Voices Rising: What’s Next for Asian Americans in the Arts?
“Voices Rising” seeks to explore the impact of these achievements and the future of Asian Americans in the arts.
Programs
LGBTQ Resilience in China
Screening of the documentary, Happily Ever After (形婚之后) , followed by a conversation between He Xiaopei (the director of the documentary) and Duan Jiling (Assistant Professor of Practice in Women and Gender Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln) on same sex desires in China.
Bay of Blood (Documentary Screening & Discussion)
Join the CUNY Law South Asia Law Student Association for a screening and discussion of the documentary, Bay of Blood (2023), directed by Krishnendu Bose.
Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion and Homecoming (Performance & Talk)
Join this special lunch with Ava Chin—author, performer, and professor—as she performs and talks about her new in paperback book Mott Street (Penguin Books), about the impact of the country’s first immigration restrictions on four generations of her family in New York City’s Chinatown.
Learning How to Say, NO
The Asian American Mentorship Providing Opportunities to Women for Empowerment and Resilience (AAMPOWER) at CUNY invites you to join us in our next discussion/workshop on “Learning How to Say, NO.”
Valiente Bangla: Bangladeshi Migrants Mobilize for Immigrants Rights in Spain
This presentation, based on 2023 ethnographic work as a Fullbright Scholar in Spain, focuses on the community-based organization, Valiente Bangla/Brave Bangla, based in Madrid, formed after a successful mobilization to stop the deportation of 34 Bangladeshi nationals in Cueta.