AAARI Executive Director to Depart March 31, 2022

The time has come for me to step down as executive director of the Asian American / Asian Research Institute. I have delayed my departure for nearly two years because it was imperative to support our Asian American faculty, staff and students during the twin crisis of the pandemic and the horrific, violent and murderous attacks against our community. It was also important to ensure that AAARI did not lose an inch of ground in the hard-fought effort to elevate Asian American issues at CUNY.

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Asian American Women Fight Back

“I am an Asian American woman but I am not as weak, timid, or quiet as society has made me out to be,” Michelle Tran, a second-generation Chinese-Vietnamese American told me.