Facing the Fracture: How to Navigate the Challenges of Living in a Divided Nation: Dr. Tania Israel in conversation with Deanna Lee

Join us for a conversation with Tania Israel, author of Facing the Fracture: How to Navigate the Challenges of Living in a Divided Nation, and media expert Deanna Lee. Dr. Israel's research and guidance will leave you feeling informed, empowered, and optimistic.  Note: This program will take place  ONLINE via Zoom. Participants will receive a Zoom link 24 hours ... Read more

Get Informed, Get Out, Get VOTING!: Voter Education & GOTV in 2024

Join Nonprofit VOTE, League of Women Voters, National Vote at Home Institute, and Guides.vote for access to essential tools and strategies for ballot education and Get Out The Vote (GOTV) efforts. We will dive into the key ballot resources available for voters, such as nonpartisan voter guides, absentee and mail-in voting processes, and strategies to ... Read more

Get It Together! Assessing Work-Life Balance

Hunter College (West 417) 695 Park Avenue, Hunter West 417, New York, NY

How is it going? How are you doing? We are one month into the Fall semester and midterms are coming up. As students, you have to balance many things – academics, friends, family, work, and more! Together, we’ll take time to reflect on how the semester is progressing, assess what your capacity is, and get ... Read more

Disinformation, deception and democracy: An urgent call to communicators

The playbook goes back to Plato's Noble Lie, in 375 B.C. But while Plato justified government myth-making as a benefit to society, this year's election playbook is anything but. The false narratives, repeatedly amplified on social media and believed by half the US population, can cause catastrophic consequences for the entire world.   In an era of distorted ... Read more

Living the Asian Century: An Undiplomatic Memoir with Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani

Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY

Join us for a special conversation with Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani on the occasion of his latest book, Living the Asian Century: An Undiplomatic Memoir. Ambassador Mahbubani has distinguished himself in two distinct careers, in diplomacy (1971-2004) and in academia (2004 to 2019). Asia Society President and CEO Dr. Kyung-wha Kang will sit with him to ... Read more

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Filipina Suffragists of the 20th Century: Confronting Race, Gender, and Empire in the Fight for Voting Rights

NYU Espacio de Culturas 53 Washington Square S, New York, NY, United States

Join NYSEAN and Sulo: The Philippine Studies Initiative at NYU for a lecture by Rose Cuison-Villazor, Visiting Scholar at Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU and Professor of Law and Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar at Rutgers Law School. This lecture will explore the contributions of Filipina Americans to the suffrage movements in both the United States and the ... Read more

4N Exchange – An Evening with Special Special and 4N

Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street, New York, NY

The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) and Special Special invite you to 4N Exchange, an evening dedicated to creative dialogue featuring artists from the second issue of 4N magazine. The event will begin with a panel discussion where artists Ally Yanxiu Luo, Terumi Saito, Supatida Sutiratana, Sixing Xu, and Hang Yu will take us ... Read more

Rethinking the Statue of Liberty

The Great Hall at Cooper Union 7 East 7th Street, New York, NY

When the Statue of Liberty was installed with great fanfare, speeches, and a celebration of close to 1 million in 1886, no one mentioned immigration, nor did they mention abolition. The association with immigration only came with the passage of decades, and the arrival of millions of immigrants. The formative connection to abolition, the original ... Read more

Chinatown Arts Festival

Think!Chinatown Studio 1 Pike Street, New York, NY

Chinatown Arts Festival returns to the neighborhood for the seventh year this October! Opening October 9th, our annual series of cultural programming features traditional Chinese folk art alongside emerging Asian-American artists. Chinatown Arts Festival celebrates the cultural richness of Manhattan’s Chinatown through Chinese opera, puppetry, film, visual art and music.

Haunted Modernities: Gender, Memory, and Placemaking in Postindustrial Taiwan

John Jay College of Criminal Justice (Lloyd Sealy Library) 899 Tenth Avenue, New York, NY

Prof. Anru Lee will present on her book, "Haunted Modernities: Gender, Memory, and Placemaking in Postindustrial Taiwan." In 1973 twenty-five young women drowned in a ferry accident on their way to work in factories in Taiwan’s Kaohsiung Export Processing Zone. Their remains were recovered and interred collectively in what came to be called the Twenty-five ... Read more

Know Your Rights: The Fight for Language Access

Join NCAPA and the National Immigration Law Center to learn about the advocacy fight for language access, the opportunities for the AAPI community, and your protected rights going into this election season.