Fear Across Borders: Chinese Americans and the Shadow of Surveillance
Chinese Americans are being targeted for their political activity.
Month: March 2024
Asians stand against hate on anniversary of Atlanta shootings
Asian American organizers across the country are working to honor this day through events in cities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and Atlanta, said Justin Zhu, co-Founder of Stand with Asian Americans (SwAA), in an email to AsAmNews.
A Message from Vice President Harris on the Three-Year Anniversary of the Atlanta Spa Murders
Today, Deputy Assistant to the President and Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Senior Liaison Erika L. Moritsugu traveled to Georgia and delivered a letter from Vice President Kamala Harris to community members honoring the eight lives tragically lost in the 2021 Atlanta spa murders.
HHS Secretary Becerra and U.S. Trade Representative Tai Commemorate Third Anniversary of Atlanta Spa Murders
Co-Chairs of the White House Initiative and President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders issue joint statement to underscore the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to combat anti-Asian hate and gender-based violence three years since the tragic shootings in Georgia.
The Children of This Madness
In The Children of this Madness, Gemini Wahhaj pens a complex tale of modern Bengalis, one that illuminates the recent histories not only of Bangladesh, but America and Iraq. Wahhaj will be joined in conversation with Tanaïs, author of In Sensorium: Notes for My People. The conversation moderated by Prof. Chaumtoli Huq (CUNY School of Law).
Apply for American Literary Translators Travel Fellowships
Are you an emerging translator? The American Literary Translators Association is offering fellowships for their annual conference, taking place in Milwaukee this October! Each year, a number of $1,000 Travel Fellowships are awarded to emerging translators to participate in and give a reading at the conference. Apply by March 8.