Six Days to #VoteReady: Last Minute NVRD Planning
Join our final webinar before National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) 2024 for last-minute tips and strategies to ensure your event's success. Allen Blackwell, a seasoned advocate for voter participation, will lead the session and provide crucial insights to fine-tune your preparations.
Legacies: Asian American Art Movements in New York City (1969-2001) – Opening Reception
80WSE, NYU 80 Washington Square East, New York, NYLegacies: Asian American Art Movements in New York City (1969-2001) is an expansive survey of rarely-seen artwork and archival material by artists that constitute and exceed “Asian American,” a label denoting a cultural and national identity invented in 1968. Utilizing an interdisciplinary and research-driven praxis, Legacies uncovers how artists of Asian descent have historically negotiated ... Read more
Rustin: A Film Screening and Conversation
Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College 47-49 East 65th Street, New York, NYThe LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House is pleased to present a screening of the Netflix film Rustin, which tells the poignant and absorbing story of the largely overlooked civil rights leader Bayard Rustin—who helped Martin Luther King Jr. and others to organize the 1963 March on Washington, yet faced stigmatization and discrimination as a ... Read more
MOCA TALKS with Mimi Kwa – House of Kwa
Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street, New York, NYMOCA cordially invites you to an insightful discussion with Mimi Kwa, author of the best selling memoir House of Kwa. Kwa, a journalist and news anchor for two decades, reveals a life behind the camera that is far stranger than anything she has reported on. When her own father sued her, turning her hair grey ... Read more
Persian Feasts: Recipes and Stories from a Family Table
Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NYJoin us for an exclusive conversation with Leila Heller to celebrate the launch of her new cookbook, Persian Feasts: Recipes and Stories from a Family Table, published by Phaidon. Moderated by Galerie Magazine Editor-in-Chief Jacqueline Terrebonne, this lively discussion will explore the rich culinary traditions and celebratory menus of Persian cuisine that date back 5,000 ... Read more
Demystifying AI for filmmakers
Featuring live demonstrations and a Q&A session, this online workshop offers valuable insights for AI enthusiasts, skeptics and the unsure . Discover how AI can enhance your filmmaking process and keep you at the forefront of industry innovations. Free resources provided. Whether you're AI-curious or AI-cautious, this session will equip you with essential knowledge for ... Read more
Navigating Cultural Barriers and Advancing in Your Career
The goal of this event is to address and overcome the challenges faced by Asian Female Leaders and professionals in advancing to executive roles. We aim to explore the impact of cultural identity and stereotypes, such as the bamboo ceiling and model minority myth, on career progression. Through expert panel discussions, personal reflections, and interactive ... Read more
AAPI Training on Voters’ Rights
Free nonpartisan workshops for Asian American, South Asian, and Pacific Islander community groups. Experienced lawyers will help community leaders and Asian Americans, South Asians, and Pacific Islanders understand: their rights in the election how to obtain language assistance typical voting problems and how to cure deficiencies. Attorneys will also cover the legal rules regarding electoral and voter education activities for tax-exempt nonprofit ... Read more
ROK-US Economic Cooperation and the Impact of the US Elections
The Korea Society 350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NYOver the past seven decades, the alliance between South Korea and the United States has evolved from a security-focused relationship into a robust, multifaceted partnership that now includes significant trade and investment ties. However, with the upcoming US elections, the future direction of the bilateral economic relationship is faced with ambiguity. The aim of this ... Read more
AAPI Training on Voters’ Rights
Free nonpartisan workshops for Asian American, South Asian, and Pacific Islander community groups. Experienced lawyers will help community leaders and Asian Americans, South Asians, and Pacific Islanders understand: their rights in the election how to obtain language assistance typical voting problems and how to cure deficiencies. Attorneys will also cover the legal rules regarding electoral and voter education activities for tax-exempt nonprofit ... Read more
Building Planets: Using General Circulation Models to Understand Extreme Weather and Large Scale Dynamics in a Changing Climate
CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NYThis event is part of the Geography, Earth Science, and Oceanography (GEOS) Seminars for Fall 2024. GEOS is a lecture series hosted by the Ph.D. Program in Earth and Environmental Sciences at the CUNY Graduate Center. This series features guest lectures by pre-eminent scholars and thinkers in the fields of Geology, Geography, Earth Science, Environmental ... Read more
Ephemerality & Permanence
Poetry that is produced orally and poetry that is written have often been pitted as fundamentally different, the former an ephemeral, inspired process and the latter thoughtful and labored. Oral poems are uttered, only to be forgotten if not remembered, while written poems are recorded and edited, over and over again, until the poet deems ... Read more