CDC says racism is a ‘serious threat’ to public health
“Racism is operating not only with respect to Covid-19 but also with respect to infant mortality, maternal mortality, obesity,” said a past president of the American Public Health Association.
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Chef Grace Young & Asian Alumni Affiliate of Alumni Association of CCNY support Chinatown
The Asian Alumni Association of City College of New York/CUNY and chef Grace Young donated $1,200 to Hop Lee, one of Chinatown’s most beloved restaurants. In February, Young held a virtual cooking class for the group and requested that her fee be donated to the restaurant.
Asian American children’s book authors celebrating the experiences of AAPIs
FOX 5 NY spoke with authors whose children’s books are celebrating the experiences of Asians and Pacific Islanders and changing the dialogue for younger generations in America.
eBay auction of Japanese internment art pulled after protest
The seller said they weren’t violating eBay’s policies and said other major auction houses had sold similar art.
Bringing It All Back Home: Author Daphne Andreades (’15) Returns as Harman Fellow
It’s all coming full circle for Daphne Palasi Andreades (’15). The up-and-coming author will serve as this semester’s Sidney Harman Writing Fellow, a part of the Harman Writer-in-Residence Program, which Ms. Andreades participated in as a Baruch student only a few years ago.
How South Asians are redefining the American dream
South Asian Americans living in the New York area and across the country walk the fine line between assimilation and maintaining ancestral cultural identity. It’s redefining the American dream by removing limitations on what it can mean.