CSA 2022 年度回顾与新年规划

2022年度回顾

2022年马上就要结束了。对于许多中国留学生与行动者来说，今年是加速政治化的一年。我们见证与参与的事件都对各自对社会正义的关注度和行动产生了很深的影响。

今年CSA继续开展周期性的线上的交流会与工作坊，话题包括了留学生工会组织者的经验分享、与芝加哥大学枪击案后留学生集会的组织者与参与者们对校园安全的反思与讨论、怎么通过深度对话技巧更好地去练习关于中国议题的讨论、如何进行女权式的自我与社群疗愈等等。

随着上半年新冠疫情的缓和，CSA开展了更多的线下活动。我们分别在芝加哥和纽约开展了线下参与社会运动组织的工作坊。 七月底，在过去几届的fellows和interns的共同协作下，CSA在纽约举办了为期两天的第一届线下集会：「探索我们的路」 （Forging Our Paths）。 两天内，超过一百位朋友参与到由不同社会议题的组织者和行动者协作的工作坊和讨论会中，探索我们作为中国留学生与行动者的跨国视角与力量，共同寻找我们在社会正义运动中的发力点。

进入到下半年，在中美还有国际社会议题不断政治化留学生与行动者的环境下，CSA持续作为一个支持行动者和资源互助、分享的平台，连结和支持不同地区的想要参与行动和社群组织的朋友们。 我们看到更多留学生参与到更大规模和范围的线下行动中。尤其在近期海内外各地的抗议和爆发的社会运动的影响下，我们更是观察到越来越多的留学生和海外青年想要打破舒适圈，参与到跟广阔的公共议题的讨论中去，也对参与行动、组织行动和社群组织表现出热情和渴望。但同时，我们也观察到加速政治化的留学生们所面对的普遍挑战和困境：由于公民参与的常年缺失和对社会运动以及组织者们的打压，很多留学生想做点什么，但缺少风险评估和组织经验。如何和身边不同背景的人对话和建立连结也是一个很重要的课题。

2023规划分享

基于这些观察，CSA对其2023年的项目规划也做了相应的调整。我们将不开展春季实习项目，改为每月一次的线上交流会和工作坊。每月的线上交流会和工作坊旨在以更长期和持续的方式去连结和支持不同地区的留学生和行动者社群，帮助大家一起探索和应对这一年所遇到的挑战与困境，例如怎么做安全评估，怎么找到同路人和开拓社群，怎么从突发性事件去建立更可持续的行动者生态，怎么延续和深入社会议题的了解和行动。我们也将在夏季（暑期六月到八月）继续开展第四届的行动者培训计划。

更多关于项目以及申请的信息会在新的一年与大家分享。CSA的网站设计更新也会在年初完成，届时欢迎大家浏览和翻阅资料库。

CSA想要和大家一起接住今年我们见证的那些勇敢，并传递下去。在新的一年里，让我们继续互助、探索和行动。

2022 Recap

2022 is right at its end. For many Chinese students and activists, this year has been an accelerated politicization. The events we have witnessed and participated in have had a profound impact on our understanding of and actions for social justice.

This year, CSA continued to host regular online webinars and workshops. Topics include the experience sharing from Chinese international student union organizers, reflections and discussions on campus safety with the organizers and participants of the rally after the shooting at the University of Chicago, how to have deep conversations on Chinese issues, how to practice a feminist self and community care and so on.

With the easing of the COVID-19 in the first half of the year, CSA has carried out more offline activities. We hosted in person workshops on different approaches to social change in Chicago and New York. At the end of July, under the collaborative efforts of CSA alumni, CSA held its first two-day in-person convening in New York: "Forging Our Paths(探索我们的路)". Within the two days, more than one hundred friends participated in workshops and seminars facilitated by social justice organizers and activists, exploring our transnational perspective and strength as Chinese students and activists, and together trying out action-oriented steps in the social justice movement.

Entering the second half of the year, in an environment where China, the United States, and other international social issues continued to politicize international students and activists, CSA also continues to serve as a platform for resources sharing, connecting and supporting those who want to participate in actions and organize their communities in different regions. Especially in recent moments of protest and uprising around the world, we have witnessed student participation in offline events on a large and wide scale. More and more international students and overseas youth want to break out of their comfort zone and participate in various public issue discussions. They also show strong interest and desire in learning more about participating in direct action and community organizing. But at the same time, we have also observed the common challenges and dilemmas faced by international students who are experiencing accelerated politicization: due to the perennial lack of opportunities and state repression, many international students who want to do something have little risk assessment and organizing experience. How to communicate and establish connections with people from different backgrounds within their local communities is also a very important topic.

2023 Planning

Based on these observations, CSA has adjusted its program planning for 2023 accordingly. Instead of a Spring Internship program, we will have monthly online webinars and workshops. The monthly events aim to connect and support international students and activist communities in different regions in a longer-term and continuous manner, and to address the challenges and difficulties encountered this year. For example, how to do safety assessments, how to find like-minded friends and develop local action-oriented communities, how to build a more sustainable activist and organizer ecosystem from reactionary actions, and how to continue and deepen our understanding and action of social issues. CSA will also continue to implement our fourth organizer fellowship in the summer (June to August).

More information about the programs and applications will be shared in the new year. The website design update of CSA will also be completed at the beginning of the year. Once it’s completed, everyone is welcome to browse and explore toolkits in our resource hub.

CSA wants to hold onto the bravery we witnessed this year with everyone and pass it on next year. In the new year, let us continue to support each other, explore and act.