Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Asian American organizers across the country are working to honor this day through events in cities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and Atlanta, said Justin Zhu, co-Founder of Stand with Asian Americans (SwAA), in an email to AsAmNews.
Today, Deputy Assistant to the President and Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Senior Liaison Erika L. Moritsugu traveled to Georgia and delivered a letter from Vice President Kamala Harris to community members honoring the eight lives tragically lost in the 2021 Atlanta spa murders.
Co-Chairs of the White House Initiative and President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders issue joint statement to underscore the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to combat anti-Asian hate and gender-based violence three years since the tragic shootings in Georgia.
Bethany Kim, 21, was elected as the policy and education director of the Nursing Students’ Association of New York State at the group’s convention in late January. She will serve a one-year term.
On Tuesday, the Wisconsin State Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 240, which requires schools to include instructional program information related to Asian Americans and, more specifically, Hmong Americans.
Since waiting tables at age 17, junior Jake Xie has loved hearing people’s stories. Xie, a psychology major who grew up in Bensonhurst, is intrigued by human behavior. After working as a camp counselor at the YMCA, he realized that he wanted to focus his studies on children and help them develop emotional skills.