Calls for Ethnic Studies and AsAm Studies in NY, PA & CA
The fight for the teaching of Asian American studies is being waged this school year from K-12 through college.
News
Pennsylvania senators introduce AAPI-inclusive curriculum bill to fight anti-Asian hate
Senate Bill 839, introduced by State Sens. Maria Collett and Nikil Saval, will require the Department of Education to create “an integrated curriculum that includes AAPI persons, history and contributions to American society” and provide AAPI-related materials to schools.
Mosco Street to be renamed Corky Lee Way
Mosco Street in Chinatown will be officially celebrated as the renamed Corky Lee Way in an Oct. 22 ceremony in honor of the late documentary photographer.
Kimiko Hahn wins $100,000 award from Poetry Foundation for lifetime achievement
Cornelius Eady, Toi Derricotte and Kimiko Hahn are among this year’s winners of awards from the Poetry Foundation, which announced some of poetry’s most lucrative prizes
Filipinos in Lahaina say they’ve been overlooked in wildfire response
Filipinos are the largest undocumented community in Hawaii, making up 46% of that population. They say they don’t feel they’re being heard.
For Ava Chin, All Roads Lead to Mott Street
Her father’s absence when she was growing up made half of Ava Chin’s family history a family mystery. But when she finally met him in Chinatown, in her twenties, it sparked a years-long quest that not only uncovered her own family’s remarkable story but revealed the much deeper history of exclusion that defined the Chinese … Read more