Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions make up just over 5% of all colleges and universities but award 40% of bachelor’s degrees attained by such students.
“The hiring effort was sparked by student interest and the knowledge that North Carolina’s Asian population has become the fastest growing racial/ethnic group in the state,” Geneva Collins, director of communications for the college, said in an email on behalf of Dean Jim White.
The LaGuardia Performing Arts Center (LPAC) at LaGuardia Community College/CUNY, kicks off its 11th annual Rough Draft Festival with a new play, Sex and the Abbey, written by Diana Ly and directed by Emily Lyon.
Award-winning film director and producer Shalini Kantayya, whose latest film, “TikTok, Boom,” was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, delivers the David Dortort Lecture in the Dramatic Arts at The City College of New York on Oct. 4. Free and open to the public, her talk, 5:30 – 7 p.m. … Read more
The We Are All Brooklyn Fellowship Against Hate (WAABFAH) is an integral part of our response to the challenge of rising hate in our respective neighborhoods, boroughs, and city. This initiative is in its third year and is created in partnership with The Center for Shared Society at the Jewish Community Relations Council of NY … Read more
Today, the United States Commission on Civil Rights releases the report, The Federal Response to Anti-Asian Racism in the United States. Based on extensive research, expert and public testimony, the report assesses the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes in the U.S. from 2019 through 2021, and the federal role in preventing and enforcing federal hate crime … Read more