Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
The Baruch College Asian and Asian American Studies Program and the Asian and Asian American Research Institute at CUNY (AAARI) present a series of new films celebrating Asia and Asian Americans. Sita Sings the Blues, presented courtesy of filmmaker Nina Paley, who will be present for a post-film question and answer.
Waylaid is the story of a Chinese American boy struggling to grow up amidst the drudgery and sexual innuendo of his parent¹s sleazy motel on the Jersey Shore. Conscripted into the family business, the protagonist spends his summer days and afterschool hours renting out rooms to johns and hookers, lonely old men, and families whose homes have been repossessed. He becomes obsessed with losing his virginity, a preoccupation whose very intensity reflects a society that delivers sex as a distraction from despair. In its blackly humorous exploration of immigrant dreams and working class realities, Waylaid is a switchblade in the gut to stories of overachievement and success that ignore the human cost.
The reception will introduce faculty and staff to the Asian American / Asian Research Institute; our mission as a university-wide scholarly research and resource center that focuses on policies and issues that affect Asians and Asian Americans and professional development opportunities and programs available.
This event brings together Asian and non-Asian leaders, faculty, staff, students, and community members to celebrate the achievements and contributions of the Asian American community within CUNY and beyond. It features networking, recognition, and opportunities for engagement while highlighting the impact of Asian Americans across New York City and nationally.
This event brings together Asian and non-Asian leaders, faculty, staff, students, and community members to celebrate the achievements and contributions of the Asian American community within CUNY and beyond. It features networking, recognition, and opportunities for engagement while highlighting the impact of Asian Americans across New York City and nationally.
Through the study of Yogacara theories, we will have an insight of our mind process and able to see through the motives of our actions and intentions. We can gradually turn our consciousness, which is the distinction making activity of the mind, into wisdom, a state of total awareness and understanding of the true nature of all things. Through lecture and interactive discussion, topics such as “The Eight Consciousness”, “The One Hundred Dharmas”, and “the Power of Karma” will be extensively explored.