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SUMMARY:49th Asian American International Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:The 49th edition of the Asian American International Film Festival will run from July 30th to August 9th with in-person and online screenings\, panels\, and special events across New York City. \nThis year\, as AAIFF approaches its 50th anniversary\, we’re celebrating the community that has built and sustained the festival for nearly five decades. Inspired by East and Southeast Asian joinery traditions\, AAIFF49 reflects how individual pieces can come together to create something strong\, shared\, and lasting.
URL:https://aaari.info/event/49th-asian-american-international-film-festival/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Non AAARI Events
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260806
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SUMMARY:2026 Building CAPACD Convention
DESCRIPTION:The Building CAPACD Convention is where we come together to turn community power into action. Every two years\, community development practitioners\, leaders\, and allies from across the country convene to strengthen neighborhoods and advance housing and economic opportunity in low-income communities. At this convening\, powerful voices from diverse backgrounds will share strategies for building inclusive\, equitable places and for preventing displacement and gentrification that disproportionately impact Asian American\, Native Hawaiian\, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) communities. We will share what’s working on the ground\, learn from one another\, exchange stories and narratives\, and build strategies rooted in place and people—while also celebrating culture\, honoring community joy\, and recognizing the resilience that carries us through challenging times.
URL:https://aaari.info/event/2026-building-capacd-convention/
LOCATION:Hyatt Regency Long Beach\, 200 S. Pine Ave\, Long Beach\, CA\, 90802
CATEGORIES:Non AAARI Events
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SUMMARY:The Nature of Light
DESCRIPTION:Featuring a lecture by Donald S. Lopez\, a distinguished university professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the University of Michigan. This session delves deeper into the name of the artwork The Light That Shines Through The Universe\, and explores light in Buddhist thought—both literal and metaphorical. \nThe lecture will be followed by a guided meditation by Jungwon Kim\, a Zen practitioner of the Plum Village Tradition and the facilitator for Love Circle\, a Brooklyn-based BIPOC sangha. \nRain date: August 6\, 12:30 – 1:30pm
URL:https://aaari.info/event/the-nature-of-light/
LOCATION:High Line Spur at 30th St\, 10th Av\, 30th Street & 10th Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Non AAARI Events
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Navigating Changing Laws on Voter Registration Drives
DESCRIPTION:Join us to ensure your efforts are informed\, impactful\, and ready for the road to 2026. \nAnyone who’s planning on registering voters this year will get stronger clarity on: \n\n\nVarying requirements around voter registration drives between states \n\n\nWhich state legislatures have made major differences to their laws in the past year \n\n\nAccess to this year’s 50 state guides for voter registration drives \n\n\n 
URL:https://aaari.info/event/webinar-navigating-changing-laws-on-voter-registration-drives/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Non AAARI Events
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SUMMARY:The Unheard Melody: Music in Chinese Paintings
DESCRIPTION:Drawing from the musical imagery found in A Collection of Song Dynasty Paintings\, The Unheard Melody: Music in Chinese Paintings invites visitors to discover the sounds and stories embedded within these masterpieces. Featuring three thematic section —“Harmony Through Music”\, “Elegance and Refinement in Music”\, and “Music in Common Life”—the special showcase reveals the diverse roles of music in Song society\, from court rituals and ceremonial performances to literati gatherings and everyday life. Through high-resolution digital reproductions\, audiovisual installations\, and interactive experiences featuring traditional Chinese instruments\, visitors will experience how ancient paintings preserve the sounds\, movements\, and musical imagination of their time.
