Remembering Pvt. Danny Chen, at a Precarious Moment for Chinatown
Private Chen died by suicide at 19 after being hazed by fellow soldiers in Afghanistan. Ten years later, his family sought to uplift the community that raised him.
Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Private Chen died by suicide at 19 after being hazed by fellow soldiers in Afghanistan. Ten years later, his family sought to uplift the community that raised him.
A majority of Asian American/Pacific Islander voters found the former president largely responsible for anti-AAPI discrimination during last year’s spike in violence amid the Covid pandemic. But that animus didn’t translate down the ballot, with a far lower percentage of AAPI voters saying the same about Republican lawmakers, according to the survey by POLITICO and … Read more
For many who made it to the United States, watching the chaotic exit from Afghanistan evoked memories of their own harrowing experiences.
Macaulay Honors College has appointed four Distinguished Lecturers, three Teaching and Learning Collaboratory postdoctoral professionals, and nine Teaching and Learning Collaboratory Fellows. “I am thrilled to welcome this accomplished group of scholars, writers, and researchers to the Macaulay community,” said Chief Academic Officer Joseph Ugoretz. “They share our commitment to transforming the futures of honors … Read more
Activists in Brooklyn and Queens –– where the Asian population has grown by nearly 43% and 29%, respectively, since 2010 –– have been lobbying the new state commission to redraw district lines to unite neighborhoods with high numbers of Asian residents into single districts.
UnHomeless NYC (Kingsborough Art Museum, online and off-site Oct. 10, 2021 – Apr 14, 2022/in-person exhibition Mar 3 – Apr 14, 2022) is a group exhibition of artists utilizing participation, activism, and pedagogy as their media to consider and better understand New York City’s housing crisis, and to think about our future as the city emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic.