Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
The NYAFF Shorts Showcase is an initiative launched in 2021 with the goal of uplifting and empowering our Asian communities by foregrounding their diverse voices and providing a space for emerging filmmakers to present their work. We’re so excited to see what short films you’ve got for our festival this year, running from July 15 … Read more
The Asian American Federation (AAF), founded in 1989, is New York City’s most powerful leadership voice for better policies, services, and funding that lead to more justice and opportunity for Asian immigrants. Our mission is to raise the influence and well-being of the pan-Asian American community through research, policy advocacy, public awareness, and nonprofit support. … Read more
“Time Is a Mother” is Ocean Vuong’s second collection of poems being released this week. A winner of major literary prizes and a MacArthur Fellowship, Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of his mother’s death. He shares his brief But Spectacular Take on “reclaiming language for joy” as part of our arts and culture … Read more
Twenty groups, part of the Asian American Pacific VOICE Redistricting Task Force, gathered outside City Hall on Tuesday to announce a series of workshops on the Council’s map-making process known as redistricting. Redistricting happens every 10 years following the release of the latest U.S. Census.
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