Friday, April 11, 2025 | 6pm to 7:30pm
Much queer theory in America is based on white male experience and privilege, excluding people of color and severely limiting its relevance to third-world activism. Dr. Roksana Badruddoja visits paradoxes, difficulties, unity, and diversity by unraveling the lives of two second-generation gender-queer South Asian American folx.
Film Festival
The CUNY AAFF helps to promote the artistic visual talents and stimulate communication among CUNY students who are separated by the different campuses, and serve as a central location to display their creative works. Past participants have also had their films screened at the Asian American International Film Festival.
May 2, 2025
Get ready to kick off AAPI Heritage Month with an unforgettable event — the AAPI 5K Run! Lace up your sneakers, hit the streets, and join us in celebrating the vibrant Asian American & Pacific Islander community while supporting the incredible work of the Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) and other impactful nonprofits.
CUNY FORUM Volume 11:1
Everyday Heroes: Art, Education, Culture
CUNY FORUM, Volume 11:1 is inspired by the journal’s front cover image by Lisa Chin: the wry and iconic “everyday hero” that honors the practitioners of daily life within Asian American communities. These practitioners include essential and unrecognized workers, educators, artists, and everyday people coping with the aftermath of 9/11, Black Lives Matter, Covid-19, and anti-Asian xenophobia. Simply put, and as others have also noted, “we must become the heroes of our own stories.”
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Double-Conscious Formation of Organizational Life: Chinese Civil Society Organizations in the U.S., 1849-1911
How does racism influence the formation and development of organizational life in a racialized community? In this paper, Prof. Simon Yamawaki Shachter extends on Du Bois’s concept of double consciousness to explain community organizations’ roles and development.
News / Opportunities
- CUNY FORUM Vol 12 – Article and Essay Submissions (Deadline: 6/30/25)
- NYC to recognize Chinese American railroad workers
- Most AAPI Adults Disapprove of Current Trump Administration Priorities and Policies
- Undergraduate Study Abroad Travel Grant Fall 2025 (The Korea Society)
- Mellon Foundation grant bolsters groundbreaking Asian American Studies program at SDSU
- 2025 Betty Lee Sung Research Fellowship (Museum of Chinese in America)
- Amod Choudhary Named 2025-2026 ACE Fellow
- Why I Give: Grace M. Cho
- She Speaks for the Dreamers
- Three Hunter Students Named Jeannette K. Watson Fellows