High Impact Programs Fair

Why Participate? 

HIP participants will:

  • Unleash their leadership potential
  • Contribute to and learn from dynamic, diverse, and inclusive relationships
  • Magnify academic successes
  • Maximize career readiness and networking to meet professional goals
  • Reflect to make connections between acadeacademics and the world
  • Enhance their sense of satisfaction and self-purpose

Unequal Development, Capitalism & the Production of Race

Aoki studies the historical development of Asian American revolutionary organizing and radical theory, as well as the broader history of the Third World Left in the United States, through the framework of dialectical and historical materialism. He is currently researching the role of Asian Americans in the rise and fall of the New Communist Movement. He is also a community organizer active in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, participating in projects dedicated to mutual aid and grassroots political education.

Between War and Terror in the MENASA: American Muslim Perspectives

Salam Al-Marayati is nationally recognized for his commitment to improving the public understanding of Islam and policies impacting American Muslims. Salam is president and co-founder of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC). He oversees MPAC’s groundbreaking civic engagement, public policy, and advocacy work. He is an expert on Islam in the West, Muslim reform movements, human rights, democracy, national security, and Middle East politics. Salam has spoken at the White House, Capitol Hill and represented the U.S. at international human rights and religious freedom conferences.