SPIN Girls Monthly Newsletter | May 2021

It's Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!

In light of the rise in violence against the AAPI community since COVID began, it is more important than ever that we take this month to educate ourselves and each other on the history of the AAPI community and to celebrate AAPI heritage. Scroll down to our resources section to find out how!

In this month's newsletter, you'll find a recap of our activities in April and what your students can look forward to in May. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. - Nell

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MONTHLY RECAP

Field Day: Luminous Cohort heard from Renton Technical College about the pros of a technical education and a career in a trade. Stellar & Epic Cohorts learned about how mRNA vaccines work and got to hear from a panel of amazing women from UW Immunology. This was Epic's last Field Day ever!

RESOURCES

11 Moments From Asian American History That You Should Know: Read this article to learn about AAPI history in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

Seattle Asian Art Museum is reopening: After being closed for a year due to the pandemic, Seattle Asian Art Museum will reopen to the public May 28. The Museum recently underwent a major renovation and redesign in 2019. Current exhibits include Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, and Be/longing: Contemporary Asian Art.Tickets will be released every Thursday at 10 am and everyone must get tickets online in advance of their visit.

Social Media & Youth Sociopolitical Development Study: Each participant will attend: 1 orientation, 4 interviews and 1 "social media ride along" where you and the researchers will talk about your social media activity together as you go through your account (total of 6 meetings between May and October). You will also submit social media posts weekly. Each enrolled participant will receive a $25 e-gift card for each interview (total of $100 for 4 interviews), $25 for the social media 'ride along', and $10 a week (requires at least 3 posts per week) from July-August 2021 (total of $80 for all posts). Five young people (ages 13-18) will be selected for this project. Applications submitted before May 30 will be given priority. You will learn more about all these activities in orientation. If you have questions, you can email Angie Malorni (she/her) at malorni@uw.edu

What’s Open?: Washington has entered its fourth wave of COVID-19 and Gov. Inslee may move certain counties back to Phase 2. To review what’s open in each phase, visit the “Roadmap to Recovery” link. 

Vaccinate WA: COVID-19 Vaccine Availability: Tool for finding COVID-19 real-time available vaccine openings in Washington.

LOOKING FORWARD

  • Lab Day on May 15th from 10AM-12PM for Luminous & Stellar Cohorts and 1PM-3PM for Epic Cohort. This is the last Lab Day of the year and Epic Cohort's last Lab Day ever!

  • Summer Retreat will be held the week of July 12-16. Timing is TBD but assume an all day retreat schedule for now. Retreat will be held in a hybrid model - two days in person, three days virtual.

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