Japanese American prison camp site in Colorado is now a national park
Camp Amache once held more than 7,000 prisoners of Japanese descent. The park’s goal is to “tell a complete and honest story of our nation’s history,” officials say.
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How a 1924 Immigration Act Laid the Groundwork for Japanese American Incarceration
A Smithsonian curator and a historian discuss the links between the Johnson-Reed Act and Executive Order 9066, which rounded up 120,000 Japanese Americans in camps across the Western U.S.
Internship – 2024 OCA-NY Hate Crimes Prevention Art Project Coordinator (OCA-NY)
OCA-NY is looking for a college student or recent college graduate for a full-time summer internship position to coordinate OCA-NY’s 18th Annual Hate Crimes Prevention Art Project. Statistics from the FBI, New York Police Department, and community watch groups all show that xenophobic hatred against marginalized groups are on the rise. This spike in hate … Read more
CUNY Chancellor Matos Rodríguez Announces Designation of Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Lunar New Year and Diwali as Official Holidays
Along With New York Public Schools, CUNY Colleges Will Not Be in Session in Observance of the Holidays Starting in Spring 2025
Southeast Asian Archive Anne Frank Visiting Researcher Award
The award is intended for a researcher who lives outside of Orange County and is not currently affiliated with UC Irvine. Faculty, students, and independent researchers (including film makers, scriptwriters, playwrights, biographers, novelists, and others) are encouraged to apply. The $1,000award is intended to defray expenses for traveling to Irvine and conducting research in the … Read more
Job Op – Program Director, Summer Leadership Institute (Chinatown Youth Initiatives)
CYI is looking for program director(s) to design and run a two-month summer leadership program educating New York City high school youth on the topics of racial and social justice, such as identity, Asian American activism, and anti-Blackness. The directors will manage a team of facilitators to aid in the execution of the program, ensuring … Read more