Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Mary Uyematsu Kao will present her black-and-white photographs from the Asian American Movement of the 1970s and talk about the Asian American Baby Boomer Generation of activist women.
At the critical juncture before the British handover of Hong Kong, nearly 800,000 Hongkongers fled. Where did they go and what became of them? Going beyond suppositions and urban myth, for the first time, the full story of the returnees is being told. In her book, Return Migration and Identity: A Global Phenomenon, A Hong … Read more
Ha Jin has published over ten books of poetry and fiction and won numerous rewards including PEN/Hemingway Award, PEN/Faulkner Award, Flannery O’Conner Award, and the American Book Award. The Writer as Migrant is his first work of nonfiction. In this collection of essays he reflects on the handicaps and advantages of a migrant writer, the … Read more
From the Academy Award-winning Director of An Inconvenient Truth comes the groundbreaking feature film that provides an engaging and inspiring look at public education in the United States. Waiting For “Superman” has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of five unforgettable students such as Emily, a … Read more
The public art projects of Katie Yamasaki have covered topics from the Japanese Internment to the militarization of inner city youth. In just 8 years since the completion of her MFA at the School of Visual Arts, her work has earned her invitations to develop public art projects in Chiapas, Mexico with the Zapatista Army … Read more
How will new legislations such as the Family Health Care Decisions Act and the proposed amendments to the New York State Power of Attorney affect older Americans? In addition, does the new health care law passed in 2010 help those on Medicare? These and other issues affecting older Americans will be discussed.