Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Actor and playwright Jeanne Sakata will share her experiences in researching and writing her solo play HOLD THESE TRUTHS, inspired by the World War II experiences of Gordon Hirabayashi, a Japanese American college student who openly defied and legally challenged government orders to mass incarcerate all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast.Jeanne will … Read more
Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies – CUNY Presents Undocumented and Unafraid: Voices from the Immigrant Youth Movement Date: Thursday, September 27, 2012 Time: 6PM to 8PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, 18th Floor between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan PROGRAM Moderator Karen Judd, Acting Associate Director, Murphy Institute; Editor, New Labor Forum … Read more
Author Mingmei Yip will read from her new novel Skeleton Women, a Chinese phrase for femmes fatales. The novel tells the story is about three women — Camilla, a nightclub singer who has been forced to become a spy, Shadow a magician who jumps naked off a tall building, and a gender-ambiguous gossip columnist. All must … Read more
