Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
AAARI The Against The Grain Thear Suzuki R.I.S.E. (Realize your purpose, Ignite your passion, Secure your seat, Embrace your power) Scholarship provides financial assistance and promotion of Asian American high school seniors, college, or graduate students who have exhibited an ability to rise above circumstances, demonstrated the ability to lift up others, and shown exemplary servant leadership in the Asian American community and beyond.
After Chen became the first Asian American man to medal in figure skating singles, historians pointed to a past of sports gatekeeping for the community.
Calling all undergraduate and graduate students! Applications for the WHIAANHPI Summer 2022 Internship Program are now open. Apply by February 17, 2022.
A new endowed scholarship, the Robindra Nath Khaund Scholarship, has been created to support the cost of a student’s education at City College of New York. The award is available to immigrant students, or students who are the children of immigrants. The $4,000 annual award will commence spring semester of 2023.
Legislation would strengthen existing law by requiring collection of data on victims and perpetrators that might point to causes and prevention of bias-assaults.
The resolution apologizes on behalf of the board and the city with the oldest Chinatown in the U.S. for “systemic and structural discrimination” and targeted acts of violence.