Brookline Asian American Family Network
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  • Community Events
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    • 2022 AAPI Heritage Month
    • 2021 AAPI Heritage Month
  • March 30th, 2022 Statement read at School Committee Meeting
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    • 2021 IACW Thank you Letter
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  • Lunar New Year Celebrations
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    • 2018 Lunar New Year
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    • 2016 Lunar New Year
    • 2015 Lunar New Year
    • 2014 Lunar New Year
    • 2013 Lunar New Year
  • Petition
  • BHS Asian American Studies
  • Previous BAAFN Events
    • 2017 >
      • 2017 Lunar New Year Event
      • AAPI May 24th, 2017 event
    • 2016 >
      • February 2016 - Lunar New Year Event
      • December 2016-Let's Talk Event
    • 2015 >
      • February 2015 - Pan Asian Lunar New Year Event
      • May 2015 - Author of "Eurasian"
      • September 20th, 2015 - Brookline Day
      • October 24th, 2015 - BAAFN Open House with Assoc.Dean Brian Poon
    • 2014 >
      • February 2014 - Pan Asian Lunar Event
      • May 2014 - A Day In the Life of Asian Pacific America, Workshop
      • AAPI Brookline Library Display
      • October 2014 - BAAFN Open House
    • 2013 >
      • February 2013 - BAAFN Lunar New Year
      • May 2013 - Asian Americans Speak, Adoptee & Multiracial students, panel discussion
      • July 2013 - BAAFN Potluck Picnic at Larz Anderson Park
      • September 2013 - Brookline Teen Center and Brookline Day
    • 2012 >
      • October 14th, 2012 - BAAFN Open House
    • 2011
    • 2010
    • 2009
  • Letter to School Committee
  • Letter to Select Board
  • Pictures from Vigil
  • Vigil Introduction - Ashley Eng, BHS '19
  • Vigil Statement - Yuki Hoshi, BHS '22
  • GASP statement March 2021
  • Resources of Interest
    • Town of Brookline
    • U.S. Census Report 2010 (issued March 2012)
    • Understanding Brookline
    • Bibliography for Adoptees and Multiracial
    • Brookline Reads Books
  • Driscoll School - 2021 AAPI Project
  • Pierce School - 2021 AAPI Project
  • Link to BAAFN AAPI Book Project

Mission

BAAFN was formed to support the needs of Asian/Asian American students and their families in the Brookline Public School system.


History

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Click on the image above to view the documentary by Jean Hur

Jean Hur, a 2022 summer intern at BIG (Brookline Interactive Group, produced a short documentary which highlights the genesis of the Brookline Asian American Family Network and its impact within the Brookline community.

Watch the documentary to hear Chi Chi Wu, BAAFN Chair, and two BHS graduates JiaYi Guo and Ellie Hyde speak to the reasons on the importance of  "Creating Visibility within Brookline". 
PictureChris Chanyasulkit- BAAFN Steering Committee member
Click on this link to read an overview of the work that  BAAFN has accomplished since 2009. 
​This overview was  compiled by
Steering Committee member
 Chris Chanyasulkit, PhD, MPH
 
 

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Click Here to view a video which provides an historical look back at BAAFN's activities over the past decade.
Courtesy of BIG (Brookline Interactive Group), Avery Merton 


Contact

 BAAFN List Serve 

BAAFN primarily communicates through a Google list serve. All members of BAAFN are added to the BAAFN list serve. There are over 200 members on the BAAFN listserve. 
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baafn@googlegroups.com
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  BAAFN Facebook  page

​ Join the BAAFN Facebook page at www.facebook.com/groups/142676459170646/
The Facebook group connects our community through sharing of information and respectful dialogue that further the goals of BAAFN
 
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 Steering Committee

The Steering Committee for  BAAFN has been meeting monthly since October 2011. ​


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