Economy Hostels and Hotels
Recommended Accomodation:
Hostelling International NYC (dorm $32)
http://www.hinewyork.org/
891 Amsterdam Ave., New York NY, 10025-4403
(Manhattan's Upper West Side Corner of 103rd St & Amsterdam Ave).
BedNBreakfastNYC
http://www.bednbreakfastnyc.com
Columbus Circle area / $115-$495 (Can accomodate 2-10 people)
Offers five guest rooms as well as two fully-furnished, apartments that can accommodate a large family.
Blue Rabbit International House
http://www.hostelhandbook.com/bluerabbit
709 St. Nicholas Ave NYC 10031
dorm beds from $20 / double rooms from $25/person
Central Park Inn and Hostel
http://www.centralparkhostel.com/
19 West 103 St, NYC 10025
dorm beds $26-$36
Chelsea International Hostel
http://www.chelseahostel.com/
251 West 20 St, NYC 10011
dorm beds $25 Private rooms $60
Passports are required to check in, including U.S. and Canadian guests.
Chelsea Star Hotel
http://starhotelny.com/
300 West 30 St, NYC 10001
Dormitory beds: $35 // Private $79-135
"Theme rooms" include Star Trek, Madame Butterfly, Madonna, Dali, Cleopatra, etc.
Gershwin Hotel and Hostel
http://gershwinhotel.com/
7 East 27 St, NYC 10010
dorm $35
Trendy, Hostel rooms with shared bath are for up to 8 people, bring your own towel.
Jazz on theTown
http://www.jazzhostels.com/
307 East 14 Street, NYC 10003
dorm $30-54 Some private rooms available. Breakfast included
The Spot Hostels
http://www.spothostels.com/
Spot Hostels - Main Quarters
341 West 30th Street NY 10001
dorm $30-54
Schedule:
Friday, August 3
7pm: Family Showcase (closed to the public)
@Asian American Writer's Workshop
16 West 32nd Street, Suite 10A, New York, NY 10001
Saturday, August 4
12pm – 5pm Summit Workshops and Panels
@ University Settlement: Houston Center
Houston Street Center, 273 Bowery, New York, NY 10002
8pm: Community Showcase (open to the public)
@ Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012
Sunday, August 5
11am: Family and Community Meetings, 2009 Host City “Bid”
@University Settlement: Houston Center
273 Bowery, New York, NY 10002
Workshops
Writing the Asian-American Identity: Thaddeus Rutkowski
As a participant in the Summit, you have a wealth of source material for creative writing. Would you like to put your thoughts and/or experiences on paper? This workshop will help you generate new work through brief exercises on themes of Asian and Asian-American identity. After writing in a playful/supportive atmosphere, you'll have a chance to read your work aloud and receive a critique on the spot. Often, you'll find that these exercises lead to longer works (full-fledged poems, stories).
Behind the Roar: APIA Sexuality, Intimate Relationships, and Violence (Writing Workshop): Alison Roh Park
Using free-writes and other writing exercises, participants of this workshop will be provided a closed, safe space for to reflect on sexuality and its racialization for APIA women and transgender/gender queer individuals. This workshop will also be a safe space to explore power and control and the manifestation of both in our intimate relationships and/or in our experiences with sexual violence through writing. Maximum number of participants: 10.
Queer Asian Identities in Spoken Word: Kit Yan
This is a workshop that will facilitate discussion on the intersections of queer and APIA identities and the various possibilities and limitations within labels and identities. We will discuss the cultural significance of being queer and Asian or Asian American. We invite participants who feel connected to the title of the workshop and invite people from every perspective to foster a safe and dynamic discussion.
