Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Haunani-Kay Trask, a Hawaiian leader and sovereignty activist with a distinguished career as an academic at the University of Hawaii, died Saturday at age 71. Trask’s sister, Mililani Trask, addressed her death in a Facebook post and called her a “hero and mentor.”
Kamala Harris has had a lot of firsts. She’s the first female, black, and South Asian Vice President of the United States. Recently she was the first sitting V.P. to ever march in a Pride parade. And, according to her staffers, she has created the first incredibly diverse team of AAPI people that many of … Read more
More than half of CUNY community college students drop out within three years without a degree and struggle with hefty nontuition costs, a new report found. These are long-standing problems system leaders have tried combat.
AALDEF volunteers, including attorneys and community advocates, surveyed Asian American voters at 16 poll sites in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. The multilingual exit poll included questions regarding voters’ first and second choices for mayor, ranked choice voting’s ease of use, and experience with anti-Asian violence and harassment. Voters were surveyed in English, Chinese, Korean, and … Read more
Yuka Miura, a third-year Ph.D. student in Biology at the CUNY Graduate Center, intends to work in the biotech or pharmaceutical field. This spring, with help from the Graduate Center’s Office of Career Planning and Professional Development, she surmounted a number of obstacles to land a paid internship that will get her closer to her goal.
Among the new measures proposed in the High Commissioner’s report on racial justice and equality, authorities are urged to reassess whether officers should continue to be the first responders to individuals with mental health problems.