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Title
Mohamed Shaker Oral History Interview
Description
Shaker discusses his position as a community outreach coordinator for the Asian & Pacific Cultural Center; his goals of building community between Asian students on campus; creating more engaging cultural activities; working with the Queer Studies program for combined events; struggles with scheduling and event attendance; successes of planning events with other cultural centers; relationships with other cultural centers; speaking at the APCC ground breaking; ideas for future health minded events; his thoughts on the campus Solidarity March; the challenges of losing two major API faculty members; reasons for having cultural centers; the importance of sharing stories and history; and his excitement for the coming years and new center for the APCC.
Mohamed Shaker was born in Singapore but his hometown is Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. At the time of this interview he was a junior studying History and Sociology.
Mohamed Shaker was born in Singapore but his hometown is Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. At the time of this interview he was a junior studying History and Sociology.
Creator
Mohamed Shaker
Source
Oregon State University Cultural Centers Oral History Collection
Publisher
Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries
Date
May 13, 2014
Contributor
Natalia Fernández
Format
Born Digital
Language
English
Type
Oral History
Identifier
OH21-shaker-mohamed-20140513
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Interviewer
Natalia Fernández
Interviewee
Mohamed Shaker
Location
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
Original Format
Born Digital
Duration
1:12:26
OHMS Object
Interview Format
audio