Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
The announcement of the bill’s introduction comes on this day, 42 years ago, when President Jimmy Carter signed a Joint Resolution designating the annual celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Week. This week-long celebration was later extended to a month after President George H.W. Bush signed a bill passed by Congress in 1990.
Heemin Lee, assistant professor in the Stan Ross Department of Accountancy, says they do—and has the research to prove it.
How the 2020 census is trying to overcome Covid-19, digital divides, and Trump to get an accurate count.
“As the first South Asian American woman ever elected to the House, I’m proud to see this legislation pass,” tweeted the congresswoman. “My bill is a significant step in raising the alarm about heart disease, reversing the deadly trend, and saying to South Asian Americans: we see you and we are ready to help.”
The Commerce Department had said earlier this week it would end enumeration next week, in defiance of a federal judge’s ruling.
The report examines areas of the U.S. with among the largest South Asians populations including New York, Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, and the Bay Area and Central Valley in California and draws primarily on interviews with community leaders who are members of the National Coalition of South Asian Organizations (NCSO), a national community survey, and media … Read more