The Stop Asian Hate movement is at a crossroads
In the year since the Atlanta shootings, the Stop Asian Hate movement dramatically changed awareness of anti-Asian racism. Where does it go from here?
Month: March 2022
Asian Americans are feeling on edge. How you can get help or help those in need
Licensed clinician Jeanie Chang, a marriage and family therapist based in North Carolina who specializes in AAPI mental health, says she’s seeing women in particular feeling more on edge than ever.
2022 AURA-AAAS Endowment Fund Registration Award
The AURA AAAS Conference Registration Award will fund a maximum of 20 individuals’ registration fees to support attendance at the 2022 Association for Asian American Studies conference. Awardees’ registration fees will be reimbursed from the AURA-AAAS Endowment Fund.
Statement by President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Honoring the Victims of the Fatal Shootings in Atlanta
Today, we honor the victims, their families, and the Atlanta community that has shown extraordinary resilience in the face of tragedy. While nothing we do can bring the victims back, their loss has compelled us to reckon with our nation’s long legacy of anti-Asian sentiment and gender-based violence, and recommit ourselves to delivering the full … Read more
Call for Submissions – 45th Asian American International Film Festival
Submissions for the 45th Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF45) are open! This year’s festival will be from August 3-13, in the form of a hybrid festival: online screenings with in-person events in NYC with safety protocols in-mind.
Seven BMCC Students—More Than any Other CUNY College—Named Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Semifinalists
The seven BMCC students—Khaldoun Albou Tay, Valentina Gomez Acacio, Danny Blakeman, Rajvinder Kaur, Yiyang Sun, Shauna-Kay Thomas and Karolina Wiesiolek—will find out in May who has been selected for the transfer scholarship which awards up to $55,000 annually for up to three years to complete a bachelor’s degree.