URL:https://aaari.info/event/the-unheard-melody-music-in-chinese-paintings-%e5%a4%a7%e9%9f%b3%e5%b8%8c%e5%a3%b0%ef%bc%9a%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd%e7%bb%98%e7%94%bb%e4%b8%ad%e7%9a%84%e9%9f%b3%e4%b9%90-special-showcase-opening-lecture/
LOCATION:China Institute of America\, 40 Rector Street\, 2nd Floor\, New York\, NY
CATEGORIES:Non AAARI Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260805T180000
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SUMMARY:The Impact of AI on Asian American Careers in Technology
DESCRIPTION:Overview\n \n\n\n\nCommittee of 100 Asian American Career Ceilings August 5\, 2026 from 6 pm ET to 7 pm ET \n\n\n\n\nCommittee of 100\nAsian American Career Ceilings Initiative \nAugust 5\, 2026 Webcast \n▦ Topic: “The Impact of AI on Asian American Careers in Technology” \n▦ Speakers: Buck Gee\, Executive Advisor\, Ascend \nDeb Liu\, Co-Founder\, Ember AI and former CEO\, Ancestry.com \n▦ Moderator: Peter Young\, Committee of 100 Board Member and New York Regional Chair\, and Chair of the Asian American Career Ceilings Initiative \n▦ Time: 6:00 pm EST \nWe are pleased to invite you to attend the 58th Committee of 100 Asian American Career Ceilings Initiative event\, featuring a panel on “The Impact of AI on Asian American Careers in Technology” featuring Buck Gee\, Executive Advisor\, Ascend and Deb Liu\, former CEO of Ancestry.com. \nWith the rapid advancement and implementation of AI in industry and society\, one of the issues on the minds of everyone is what the impact will be of AI on careers and\, in particular\, for careers in technology and for Asian Americans. Where will jobs be lost and will there be job creation? Will the nature of job tasks change and in what way? Will this affect the way one plans your career? Will AI make Asian American Career Ceilings worse or just different? \nOur panelists are veterans in the technology industry and have either just recently left the industry or have done extensive research work related to Asian American careers in industry. They will use their experience and knowledge to shed light on this challenging topic. \nAsian Americans succeed at the entry and the middle ranks of many professions\, but consistently do not do as well in the senior ranks. Over the last five years\, Committee of 100 has hosted many webcasts\, seminars\, masterclasses and summits that have brought experts forward to share their research and individuals from many different fields\, genders and age groups to discuss their experiences\, observations and solutions. \nPeter Young\, Committee of 100 Board Member and New York Regional Chair\, and Chair of the Asian American Career Ceilings Initiative\, will moderate. \nAfter the conclusion of the fireside chat\, there will be a Q&A session during which members of the audience may ask questions. \nThe webinar will be held on August 5\, 2026 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm Eastern Time / 5 pm to 6 pm Central Time / 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm Pacific Time. There is no fee for the webcast. \nThere is no fee and you can register at: https://c100-8-5-2026.eventbrite.com. \nWe hope you will join us. \nBest regards\,\nPeter Young \nChair\, Committee of 100 Asian American Career Ceilings Initiative \nCommittee of 100 Member and New York Regional Chairman \n\n▦ Speaker Bios: \nBuck Gee \nExecutive Advisor \nAscend \nBuck Gee is an Executive Advisor to Ascend\, a nonprofit Pan-Asian organization of business professionals. In 2010\, he co-founded the Advanced Leadership Program for Asian American Executives\, an executive education program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. \nHe has co-authored numerous Ascend research papers on the topic of the Asian glass ceiling\, including “Hidden in Plain Sight” (2015)\, “The Illusion of Asian Success” (2017)\, “The Diversity-Equity Gap in the Fortune 500” (2023)\, and “What About the Women” (2024). He has written opinion pieces on Asian American issues published in the Harvard Business Review\, the New York Times\, USA Today\, the San Jose Mercury-News\, KQED\, and salon.com. \nHe is a member of Committee of 100 and serves on its board of directors as NorCal regional chair. He also serves on the boards of the Chinatown Media and Art Collective (CMAC)\, the Asia Society/Northern California\, and APIAVote. \nMr. Gee retired in 2008 from Cisco Systems\, where he was Vice President and General Manager of the Data Center Business Unit. He joined Cisco with its 2004 acquisition of startup Andiamo Systems where Mr. Gee was President and CEO. A Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur\, he was an executive at Crescendo Communications (acquired by Cisco ‘93) and Com21 (IPO ’98). He has also taught computer and engineering courses at Stanford University and Howard University. \nThis year\, he has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF) and the Leadership Award from the International Leadership Foundation (ILF). He has also received the received the Distinguished Leader award from the Chinese Historical & Cultural Project (CHCP) in 2022\, the Distinguished Community Leadership Award from Ascend in 2019\, the Executive Excellence Award from the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) in 2015 and the Civic Entrepreneurship Award from the Asian Pacific Islander Leadership Institute (APALI) in 2012. \nHe holds BSEE and MSEE degrees from Stanford University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. \nDeb Liu \nCo-Founder \nEmber AI and \nFormer CEO \nAncestry.com \nDeb Liu is the co-founder of Ember AI\, a startup bringing workflow automation to enterprises\, and the former President and CEO of Ancestry. A veteran technology executive\, she spent over a decade at Meta\, where she created Facebook Marketplace\, and previously held product leadership roles at PayPal and eBay. She serves on the Board of Directors of Intuit and Poshmark and is the founder of Women in Product\, a nonprofit with over 30\,000 members. She is the author of Take Back Your Power: 10 New Rules for Women at Work and holds a B.S. from Duke University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. \n▦ Moderator: \nPeter Young \nCEO and President\, Young & Partners \nCommittee of 100 Member \n\nPeter Young is CEO and President of Young & Partners\, a corporate strategy and boutique investment banking firm focused on the life science and chemical industries. He manages the firm and is actively involved in client transactions and financings. Under his leadership\, Young & Partners has established and maintained its position as a highly regarded firm serving the corporate strategy\, M&A\, restructuring and financing needs of clients worldwide. He was previously head of industry groups at Salomon Brothers\, Schroders and Lehman Brothers\, a senior private equity executive with J.H. Whitney & Co. and a senior member of Bain & Co.