Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
The rise of anti-Asian bigotry and attacks is alarming. Join host Ernabel Demillo for this vital town hall, with Queens College President Frank Wu, John Jay’s Kevin Nadal, Jo-Ann Yoo of the Asian American Federation, and Kyung Yoon of the KACF.
A judge ruled this month that time had run out for the Equal Rights Amendment.
It focuses mainly on four groups that are also the focus of college-level ethnic studies: Chicano/Latinos, African Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and Native Americans.
Tina Tchen, Min Jin Lee, and Sung Yeon Choimorrow discuss the ‘unique way that Asian-American women experience sexual harassment.’
Prominent Asian American lawmakers, scholars and advocates, including actor and producer Daniel Dae Kim, testified Thursday on the rise in hate crimes and discrimination against Asian Americans before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
NAPAWF joined other Asian American organizations to deliver a letter to the president calling for emergency safety and relief to the Asian American community. Signed by more than 183 national organizations, the letter urgently calls on the Biden administration to establish and fund an interagency task force to combat anti-Asian hate, especially addressing the disproportionate … Read more