Month: April 2021

Queens College will offer a full schedule of virtual events for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, highlighting the history and cultural contributions of the diverse AAPI community and addressing the recent precipitous rise in anti-Asian hate crime across the United States. Programming in May will include concerts, panel discussions, and a video in … Read more

Students say they rarely read about Asian American experiences or heroes in school. And they believe that’s perpetuating intolerance and violence against their community.

Under legislation S.659 sponsored by Senators John Liu, Toby Ann Stavisky, Jeremy Cooney, Andrew Gounardes, Brian Kavanaugh and Kevin Thomas, the instruction on Asian American impact would be required at the elementary and high school levels following the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes across the state and the nation.

With term limits creating 32 open races in the upcoming 2021 elections for New York City Council, the Asian American Federation (AAF) has released its briefing paper, “Expanding Communities, Expanding Needs,” to increase awareness of the changing Asian populations in all 51 city council districts.

A group of Asian-American New Yorkers are demanding inclusion in the Department of Education’s cultural curriculum — saying they have been excluded from recent diversity pushes.

New Yorkers who rallied Uptown say enough is enough—no more Asian hate. Despite mounting activism and the NYPD’S implementation of a task force and civilian panel to combat anti-Asian violence, the AAPI community are still being targeted in unprovoked hate crimes, the latest of which occurred on 125th Street and Third Avenue, leaving a 61-year-old … Read more