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Writing City Nature, Writing the City Self: A Workshop with Rajiv Mohabir
Asian American Writers' Workshop (AAWW) 18 West 21st Street, Suite 900, New York, NY, United StatesWriting about the environment is not the province of the rich, the country-dwelling, and the white poet. Asian American poets and writers have been expanding their ideas of the natural world to be expansive, including human-made structure and infrastructures as being natural. They write starting with where they are located. In this three-hour workshop you ... Read more
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This Moment in Immigration: What’s at Stake and What Can Be Done
Center for Brooklyn History 128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, New YorkNon AAARI EventsAcross the country, migrants and refugees are living in fear as the nation confronts a pivotal moment in our history. Sweeping state-level restrictions along with drastic changes in national policies around asylum access, deportations, ICE raids, and detentions, have both intensified the debate over who is welcome in America and under what terms, and created ... Read more
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Reparations and the Human
Non AAARI EventsJoin us for a conversation about David L. Eng’s latest book, Reparations and the Human. Eng, Joan Wallach Scott, and Michelle Stephens will discuss reparations and human rights in the context of the Holocaust and the atomic bombings of Japan, and with particular attention to how reparation functions across both political and psychoanalytic theory. In ... Read more
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Cementing the Quad: Power, Partnership, and Regional Purpose
Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NYNon AAARI EventsAs Quad leaders prepare to convene in India this Fall, the Indo-Pacific finds itself at a moment of strategic flux. From the Pacific Islands to South Asia and Southeast Asia, regional actors are increasingly wary about how their security, development, technology, and climate needs and priorities are being addressed within an evolving and uncertain geopolitical ... Read more
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2025 AAPI Policy Priorities Survey Briefing
Non AAARI EventsJoin NCAPA and AAPI Data for an in-depth discussion of survey findings about AAPI policy priorities. We'll break down critical insights from the latest survey and discuss how these priorities can guide effective messaging, advocacy, and mobilization efforts through fall 2025 and beyond.
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Tracing the Creation of “The Gangster We Are All Looking For”
Queensborough Performing Arts Center 222-05 56th Avenue, Oakland Gardens, NYNon AAARI EventsIn this multimedia presentation, acclaimed performance artist and author, lê thị diễm thúy, will share the story of how she wrote her book, The Gangster We Are All Looking For. This lyrical autobiographical novel tells the coming-of-age of a Vietnamese refugee growing up in post-Vietnam War California as she navigates grief and the changes within ... Read more
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Dan Wang on Engineers vs. Lawyers
Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NYNon AAARI EventsThe phrase “developing country” is often pejorative. It conjures images of dust, concrete, corruption and a reckless dash towards modernity. But it also connotes change and the palpable sense of a brighter future. Is China a developing country? Can the United States still develop? In his new book Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future (W. ... Read more
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The Remarkable Madame Pandit: Champion of India, Citizen of the World
Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College 47-49 East 65th Street, New York, NYNon AAARI EventsJoin us for a conversation with Hunter professor, Manu Bhagavan, as he discusses his new, definitive biography of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit—India’s first woman cabinet minister, pioneering diplomat, and global icon. The Remarkable Madame Pandit brings to life a trailblazing figure who shaped 20th-century India and the international stage, from challenging colonial rule to confronting authoritarianism. ... Read more
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Mapping Deportations
Non AAARI EventsJoin the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law (CILP) and Million Dollar Hoods (MDH) for this webinar launch of a groundbreaking new project: Mapping Deportations. Mapping Deportations is a website that uses maps, data, and timelines to unmask the relationship between race and U.S. immigration enforcement throughout U.S. history. Tracking ... Read more
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Birthright Citizenship: A History of the Present Webinar
Non AAARI EventsCurrent initiatives to restrict birthright citizenship would have broad implications for many American communities. Why does the US have birthright citizenship? How have immigrants and other populations shaped US citizenship, and how would proposed changes affect different groups? Our panel of experts will provide the historical context for today’s birthright citizenship debate. The History of the ... Read more
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Teaching Digital Literacy with Densho
Non AAARI EventsEducators today face the urgent challenge of helping students navigate rampant misinformation and disinformation, alongside a broader erosion of public trust in history and journalism. This free webinar for K–12 educators, featuring panelists from Densho and the Southern Poverty Law Center, explores how teachers can equip students with the tools to evaluate digital sources, recognize ... Read more
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MOCA TALKS with Professor Thomas Lee: Wong Kim Ark and the Principle of Birthright Citizenship
Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street, New York, NYNon AAARI EventsThe Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) cordially invites you to a special conversation featuring Thomas Lee, Leitner Family Professor of International Law and Co-Director of the Center on Asian Americans and the Law at Fordham Law School. In this timely discussion, Professor Lee will explore the landmark Supreme Court case of Wong Kim Ark and the ... Read more
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In Celebration of Seabeast
Asian American Writers' Workshop (AAWW) 18 West 21st Street, Suite 900, New York, NY, United StatesNon AAARI EventsJoin AAWW for a celebration of Seabeast by Rajiv Mohabir, featuring Megan Pinto, Ashna Ali, and Rosamond King! Organized as an alphabetical bestiary, Seabeast lyrically catalogues whale species by common name and behaviors, resulting in a poetic compendium that defies pathetic fallacy even as it sings the similarities between homo sapiens and the marine mammoths ... Read more
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Contemporary China: Demystifying Economic and Social Changes
CUNY Graduate Center (Elebash Recital Hall) 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NYNon AAARI EventsFrom the perspective of the West, China is easily misunderstood. Is it capitalist or communist, an adversary or a vital economic partner, a modernized nation or a retrograde regime? A panel of experts demystifies the vast economic and societal changes that have transformed China in recent decades. They discuss China’s remarkable strides toward eradicating poverty ... Read more