CUNY Conference on Rethinking New York City’s Asian American Communities – Program

Registration & Breakfast (8:30AM to 9:15AM)

Greetings (9:15AM to 9:30AM)

Joyce Moy, Executive Director, Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY

 

Session I (9:30AM to 10:45AM)

The Newest Asian New Yorkers

Presenter
Joseph J. Salvo – Director of Population Division, New York City Department of City Planning – PowerPoint

Break (10:45AM to 11AM)

 

Session II (11AM to 12:15PM)

New York’s Indo-Caribbean Diaspora: Update

Moderator: Darrel Sukhedeo – Business Coach/Writer/Activist

Presenters
Richard S. David – Executive Director, Indo-Caribbean Alliance

Roy Dhanraj Singh – Org Secretary, Hindu Parades & Festivals Commmittee & Director of Youth Affairs, Indo Caribbean Council

 

Lunch (12:15PM to 1:30PM)

 

Session III (1:30PM to 2:45PM)

Preserving our Historical and Cultural Heritage

Moderator: Antony Wong – Co-Chair, Chinatown Working Group

Presenters
Jocelyne Chait – Project Manager, Pratt Center/Collective
Topic: Culture & Historic Preservation for Manhattan’s Chinatown
PowerPoint

Donna Graves – Historian and Cultural Planner
Topic: East at Main Street: A National APIA Heritage Mapping Project
PowerPoint

 

Break (2:45PM to 3PM)

Session IV (3PM to 5PM)

Mapping Asian American Research

Co-Moderators: Peter Kwong – Distinguished Professor, Urban Studies, Hunter College/CUNY & Russell C. Leong – Editor, CUNY FORUM

Presenters
John Chin – Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning, Hunter College/CUNY – PowerPoint

Kenneth Guest – Professor, Sociology and Anthropology, Baruch College/CUNY – PowerPoint

Jennifer Hayashida – Director, Asian American Studies Program, Hunter College/CUNY

Ke Liang – Assistant Professor, Sociology and Anthropology, Baruch College/CUNY