Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
A celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month brought dozens of community members, elected officials and advocates to P.S. 12 James B. Colgate in Woodside on Saturday, May 31, to recognize the contributions of Queens’ AANHPI communities.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month celebration recognized NYC Council Member Shekar Krishnan (25th District), Assemblymember Steven Raga (30th AD) and Communications Workers of America Political Director Hae-Lin Choi (District 1) for their leadership and hard work in making a difference in their communities. The annual … Read more
It took over 10 years to make AAPI Month a permanent celebration. PIX11 News is highlighting just some of the many accomplishments of the AAPI community in the special, “Celebrating Asian Pacific Heritage.”
Students at P.S. 244 in Flushing, Queens heard from a polar explorer and a City Council member on a recent morning — grown-ups who showed them the kinds of futures that they can have, too.
Thursday and Friday marked the second annual AAPI Summit at the state Capitolin Albany.
Daniel Grossman, a WVU researcher, found low birth weights are one of the negative health outcomes still reverberating for Japanese Americans decades after the incarceration camps and forced migrations they experienced during and after World War II.