Indo-Caribbean Community Leadership and Political Priorities in Queens
Indo-Caribbean community leaders discuss political priorities in Queens, and their career paths.
Programs
2023 AAARI Conference Call for Proposals – Asian American Studies across CUNY: Reflections, Connections, Futures
We invite students, scholars, and/or practitioners, within and outside of CUNY, to share their innovative research and creative works, pedagogical projects, programmatic efforts, models for organizing and activism, and other activities at CUNY that address critical issues in Asian American studies and/or communities.
Asian American Faculty and Staff Associations (AAFSAs) at CUNY
Join us for a virtual cross-campus discussion about efforts at LaGuardia Community College and Brooklyn College to organize AAPI communities. Bring your questions, stories, and strategies from your experiences on your own campus!
An Act of Worship
Join Third World Newsreel and the Documentary Forum at CCNY to see this counter-narrative of pivotal moments in U.S. history and to explore the impact of anti-Muslim rhetoric and policy on young Muslims who came of age after 9/11, and then hear from the director and cinematographer, Nausheen Dadabhoy, who made this film while simultaneously being a high in demand camerawoman of documentaries.
View from Gold Mountain: Commemorating Asian American Civil Rights Through Monuments
Located outside of the Bernalillo County Courthouse in Albuquerque, New Mexico stands View from Gold Mountain, a monument commemorating Territory of N.M. vs. Yee Hun, the 1883 lawsuit that brought about a change in the law allowing Chinese people, and then later non-Christians, to testify in court. Artists Cheryll Leo-Gwin and Stewart Wong will discuss the making of this monument and its significance as a landmark court case enshrining civil rights for Asian Americans.
AAARI Reads (Spring 2023) – Rajiv Mohabir
AAARI Reads fosters a communal reading experience for CUNY students, staff, and faculty of work by Asian American and Pacific Islander writers. AAARI Reads focuses on texts that reflect the complex and heterogeneous identities and experiences of AAPI New Yorkers. Our inaugural selection is Rajiv Mohabir’s Antiman: a Hybrid Memoir, an experimental genre-blending exploration of … Read more