Changing the Narrative: AAPIs in North Carolina
2025-11-08 09:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Durham Academy Middle School, 3116 Academy Road, Durham, NC, 27707
The Asian American Education Project is proud to host “Changing the Narrative: AAPIs in North Carolina,” an in-person professional development program focused on the teaching of Asian American and Pacific Islander histories and experiences in the K-12 classroom. In this one-day institute, we will explore some narratives that exist about Asian Americans in North Carolina (and in the U.S. South-at-large) and the role that K-12 education plays in changing, breaking, complicating, or adding to those narratives. Through interactive workshops, participants will acquire strategies and lessons for teaching about AAPI communities in the US South, dive into specific AAPI histories in North Carolina, and discuss how North Carolina’s HB835 Learning AAPI Contributions in Schools can impact their teaching.
Participant Qualifications
All K-12 educators are welcome to apply. Priority will be given to teachers based in North Carolina. No prior knowledge of Asian American studies is needed.

We Anchor Ourselves in History: South Asian diasporic movements of study and struggle
2025-11-10 09:00 - 10:00 | NY
Throughout history, young people have had an irrepressible desire to study histories of struggle—or the efforts that came before them to fight for a more liberatory and just world. What is it that young people gain when they anchor themselves in truthful histories, histories that are often not taught, or are erased, by the state? What do such exercises give them, and how does it shape their sense of self, identity, and belonging? How does it craft their political consciousness? This workshop presents initial findings from a dissertation that begins with present day New York City youth, and investigates their injury, analysis, and conclusions about South Asian Diasporic organizing in three moments of imperial boomerang: the 1970s and 80s United Kingdom, the 1990s and early 2000s United States, and the present US and UK. This workshop will serve as a dialogue between participants and the presenter, and will include a brief presentation particularly focused on the method of youth participatory historiography.
Speaker: Shreya Sunderram (The City University of New York )
Zoom Link (2pm GMT/9am EST): https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/81942540288?pwd=[REDACTED]

Reframing Suicide as a Shared Social Responsibility in Korea
2025-11-10 16:00 - 17:30 | The Korea Society, 350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY, 10017
The Korea Society is pleased to announce that the ninth annual Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture Awardee is Dr. Peter Na, assistant professor of psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine. In his lecture, Reframing Suicide as a Shared Social Responsibility in Korea, he casts suicide not as an individual failure or “extreme choice (극단적 선택),” but as a systemic and cultural crisis requiring a coordinated national response. Drawing on his experience as a psychiatrist, public health researcher, and mental health advocate, Dr. Na examines the scale and societal costs of suicide in Korea and analyzes key structural drivers such as academic and workplace pressures, poverty and isolation among older adults, and the pervasive stigma surrounding mental illness and treatment.

Across Generations and Oceans: A Fireside Chat with Gish Jen
2025-11-11 17:30 - 18:30 | Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre Street, New York, NY, 10013
In partnership with the US-China Education Trust and the Serica Initiative, we cordially invite you to join us for the launch of Bad Bad Girl, the latest semi-autobiographical novel by Gish Jen. The book traces her mother’s journey exploring gender, migration, and cultural identity through Jen’s poetic prose.
The event features a reading and fireside chat with Gish Jen in conversation with Qian Julie Wang, New York Times bestselling author and litigator. A book signing will follow the event.

2025 National Student Vote Summit
2025-11-12 - 2025-11-14 | University of Maryland, College Park, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD, 21250
At the summit, we’ll unite nonprofit leaders, campus staff, administrators, faculty members, philanthropic partners, election officials, and students from across the country to continue a decade-strong tradition of collective action and impact.
Building on the momentum and insights from our 2024 Summit—where more than 300 nonpartisan student vote leaders took on challenges like local election turnout, combating misinformation, and reducing post-election disengagement — this milestone gathering aims to amplify our collective power and chart a course for an even more impactful 2026.

Nonprofit New York 2025 Annual Conference: Onward Together
2025-11-12 09:00 - 18:00 | New York Marriott Marquis, 1535 Broadway, New York, NY, 10036
Join 1,000 nonprofit professionals on November 12, 2025 for New York City’s foremost gathering for nonprofit leadership, management, and movement-building. This full-day, in-person convening is designed to co-create real solutions for our sector’s challenges, spark collaboration, and strengthen community resilience.

Budget Justice: Book Launch, Reading & Conversation with Celina Su
2025-11-12 18:00 - 20:00 | CUNY Graduate Center – Skylight Room, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10016
Join author, scholar, and poet Celina Su for a reading and conversation to celebrate the launch of her book Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities, which presents a bold vision that empowers communities to solve our cities’ most pressing problems.
Following her reading, Celina Su will be joined in conversation with policy journalist Liza Featherstone and political activist and organizer Kesi Foster to discuss how everyday citizens can shape policy to tackle everything from rising housing and food costs to unabated police violence, underfunded schools, and climate change–driven floods and wildfires.

