevant cultural, social, and political programming for Asian Americans. For more questions about the House, feel free to visit our website http://aacc.yalecollege.yale.edu, or contact Dean Saveena D. Dhall. The AACC is open Monday-Thursday from 12:00-10:00 p.m. Feel free to visit anytime!