The East Coast Asian American Student Union’s annual conference is the nation’s oldest and largest conference aimed to inspire and empower Asian/Asian American students. This year, we hope to be inclusive of Asian American and Pasifika communities. The theme for ECAASU Conference 2024 is Resistance in Joy, with sub-themes of Memory, Kinship, and Home. The phrase “Resistance in Joy” speaks to our refusal to have moments of joy stripped from us in the face of both internal and external challenges for the Asian American and Pasifika communities—our joy, in itself, is an act of resistance.