Who’s in and Who’s Out? Understanding the Results of the New York City Mayoral Election
2025-11-12 18:30 - 20:00 | CUNY Graduate Center (Elebash Recital Hall), 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10016
After this unprecedented mayoral election, won by Zohran Mamdani, what does the outcome mean for New York City? An expert panel discusses the results and how they will shape the direction of government policies, the future of the political parties, and the sense of belonging for different groups around the five boroughs. How will the coalitions and divisions revealed by this election change the city’s political landscape? Featuring Sayu Bhojwani, former NYC commissioner for immigrant affairs, TED speaker, and author of People Like Us: The New Wave of Candidates Knocking at Democracy’s Door; New York State Senator John Liu, chairman of the New York City Education Committee; Hank Sheinkopf, a veteran of political campaigns in New York City and beyond, who is an alumnus of the CUNY Graduate Center’s Ph.D. Program in Political Science; NYC Council Member Nantasha Williams, an alumna of the CUNY Graduate Center’s Ph.D. Program in Social Welfare who represents District 27 in Southeast Queens; and others. John Mollenkopf, distinguished professor of Political Science and Sociology and director of the Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center, moderates.

The Robert A. and Elizabeth R. Jeffe Distinguished Lecture in Urban History: Brooklynites
2025-11-12 18:30 - 20:00 | Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10029
Join us as Prithi Kanakamedala in conversation with Peggy King Jorde, explores the history of Brooklyn’s free Black communities, which attracted people from all walks of life who helped shape the city with a radical anti-slavery vision. Her book, Brooklynites, recovers the lives of these remarkable citizens and examines their lasting impact on what would become New York City’s most populous borough.

A4 November 2025 Town Hall: Visual Art
2025-11-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Magnum Foundation, 59 East 4th Street, 7W, New York, NY, 10003
Featured presenters include Umber Majeed, a multi-disciplinary visual artist and educator whose work engages familial archives to explore Pakistani state, urban, and digital infrastructure through a feminist lens. We’ll also hear from Sarah Cho, assistant curator at Queens Museum, about her approach to working with artists. Both speakers recently overlapped at the Queens Museum, where Umber Majeed’s solo show “J😊YTECH” is on view.

Vā Moana and Hawai‘i Futures
2025-11-13 18:00 - 20:00 | 20 Cooper Square – NYU, 20 Cooper Square, New York, NY, 10003, United States
Presented by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. Co-sponsored the Center for Collaborative Indigenous Research with Communities and Lands.
A conversation between the artist Sean Connelly (2025 Artist-in-Residence) and Professor Albert Refiti (Auckland University of Technology).

From “Cool Japan” to “Your Japan” in 2025: What Japan Gets Right—and Wrong—About Cultural Promotion
2025-11-14 18:00 - 19:30 | Asian American / Asian Research Institute, 25 West 43rd Street, Suite 1000, New York, 10036, United States
Drawing on his role as a Cool Japan Producer for the Japanese Cabinet Office, Benjamin W. Boas highlights the need to shift from a government-branded “Cool Japan” paradigm to the more participatory, fan-driven “Your Japan.”

Screening - A FREE DAUGHTER OF FREE KYRGYZSTAN
2025-11-15 - 2025-11-17 | Village East by Angelika, 181-189 2nd Ave, New York, NY, 10003, United States
Zere Asylbek was 19 when she released a music video demanding respect for women in the largely conservative Kyrgyzstan. It was intentionally provocative, and Asylbek achieved what she set out to do: jolting the society into paying attention to the evils of the country’s deeply patriarchal and misogynist culture. Six years on, the death threats keep coming as Asylbek’s ever-steely resolve to usher in change only grows stronger. – Bedatri D. Choudhury
The first and second screenings will be followed by a Q&A with director Leigh Iacobucci and film protagonist Zere Asylbek.

CAMS 62ND SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE: OPTIMIZING CHINESE AMERICAN HEALTHCARE IN AN AI-DRIVEN WORLD
2025-11-15 08:30 - 16:00 | Cornell Belfer Building, 413 East 69th St, New York, NY, 10021
We are excited to announce our keynote speaker, Dr. Jeffrey Yang, Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Founding Director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Research. He will be joined by other distinguished experts to explore the transformative role of artificial intelligence in shaping the future of medicine.

