Ocean Vuong’s Brief But Spectacular Take on grief and language

“Time Is a Mother” is Ocean Vuong’s second collection of poems being released this week. A winner of major literary prizes and a MacArthur Fellowship, Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of his mother’s death. He shares his brief But Spectacular Take on “reclaiming language for joy” as part of our arts and culture … Read more

2022 Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

As of 2019, there were about 22.9 million people of Asian or Pacific Islander descent in the United States. According to the Pew Research Center, AAPI people are a diverse and growing population that make up about 7 percent of the total U.S. population. AAPI Heritage Month 2022 will take place from Sunday, May 1 … Read more

AANHPI Women Rising Training Program

New American Leaders is launching its first-ever AANHPI Women Rising program, starting this May in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. In partnership with APIAVote, Asian American Power Network (AAPN), Asian American Federation (AAF), Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF), the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS), and sponsored by … Read more

Job Op – Executive Director (Hester Street)

Hester Street is a rapidly growing, mid-sized New York City-based urban planning, design, and community development non-profit with a national reach, whose mission is to ensure that neighborhoods and cities are shaped by the people who live in them. We are mission-driven urban planners, architects, and community developers working together with community-based organizations and governments … Read more