Month: March 2021

Governor Cuomo Announces Expanded Language Access Policy and Virtual Forum on Rise in Hate Crimes Against the Asian-American Community

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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the signing of an Executive Order significantly expanding New York State’s language access policy, ensuring more New Yorkers will have access to important services regardless of the language they speak. Additionally, the Governor announced a virtual public forum in response to the alarming rise of hate incidents and attacks against Asian-Americans … Read more

1.5 Generation Working-Class Korean American Community College Students and the Fragile Sense of Social Belonging

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This study by Dr. Sujung Kim interrogates working-class Korean immigrant students’ sense of social belonging and their strategies to advocate their social membership, focusing on working-class 1.5 generation Korean American students at Station Community College (SCC), a public community college in Chicago. This study proposes that these working-class Korean immigrant community college students’ navigation of their belonging is shaped by the dialectical mechanisms between various macro- and micro-level of political-economic, social, cultural and educational components.

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The Mental Health Costs Of ‘Everyday’ Racism

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Cheah and Nadal discuss the connection between chronic exposure to racist behavior and mental health, along with resources for people who may be experiencing the effects of trauma, as well as the long history of anti-Asian racism in the United States.

Asian Americans are demanding equal political power amid rising hate crimes

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The moment seems rich with opportunity. What’s to be done with this solidarity? For Asian American community leaders and activists, the answers range from creating better ballot access and greater political representation, expanding Asian American history instruction in schools and emboldening activist participation from untapped groups such as youth and the greater religious community.