Embark on a captivating musical journey weaving three compelling stories from Hawai‘i’s Korean diaspora with performances by remarkable musicians, including the Grammy Award-winning violist Richard Yongjae O’Neill, the world renowned violinists Chee-Yun and Ignace Jang, and Keola Beamer. 

Explore the fascinating history of St. Malo, Louisiana, the first permanent Asian settlement in the United States, established as early as 1763. Contributing to the thriving fishing industry, Filipino sailors settled the swamps of St. Malo, but very few sources from the perspective of Filipinos exist. The workshop will demonstrate the ways to utilize poetry ... Read more

Bluebeard is given a Harajuku makeover in Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, a wild burlesque-like subversion of the French gothic horror legend. Shuji Terayama, father of Japan’s angura (underground) theater movement in the 1960s and ’70s, was repeatedly drawn to the story of Bluebeard’s wives and the locked castle door, culminating in this mind-bending game of cat-and-mouse ... Read more

Join us for a two-part conference convened by the Asia Society Policy Institute, with support from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

We are pleased to invite you to attend the fortieth Committee of 100 Asian American Career Ceilings and Organizational Equity Initiatives event. This will be a new program under the title of “Master Classes for Organizations: Managing Equity Initiatives” where we will feature experts who will conduct tutorials on various topics related to how organizations ... Read more

Discover how Artificial Intelligence is transforming industries and redefining future of work at this must-attend event hosted by China Institute in America. This program features insights from top experts in venture capital, asset management, and equity markets. These top-tier experts, who drive strategic investments across a broad spectrum of industries and business types—from innovative startups ... Read more

From skyrocketing rents, to restoring environments & retreating from neighborhoods threatened by climate change, questions of landownership lie at the heart of society’s most pressing issues. Typically grouped together with buildings as real estate, land is rarely discussed in our political discourse. Yet as the writer Audrea Lim describes in FREE THE LAND: How We ... Read more

Join Committee of 100 and The Asian American Education Project for a three-part series examining the rich contributions of Chinese Americans to U.S. society, both historically and in the present day. The content was sourced from Committee of 100’s report “From Foundations to Frontiers: Chinese American Contributions to the Fabric of America.” Specifically designed for ... Read more

One day when his electric rice cooker informed him that his meal was ready, South Korean artist Jaha Koo experienced a deep sense of ‘Golibmuwon’ (고립무원). Twenty years ago a major economic crisis hugely impacted Jaha Koo’s generation of South Korean youth. ‘Golibmuwon’ is the untranslatable Korean word for the feeling of helpless isolation that ... Read more

Our second Master Class will be on the topic of “Master Classes: Developing a Personal Brand” and will feature Jerry Won, who is the Founder & CEO of Just Like Media, an innovative storytelling company. They are behind the award winning Dear Asian Americans Podcast, whose guests include Vice President Kamala Harris, the Asian Creator ... Read more

Womankind's 2025 Anti-Human Trafficking Conference aims to provide a nuanced understanding of how gender dynamics affect survivors of labor trafficking in Asian American and Asian immigrant communities. In doing so, we hope to ultimately strengthen more inclusive and effective support systems. Panelists will analyze the gender paradigm, which includes traditional beliefs and norms related to ... Read more