Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
AAARI Ms. Incha Kim, the former associate director of RCKC, passed away on January 29, 2022 at the age of 78. She was an important member of the Queens Korean community and played a key role in successfully persuading a Korean business owner to fund the establishment of The Research Center for Korean Community (RCKS) at … Read more
Economic and structural inequality, racial scapegoating, and anti-Asian xenophobia all played a role in violence against Asian Americans, then, and continue unabated to today in 2021. Against the backdrop of the continuing global Covid-19 crisis and anti-Asian violence and hate in the United States, we present to you the reader some signals of hope and reclamation on the local and national level: Asian Americans recognizing and reclaiming their place in the larger civil society despite immense institutional and ideological barriers.
The report also points out that Black Americans remained the most targeted group in terms of hate crimes.
Christina Huang lobbied for Asian American history to be taught in public schools, and her hard work has paid off. It’s now law in the state of New Jersey.
Hundreds of people in five other U.S. cities joined in the national event, all of them seeking justice for Asian Americans who have been harassed, assaulted, and even killed in alarming numbers since the start of the pandemic.
CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities is seeking a dynamic Finance and Operations Manager to support the organization’s operations and finance work. The ideal candidate will have a proven ability to support the organization’s financial management and manage office administration, among other responsibilities.