Building Blocks and Flocks: YAWP: Helene Achanzar and Tina Ramirez
Errrybody knows about the flying V of birds--that although one individual takes the lead, it takes the support of the whole group to make a successful migration. A big part of collaborative work involves trust, teamwork, and taking creative risks, and it also requires knowing when to take the lead or to listen to and support the group's needs. This workshop focuses on activities that allow individuals to work on their collaborating skills with both writing and movement. Geared towards Summit youth participants (but open to youth organizers, teaching artists, writers/dancers alike), we will explore ways of working together to create poetry and performance pieces. Each person will have an opportunity to lead a small group, then build and share a new group piece with young artists from across the nation. Bring your journals and your creative minds to join us in our poetic migration.
Bringing It to the Table: Noodle Poems and APIA Identity: YAWP: Helene Achanzar and Tina Ramirez
As writers, as Asian Pacific Islander Americans, as folks with shared or completely different stories—something makes us want to connect on a very real level. We often have at least one thing in common: the need to speak up, speak out, and share our personal truths, especially if we've been socially subverted into keeping it to ourselves. Join other APIA youth in exploring our personal and collective histories through individual and group writing prompts. Through concrete poetry, we'll compose a family-style potluck of noodle poems and savor all the weird flavors of ourselves in each dish. This workshop is geared towards youth; teaching artists, youth organizers, and writers of all ages are also welcome to participate.
Giggity Giggity!: Adriel Luis, Ill-Literacy Spoken Word Collective
You've been a performer as long as you can remember, but it still seems like you can't get any gigs besides features at your annual family reunion (and red envelopes with $2 bills isn't exactly your idea of an honorarium). In this workshop we'll explore basic tactics for finding, booking, and organizing gigs--from the second you put together your press kit to the moment you're fighting groupies off your tour bus. It won't exactly get you that headline at Madison Square, but at least you'll get to perform in more sophisticated venues than your grandma's living room!
Grow Your own Freedom School: Lessons from A Decade of API Arts 'n Activism Education Programs for Youth: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (Asian Arts Freedom School, Toronto), Giles Li (CAPAY/ Boston Progress), Emily Lawsin and Marcia Lee (Detroit Asian Youth (DAY) Project), Marlon Esguerra (YAWP!, Chicago), Marian Yalini Thambynayagam(AAI-GenerAZN)
Over the past 10 years, there's been an explosion of API community-based arts and activism programs for youth created by Summit community members- from YAWP! to Asian Arts Freedom School to Boston Progress to Generasian Next. These programs have been part of the wave of radical API arts and organizing of the past decade, as we've worked to create for us/by us freedom schools that help mentor API youth artists and organizers. In this interactive panel and workshop, we will talk about the history and current direction of API youth programs. We'll talk about successes, challenges and sustainability. There will be detailed information about grant writing, group facilitation, curriculum design and other topics to take home.
Me, You, and the Media: Hate Crimes & Healing: Patricia Nguyen, Yun-Sook Kim Navarre
The media plays a large role in perpetuating stereotypes and misrepresenting marginalized groups resulting in many hate crimes because of misconstrued beliefs. This interactive workshop will explore the ways in which we as Asian Americans are mis/underrepresented as well as discuss and create solutions to remold the art of media. We will use media as a tool for prevention, understanding, and healing. Participants of all ages and experiences are welcome.
Rewriting Creation Myths: Mango Tribe: Marian Yalini Thambynayagam, Jill Aguado, Kay Barrett
Using storytelling, movement and theater this workshop will explore "What is an APIA Creation Myth?" Participants will share and unravel stories they've been told of life, death, and transformation. They will move to collectively create new myths outside of religious patriarchy--holding onto to elements of empowerment and transforming elements of oppression. Workshop participants are asked to dress in comfortable clothing and to bring their journals and/or writing materials.
Orientating the Voice: On the Soliloquy, Monologue, Direct Address, and Spoken Word (Intensive Writing Workshop): Ed Bok Lee
In this writing workshop, we'll explore the complex relationship between spoken word poetry and the "fourth wall," which traditionally separates audience from performer. Please come with one DRAFT of a poem you'd like to develop, andone finished poem on paper (even if you've memorized it). If time permits, we'll also focus on generating new material to impliment the techniques covered.