NY Comedy Festival Presents Margaret Cho: Choligarchy
2025-11-15 19:00 - 20:30 | The Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street, New York, NY, 10036
My new show CHOLIGARCHY is bringing me back to my roots as a political comedian. I’m so frustrated with the state of the union and I know the only weapon I have is humor. We are being taken over by the richest people in the world but the one thing they cannot afford is jokes at their expense. I want to fight fascism with everything I have. This will be my most blistering and brutally honest show yet! Let’s tear down racism, homophobia and sexism with all that we have. We have to fight for what we have now, because if we wait any longer, it might be too late to save ourselves.
Comedian. Actor. Musician. Advocate. Entrepreneur. Five-time Grammy and Emmy nominee. Margaret Cho, a jack of all trades, master of many.

Pause, Unwind & Sketch: Creating a Visual Diary
2025-11-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Queens College (James Muyskens Conference Room), 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY, 11367
Give yourself permission to abandon perfection and draw what feels right!

Pause, Unwind & Sketch: Creating a Visual Diary is part of a series of workshops that focus on art-making and mental health, sponsored by QCAP (the Queens College AANAPISI Project). No prior experience or skills required, and all Queens College students are welcome! Materials will be provided for this workshop, and snacks too!

LGBTQ Immigration: Contemporary Struggles Globally and in New York
2025-11-17 17:30 - 19:00 | Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, 47-49 East 65th Street, New York, NY, 10065
The LGBTQ Policy Center is pleased to present an urgent discussion—featuring leading policymakers and advocates—about the impact of recent immigration policies on global LGBTQ migration, with a spotlight on New York.
For decades, the United States has recognized the threat, and reality, of state violence against LGBTQ people as a legitimate reason to grant asylum. However, recent policy changes at the federal level have called into question the country’s commitment to protecting the human rights of LGBTQ immigrants. For example, earlier this year, the Trump administration deported Andry Hernandez Romero, a gay makeup artist who came to the United States seeking asylum, to a maximum security prison in El Salvador. Recent increases in ICE presence at courthouses and on the streets has created an environment of fear that discourages LGBTQ immigrants from accessing the social services they need to survive. Human Rights Watch has documented worsening discrimination, harassment, and violence against LGBTQ people both at home and abroad.

NYC Health & Dialogue - Caregiver Awareness Month - Long Term Care Planning
2025-11-17 18:30 - 19:30 | NY
Aligned with the CUNY School of Medicine’s commitment to under-resourced communities, the NYCenter for Advancing Translational Research and Health focuses on Harlem and the South Bronx, areas where significant health and education gaps have historically persisted.
As part of the Center’s efforts to connect with community, The Community Engagement Core, coordinates a monthly seminars – NYC Health & Dialogue – to build capacity among researchers and community stakeholders, promoting shared learning and co-creation of knowledge.

Fair Pricing Act 101 Community Webinar
2025-11-18 13:30 - 14:30 | NY
The Fair Pricing Act (S705/A2140) is proposed state legislation designed to bring transparency and equity to hospital pricing.
Its core mission:

Standardize the cost of routine medical procedures.

Require hospitals to publicly justify any additional charges.

Why does this matter? Disparate and predatory pricing is a significant barrier to necessary, affordable care, directly leading to delayed diagnoses and poorer long-term health outcomes in our communities. For many—especially groups like AAPI New Yorkers—cost is the main hurdle to seeking routine preventative care. No family should have to choose between medical bills and basic needs like rent or groceries.
Join us to discuss how the Fair Pricing Act is a crucial step toward building an equitable and affordable healthcare landscape for all.

Learning Without Borders: Immigrants Transforming Higher Education
2025-11-18 16:30 - 18:00 | CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10016
Join us for a lively discussion on how immigrants are reshaping the landscape of higher education!

Immigrants have long faced structural challenges when accessing and thriving within educational systems and academic spaces. These include linguistic barriers, precarious legal status, limited access to financial aid, cultural exclusion, and the emotional toll of navigating institutions not designed for their realities.
Under the current political climate, many of these challenges have intensified due to shifts in immigration policies, tightening of visa regulations, and increasing social and economic precarity for immigrant communities.
In this conversation, we will discuss both the historic and structural dimensions of these barriers and the new challenges emerging today. Bringing together scholars, students, and advocates, we will explore how immigrant communities continue to transform academic spaces, and what possibilities for solidarity, policy change, and institutional transformation might shape the future of higher education.

Simulcast Screening - Vietnamerica
2025-11-18 17:00 - 19:00 | NY
Executive Producer Nancy Bui of the Vietnamese Heritage Foundation joins GETSEA and 25 universities across North America to watch Vietnamerica together simultaneously and connect via Zoom for a discussion with the filmmaker about the Vietnamese diaspora, their struggle, and how Master Hoa’s story is a prism to see the larger group.
Vietnamerica follows Master Nguyen Hoa as he returns to former refugee camps in Southeast Asia after three decades abroad to search for the graves of his wife and two children. Having fled Vietnam in 1981 on a boat with his family and friends, Hoa was the only survivor.

