Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
“The alleged spy balloon was contributing towards… perceptions that Chinese and Chinese Americans and Asian Americans and immigrants writ large should be considered a suspicious class,” says Cynthia Choi, co-director for Chinese for Affirmative Action.
Fighting to Belong! Vol. 1 introduces four middle school protagonists—Sammy, Tiana, Joe, and Padmini—who go on a journey through time with their guide Kenji to observe key events in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) history from the 1700s through the 1800s.
The Asian Women Giving Circle is the first and largest giving circle in the nation led by Asian American women. AWGC funds art projects that contribute to cultural and political change created by Asian American women and/or gender-expansive people and individual artists in New York City.
Two-time CUNY alumna May Myat Moe has published 11 articles and received several research awards.
Gayathri Raghupathy transferred her science skills from the lab to an AI tech startup.
Nearly 1 in 5 voters in New York’s 3rd Congressional District are Asian American.