Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Fiction by Ocean Vuong (Brooklyn College alum) and Yoko Ogawa, a prison memoir by Alfred Woodfox and a graphic memoir based on actor George Takei’s childhood in a U.S. internment camp for Japanese Americans are the among the winners of the 41st annual American Book Awards.
The NYPD has made the newly formed Asian Hate Crime Task Force permanent as racist attacks on Asian-Americans continue in the city amid the coronavirus pandemic, officials announced Wednesday.
Advancing Justice- AAJC, APIAVote, and AAPI Data Release New Survey Data on Asian Americans
A review by The New York Times of more than 900 officials and executives in prominent positions found that about 20 percent identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, multiracial or otherwise a person of color. More than 40 percent of Americans identify with one of those groups.
“The global crisis has really made people re-evaluate priorities. … For some people like myself, it might be reconnecting with their roots,” Danielle Colayco said.
Two San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits launched an initiative last week that calls on parents, students and schools to protect Asian American and Pacific Islander youth as discrimination against Asian Americans increases during the coronavirus pandemic.