Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
AAARI This talk explores the growing influence of Asian Americans in the electorate, highlighting both the challenges they face in exercising their voting rights and the legal protections available through the Voting Rights Act. It covers key cases and advocacy efforts aimed at ensuring language assistance and defending against voter disenfranchisement, with a focus on the critical role of local activists in promoting Asian American political participation.
In addition to discussing fundamental concepts of Buddhism and the history of the Humanistic Buddhist movement, this course will examine both Humanistic Buddhist philosophy and praxis, exploring ways in which Humanistic Buddhist principles can be applied in the modern West. Reading materials will include actual Buddhist sutras as well as secondary sources.
Funded by a grant from Swarthmore College, Our Health, Our Arts is a six-session summer program which will take a look at public policies, research, and other literature on issues related to HIV/AIDS (including but not limited to immigration, youth, health care, and community health) and at political uses of the visual arts as a tool for community education. The program will focus specifically on the Asian Pacific American communities of New York City. This summer, participants will take art classes, have serious discussions, and develop individual art projects that will be completed in the fall.