\, the corporate strategy firm. \nMr. Young received a BA in Economics from Yale\, an MS in Accounting from NYU\, and MBA from Harvard Business School where he graduated as a Baker Scholar. He is a CPA and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. He serves on a number of boards of directors\, both corporate and non-profit and is President and board member of Société de Chimie Industrielle\, a leading life science and chemical industry non-profit organization. \nThe Committee of 100 \nThe Committee of 100 (C100) is a non-profit\, non-partisan leadership organization of prominent Chinese Americans in business\, government\, academia\, and the arts founded 36 years ago. \nThe Committee’s purpose is to provide leadership and act as a constructive force in the dual mission of: \n● Promoting the full participation of all Chinese Americans in American society and acting as a public policy resource for the Chinese-American community; \n● Advancing constructive dialogue and relationships between the peoples and leaders of the United States and Greater China. \nTo learn more about the organization\, please go to https://www.committee100.org
URL:https://aaari.info/event/the-impact-of-ai-on-asian-american-careers-in-technology/
LOCATION:Committee of 100 Asian American Career Ceilings Initiative
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SUMMARY:Emotional Filipinos: The American Myth of the “Lazy Native” and Islamic Separatism in the Philippines
DESCRIPTION:Description: \nJoin NYSEAN and Sulo: The Philippine Studies Initiative at NYU for a talk by George B. Radics\, senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the National University of Singapore. Dr. Radics will discuss his new book\, Emotional Filipinos The American Myth of the Lazy Native and Islamic Separatism in the Philippines. \nAbout the Book: \nEmotional Filipinos documents how in the first half of the twentieth century\, the United States attempted to build a colony in the Philippines in its own image—one fraught with racist notions of what it means to be civilized\, developed\, and worthy of self-rule. I argue that these imported notions of race and modernity left a profound imprint on the nation. Moreover\, with the menacing rise of Islamic “terrorism\,” political polarization\, populism\, xenophobia\, and isolationism\, conventional wisdom has attributed this rise to a “failed state” or economic insecurity and cultural backlash. In this book\, I explore emotions as a driving force behind social action. The Philippines is currently experiencing the longest-running Muslim-Christian conflict in the modern world and an increasingly anti-Western populist government. By unpacking the role of emotions from the American colonial period to the present\, my book blurs the line between American colonizer and Muslim-Filipino “terrorist\,” highlighting the lasting effects of America’s footprint in Southeast Asia.  My book is the culmination of over two decades of engagement with the Philippines and its southern islands of Mindanao.  It provides an analytical sociology of race and emotion lens\, borne out of the Global South\, to study other emerging conflicts throughout the world. \nTo hear more about the book\, listen to Dr. Radics’s podcast episode with the New Books Network\, a NYSEAN Partner. \nAbout the Speaker: \nGeorge B. Radics is a senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the National University of Singapore. After receiving his PhD in sociology from the National University of Singapore (NUS)\, he earned a juris doctor with a concentration in Asian law from the University of Washington and worked for the Supreme Court of Guam for two years. He is also a member of the New York Bar. His work involves the judicial system\, notions of justice\, human rights\, minorities\, and comparative legal studies\, and his articles have been published in Columbia Human Rights Law Review\, Journal of Human Rights\, Current Sociology\, and Philippine Sociological Review. \nRegistration: \nTo attend the event in person\, please register here.
URL:https://aaari.info/event/emotional-filipinos-the-american-myth-of-the-lazy-native-and-islamic-separatism-in-the-philippines/
LOCATION:NYU Wagner – Lafayette Conference Room\, Floor 2\, 105 East 17th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003
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SUMMARY:Screening - Characters Disappearing
DESCRIPTION:CHARACTERS DISAPPEARING\, the debut feature film from A4’s 2022 Van Lier Fellow Connor Sen Warnick\, is opening its first theatrical run in NYC at the Roxy Cinema! \nAugust 5 at 7pm. \nSYNOPSIS: The paths of Mei\, Chris and Leonard intersect within a melancholic vision of the Asian American Movement. This is a Chinatown rarely seen\, where bursts of unexplained violence and spectral figures co-exist with the promise\, and fragility\, of multi-ethnic solidarities. \nThis project was produced with the support of A4 and explores historic threads informed by first-hand research into the archives of 1970s Chinatown artist/activist communities such as the I Wor Kuen and Basement Workshop. \nDistributed by Lunette Films.
URL:https://aaari.info/event/screening-characters-disappearing/
LOCATION:Roxy Cinema\, 2 Avenue of the Americas\, New York\, NY\, 10013
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