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Today, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Grace Meng (NY-06), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Ted Lieu (CA-36), Judy Chu (CA-28), Ami Bera (CA-06), Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), and Shri Thanedar (MI-13) issued a joint statement condemning President Trump’s racist post against Indian and Chinese immigrants:

Integrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders history and culture into every day instruction helps students feel seen.

State Sen. John Liu joined elected officials and a coalition of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) community members outside the State Capitol in Albany Tuesday morning to call on the state legislature to pass the AANHPI curriculum bill.

About 1.7 million people in the U.S. are Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (NHPI), tracing their roots to Hawaii, Guam, Samoa or other Pacific Islands in Oceania. They make up 0.5% of all Americans and encompass a wide range of cultures, histories and communities.

Catheryn Chen, an online MBA student at the Zicklin School of Business, is making history as the first Zicklin Online MBA student to serve as President of the MBA Club. Juggling coursework, career, and leadership responsibilities, she is committed to fostering a more connected and inclusive MBA community for both online and non-online students. 

“Smith,” “Johnson,” “Williams,” “Brown,” and Jones,” remained the top five last names in the United States in 2020, as they were in 2010, according to a tally from the last U.S. head count. Most of the fastest-growing last names from 2010 to 2020 were Asian, according to the Census Bureau.