Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
On March 22, the Asian American Federation’s Seniors Working Group (SWG), a three-decade-old nonprofit that works to empower Asian voices, revealed the findings of a new study. The new survey of 153 Asian seniors and 15 Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) found that 75% of senior Asian New Yorkers are afraid to leave their homes due to … Read more
The Asian American Journalists Association urges newsrooms to not perpetuate xenophobia in coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic as anti-Asian violence increases.
No matter the challenges, our education system can and must curb these drivers of hate. Instead of remaining complacent or even making the problem worse — as some states are doing by trying to ban books about critical parts of our history — we need to enrich our classrooms by providing young people with a … Read more
Created in 1996, the program is going through a new period of growth, marking its anniversary with a podcast miniseries, weekly alumni events, and a conference.
This is a collection of articles about mental health in the Filipino American community and the factors that influence it. Future stories will explore substance abuse and Catholicism. The project is supported by the Carter Center’s Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism. The main writer for the project is freelance journalist Agnes Constante, a … Read more
A year after a sharp increase in hate crimes targeting Asian Americans — including an Atlanta-area shooting that left six Asian American women dead — a new foundation that prompted donors to pledge more than $1 billion has distributed nearly $10 million. Those grants have helped develop an Asian American history curriculum, support training to … Read more