Month: June 2012
We Are One: 1982 Chinatown Garment Strike, 30 Years Later
Museum of Chinese in America We Are One: 1982 Chinatown Garment Strike, 30 Years Later Date: Thursday, June 28, 2012 Time: 3PM to 8PM Place: Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street, Manhattan In 1982, tens of thousands of workers, mostly immigrant women, worked in union garment factories in and around Canal Street in … Read more
Asian American and Pacific Islander Policy Research Consortium Response to Pew Center Report
LETTER TO PEW RESEARCH CENTER: June 22, 2012 Dear Paul Taylor and Dr. Mark Lopez, We are writing on behalf of the Asian American Pacific Islander Policy and Research Consortium (AAPIPRC), a national organization of four university-based Asian American research centers. [i] We respectfully submit this response to the Pew Research Center’s recent report, The … Read more
Vincent Chin 30: Standing Up Then and Now
Asian Pacific Americans for Progress Vincent Chin 30: Standing Up Then and Now Date: Saturday, June 23, 2012 Time: 1:30PM to 4PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, 18th Floor (Rooms C & D) between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan Two-part commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Vincent Chin’s murder, a foundational moment in Asian … Read more
2012 CUNY Conference on Asian American Economic Empowerment: Reality Based Business Growth
Date: June 11, 2012 Time: 8:30AM to 6PM Place: CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, Concourse Level, Manhattan
Solar Flushing
Queens College/CUNY Solar Flushing Date: Friday, June 1, 2012 Time: 2PM to 3PM Place: Flushing – Queens Library 4117 Main Street, Flushing, Queens Class presentation by Urban Studies 373 and 760, taught by Dr. Tarry Hum, at Queens College/CUNY. Students will discuss the opportunities and challenges of advancing solar energy in Flushing, and present their … Read more