Cinema with a Cause: "Blackboards & Barriers"
2025-11-19 18:00 - 20:30 | Medgar Evers College, 1637 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11225
“Blackboards & Barriers” is a documentary that takes us to Cecil County, Maryland’s Colored Schools through interviews with former students. This film tells a story of how community members endured and fought against civil rights issues and impacted the broader Civil Rights movement. Filmmaker, Joseph Piner, will be speaking to the audience afterwards.

At the Edge of Empire: A Family’s Reckoning with China
2025-11-19 18:30 - 19:30 | Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre Street, New York, NY, 10013
The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) cordially invites you to a special conversation with Edward Wong, diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times and author of At the Edge of Empire: A Family’s Reckoning with China. The son of Chinese immigrants in Washington, D.C., Wong grew up among family secrets, especially those surrounding his father Yook Kearn Wong, who served in Mao’s People’s Liberation Army before making a perilous escape to Hong Kong in 1962. As Beijing bureau chief, Wong retraced elements of that past while examining the forces behind a resurgent China: intensified nationalism under President Xi Jinping, ethnic conflict in Xinjiang and Tibet, and pro-democracy movements in Hong Kong.
This program will also highlight the history of southern Chinese migration to the United States, especially from Taishan County in Guangdong, and the enduring transnational ties among Chinese migrants. By connecting geopolitics with family memory and community networks, the talk will show how cross-Pacific migration continues to shape Chinese American life today.

November 2025 AANHPI Community DNA Forum
2025-11-20 16:00 - 17:00 | NY
NCAPA will share important federal policy updates following the re-opening of the government. AAPI Data will share key findings on healthcare data and updates on our SMARTT framework for data security. We’ll also hear from Felicia Singh, director of policy and government relations for the Coalition for Asian American Children + Families (CACF), who will share recent policy wins and updates from CACF.

Citizen Enough? Race and Belonging Now and Then
2025-11-20 18:00 - 19:15 | NY
Join us for an online conversation with Professor Neda Maghbouleh, author of The Limits of Whiteness, and Professor Dana Y. Nakano, author of Japanese Americans and the Racial Uniform. The discussion, moderated by BC Sociology Professor Diana Pan, will examine how racial ideologies structure non-white US citizens’ experiences of national belonging.

GUT (굿): A Korean Spiritual Rite of Gratitude, Harmony, and Blessing for All
2025-11-21 - 2025-11-22 | Korean Cultural Center NY, 122 E 32nd St, New York, NY, 10016
Korean Cultural Center New York presents GUT on November 21 and 22 — a traditional Korean shamanistic ritual performance that embodies the purest form of Korea’s total art, combining music, dance, and spiritual expression. As one of Korea’s Intangible Cultural Heritages, Cheolmuri-GUT bridges art and life, humanity and divinity, offering audiences a profound encounter with Korea’s centuries-old spiritual tradition.

Central Asia Speaker Series: Conversations on Diaspora, Identity, and New Futures
2025-11-21 11:30 - 13:30 | NY
Join us for the Central Asia Speaker Series, a space for urgent, imaginative conversations featuring three remarkable guest speakers:

Cholpon: Migration, Identity & Displacement
Zumrad Mirzalieva: Ecological Storytelling & Extraction
Nat Sultan: Queer Art, Faith & Exile

Come listen, learn, and be in community with Central Asian voices shaping new futures
To Register: Please ontact Prof. Zohra Saed to receive Zoom link, Zohra.Saed@mhc.cuny.edu

Chinese-Caribbean Narratives
2025-11-21 18:00 - 19:30 | Asian American / Asian Research Institute, 25 West 43rd Street, Suite 1000, New York, 10036, United States
Prof. Aleah Ranjitingh will present her research on Chinese-Caribbean immigrants in the United States, and the ways in which they understand self in terms of race and ethnicity.

PAGE TURNER: The 2025 AAWW Publishing Conference
2025-11-23 11:00 - 12:00 | Asian American Writers’ Workshop (AAWW), 18 West 21st Street, Suite 900, New York, NY, 10010, United States
Our publishing conference will center the work and experiences of writers of color, convening experts and authors across industries and genres to share candid insights, advice, and experiences.

Conversations – “Recollections, Pioneers and Heroes” Featuring The Honorable Elaine Chao
2025-11-25 18:00 - 18:45 | NY
We are pleased to invite you to attend Committee of 100’s Conversations—”Recollections, Pioneers, and Heroes” featuring The Honorable Elaine Chao, who will reflect on her remarkable journey as an immigrant, trailblazer, and leader at the highest levels of government, and her insights on leadership, resilience, and service to the nation.
