2022 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship
The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship is a $7,000 unrestricted cash grant available to artists living in New York State and/or one of the Indian Nations located therein.
Resources
“Her Name is Shizuko” – Help the Library of Congress Identify Photographs of Japanese Americans Incarcerated During WWII
This photo of Shizuko is part of a larger set of photographs taken by photographers before and during the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. The Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress has digitized these photos and shared some of them in an album on Flickr. Survivors and descendants of … Read more
2022 CAUSE Leadership Academy (CLA) Internship
The CAUSE Leadership Academy (CLA), is a nine-week, paid, internship program that prepares college undergraduates to lead and advocate for the Asian Pacific American (APA) community on their campuses and beyond. As the fastest growing community in the United States, APAs should be reflected in the leadership of the public, private, and non-profit sectors. Founded … Read more
As NY Redistricting Forges Forward, Asian American Groups Push for ‘Unity Map’
The “Unity Map” was drawn by three civil rights legal groups—the Asian American Legal Defense Fund, the Center for Law and Social Justice, and Latino Justice—and features districts drawn to preserve a community’s political power, the organizers said, particularly important given the growth of the Asian population in the city according to last year’s census.
First Cambodian American mayor in U.S. takes office
“God bless America, right? I was a refugee, now I’m mayor of a major city in Massachusetts,” said Lowell Mayor Sokhary Chau.
Why Representation Matters and Why It’s Still Not Enough
Reflections on growing up brown, queer, and Asian American.