Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
This residency is open to Asian, Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color that are artists or activists and that have created a strong project to help end Racism ( or intersectional issues such as Asian Hate, Homophobia, etc.) in the United States of America. This residency is inspired by the Civil Rights Activists Bayard … Read more
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is releasing its first-ever National Strategy to Advance Equity, Justice, and Opportunity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) Communities. The new strategy, which comprises action plans prepared by 32 federal agencies—including all 15 executive departments in the President’s Cabinet—builds on the Administration’s broader equity agenda and … Read more
Gabriel is the first American to win the crown in 10 years.
During a New York City Council hearing last month, a person affiliated with a local nonprofit group stated that Asians aren’t real New Yorkers, saying “it’s not their neighborhood, because they’re from China, they’re from Hong Kong. We’re from New York.”
The victim, GuiYing Ma, was a grandmother who had come to New York to support her son and his family. She lingered in a hospital for three months.
Thao, a 37-year-old domestic violence survivor and the daughter of refugees, is the first Hmong American mayor to lead a major city in the United States.