Non AAARI Events

A conversation with atomic bomb survivors visiting New York as part of United Nations nonproliferation meetings. Hibakusha is the Japanese term used for survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings. Speakers will share personal experiences and reflections on peace and humanity. Student representatives will moderate the discussion.

History is often found between the lines of textbooks—breathed, sung, and passed down through the generations. While traditional archives rely on the permanence of ink and paper, our most vital cultural truths often exist in the spaces where memory meets oral traditions. The Unwritten Word invites you to explore the idea of oral history as ... Read more

Marking his first return to FLC in more than 25 years, this career-spanning retrospective gives audiences the chance to rediscover, on the big screen, why the world continues to fall for Tony Leung time and time again.

Bringing together music and oral history, Rochelle Hoi-Yiu Kwan (aka yiuyiu 瑶瑶) gathers us for an intimate living room listening through the Chinatown Records 華埠錄音 archive of over 30 record collections inherited from her family and neighbors. We’ll explore the ways that stories can live all around us and how you can tune in through ... Read more

This Conference and Workshop is for Students, Faculty and Staff Students and the Creative Writing Club are invited to listen to local poet Jed Munson recite poetry on the AAPI experience. Students will also participate in an interactive creative writing activity following the reading. Lumpia and bao will be served. This event is sponsored by ... Read more

  With less than 140 days until National Voter Registration Day, many organizations are asking an important question: Is it still safe and worth it to engage our communities in voter registration? The answer is YES, and it matters more than ever. Join us for this timely webinar and panel discussion featuring trusted cultural organizations, ... Read more

OCA’s Executive Director, Thu Nguyen, will be speaking at this briefing on the latest survey findings shaping Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AAPI) policy priorities in 2026. As economic pressures continue to rise and global instability impacts communities at home, new data shows AAPI voters are deeply concerned about affordability, healthcare costs, civil rights, ... Read more

About the book: Marivi Soliven’s deeply felt chronicle of immigration, identity, and reinvention. Thirty years after leaving Manila for marriage, graduate student life, and the uncertainties of America, Marivi Soliven returns with Suddenly Stateside: Postscript—a sharp and funny memoir that spans surviving Martial Law to navigating the INS, from learning the dark arts of American ... Read more

The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) invites you to a special screening of History of NYC’s Chinatown: The Toishanese Migration, a newly released documentary from NYC Media that traces the origins of one of New York City’s most enduring neighborhoods. Through sweeping historical insight and intimate community voices, the film centers the Toishanese immigrants ... Read more

Greenwich House Music School presents DoYeon Kim & Firas Zreik as part of its 2026 Uncharted Concert Series and Elebash Residency

This self-defense workshop is for LGBTQIA+ folks, women, and immigrant/undocumented students, staff, faculty, and their allies. The Center for Belonging and Inclusion will host three installments of our new Self Defense series. In partnership with the NYC-based organization Fearless Queers, this training occurs during a time when our communities face heightened challenges and urgent calls ... Read more

The Media Resilience Network (MDRnet) is an initiative led by Vita Activa, created to meet an urgent need: support the emotional, mental, and organizational health of journalists and media leaders navigating burnout, precarity, and systemic exclusion in a rapidly changing world. This 90-minute webinar will focus on a better understanding of stress and burnout indicators ... Read more