Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
In 2021, Brandon Elliot shouted expletives at the victim, telling her, “You don’t belong here,” before toppling her and stomping on her head and body repeatedly.
On this day in 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which led to the forcible incarceration of over 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent – half of whom were children. It was shameful. Families were separated. Communities were torn apart. People were stripped of their dignity. And the unconstitutional and unconscionable policy was … Read more
Camp Amache once held more than 7,000 prisoners of Japanese descent. The park’s goal is to “tell a complete and honest story of our nation’s history,” officials say.
A Smithsonian curator and a historian discuss the links between the Johnson-Reed Act and Executive Order 9066, which rounded up 120,000 Japanese Americans in camps across the Western U.S.
OCA-NY is looking for a college student or recent college graduate for a full-time summer internship position to coordinate OCA-NY’s 18th Annual Hate Crimes Prevention Art Project. Statistics from the FBI, New York Police Department, and community watch groups all show that xenophobic hatred against marginalized groups are on the rise. This spike in hate … Read more
Along With New York Public Schools, CUNY Colleges Will Not Be in Session in Observance of the Holidays Starting in Spring 2025