Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
As of 2019, there were about 22.9 million people of Asian or Pacific Islander descent in the United States. According to the Pew Research Center, AAPI people are a diverse and growing population that make up about 7 percent of the total U.S. population. AAPI Heritage Month 2022 will take place from Sunday, May 1 … Read more
New American Leaders is launching its first-ever AANHPI Women Rising program, starting this May in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. In partnership with APIAVote, Asian American Power Network (AAPN), Asian American Federation (AAF), Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF), the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS), and sponsored by … Read more
Hester Street is a rapidly growing, mid-sized New York City-based urban planning, design, and community development non-profit with a national reach, whose mission is to ensure that neighborhoods and cities are shaped by the people who live in them. We are mission-driven urban planners, architects, and community developers working together with community-based organizations and governments … Read more
Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) and the 33rd Annual Asian Heritage Month committee are presenting both in-person and remote events for BMCC faculty, students and staff throughout April.
Within the next several days, New York State will finalize a budget that will shape the lives of all its residents. The budget is a test of what our government prioritizes and values. State government leaders have an opportunity to combat the marginalization, violence, and isolation the Asian American community is facing, by including the … Read more
Edith Kanaka’ole, who died in 1978, is one of five women who will be depicted on the coins next year as part of a program that honors notable women.