Asian Pacific Islander

Starting Spring 2026 APIDA will be launching a new learning community!

APIDA offers a supportive environment dedicated to empowering students unlock their potential, achieve their goals, and advocate for the success of underserved students. We provides access to resources, mentorship, and a network of individuals dedicated to your success. Courses focus on Asian American, Desi, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander literature and history as well as contemporary issues facing the APIDA community

Apply now to join the APIDA Learning Community

APIDA Resources

• Benefits of the APIDA  Learning Community

  The APIDA learning community is open to all students and designed to support and empower Asian American, Desi, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander students.  All students are welcome to engage, learn, and grow through this transformative learning community.

  Benefits

  • Building community within a learning cohort
  • Dedicated academic counseling
  • Dedicated APIDA Student Ambassadors
  • College tours
  • Social events and cultural conferences

  Spring 2026 Program

  Student will participate in a core class and co-curricular activities.

  Introduction to Ethnic Studies (LMC APIDA Learning Community)

  This course introduces students in the LMC APIDA Learning Community to the foundational concepts, histories, and frameworks of Ethnic Studies through an intersectional lens. Centering the experiences and perspectives of Asian American and Pacific Islander (APIDA) communities, the course explores how race, ethnicity, culture, class, gender, and migration intersect to shape APIDA identities and experiences within the broader context of U.S. society. Students will also examine the interconnected struggles and solidarities among African American/Black, Native American/Indigenous, Chicanx/Xicanx, and Latinx peoples from the colonial era to the present. Key theories such as Critical Race Theory, coloniality, double consciousness, colorblind racism, and decolonial practices will provide conceptual tools to analyze power, resistance, and social justice within and across communities of color.

  Co-Curricular Engagement

  As part of the LMC APIDA Learning Community experience, students will have opportunities to participate in co-curricular activities that extend learning beyond the classroom. These include field trips, career and wellness workshops, counseling/academic advising, and community-building events designed to deepen cultural awareness, promote academic success, and support holistic student development. Through these shared experiences, students will connect classroom concepts to real-world contexts while building community and leadership within and beyond Los Medanos College. The APIPA Learning Community is supported through LMC’s Asian American, Desi, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Student Success Program.

• Asian American & Pacific Islander Studies - Library Resource

  Welcome to the Asian & Pacific Islander Studies Research Guide. This guide links to library best bets for research in Asian Pacific Islander studies.

• Silence is Violence: Anti-AAPI Violence Webinar

  “Silence is Violence: Unpacking and Addressing Anti-AAPI Violence,” brought to you by THE COALITION: A2MEND, APAHE, and COLEGAS.

  View Zoom Recording: Silence is Violence: Unpacking and Addressing Anti-AAPI Violence

  The Coalition recognizes that anti-AAPI prejudice is one form of systematic racism that continues to permeate our nation, and in all its institutions. Together, we will work to activate every member of our organization to take a stand against the structures that perpetuate and fuel discrimination and assaults on Asian American and Pacific Islander persons, and to identify actionable ways to address this and all forms of prejudice, stigmatization, and racism. Thank you for joining us in this critical dialogue.

• Courageous Conversations: Support for the Asian American & Pacific Islander Community

  On Tuesday, April 6th, 2021, Student Life, LMC API Network, Wellness Counselors, and Equity & Inclusion held a safe space for the LMC Community to share, listen, and support each other as a community.

  To view the presentation resources, download here!

• Community Resources

  Anti-Asian Violence Resources

  STOP AAPI HATE: provides reports, press releases, and resources to the API community including a multilingual incident reporting tool.

• Mental Health & Wellness

  Asian Mental Health Collective
  
  Let's Color Book