Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
As of 2020, the most recent year for which federal government data is available, 171,400 businesses were owned by Asian American women and 2,600 by Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women. Yet the number of AAPI business owners is estimated to have decreased by more than a quarter since the start of the pandemic.
Sparse economic data on Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women has painted an inaccurate reality of economic well-being and hampered communities’ efforts to address disparities. It’s an issue that Wednesday’s AAPI Women’s Equal Pay Day—April 5, 2023—attempts to spotlight.
FAIR has openings each semester for a small number of paid student interns. Interns have opportunities to develop writing, research and communications skills, and to acquire knowledge of both corporate and independent media. Responsibilities vary, but usually include fact-checking, research, writing, web support and very occasional administrative tasks. We will establish educational goals and projects … Read more
t’s hard to imagine our parents having lives before us. Have you thought about how much you actually know, or want to know about their past and what has shaped who they are today? This year, Season 6 of the Vietnamese Boat People podcast showcases narratives of individuals uncovering the lives that their parents once … Read more
TaiwaneseAmerican.org is pleased to announce the 2023 Betty L. Yu and Jin C. Yu Creative Writing Prizes. Created in 2021 in collaboration with Taiwanese American author Charles Yu, the Prizes are intended to encourage and recognize creative literary work by Taiwanese American students, and to foster discussion and community around such work. In 2022, the … Read more
Other states like California, New York, Hawaii, Florida, Arizona and Virginia have also designated January 30 as “Fred Korematsu Day.” In January, the New Jersey governor signed a bill officially designating the day as a remembrance of Korematsu.