Events

Celebrate the Hunter College Asian American Studies Program and the inaugural Helen Zia Deputy Director, Daniel Woo. Dr. Woo will be in conversation with writer/activist Helen Zia. Helen Zia is a writer and activist. She is the daughter of immigrants from China and was born and raised in New Jersey. Her latest book, Last Boat ... Read more

3rd Annual Filipino American History Month Celebration (in Elmhurst) Hosted by the Office of Assemblymember Steven Raga, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, NaFFAA-New York, and FANHS-Metro New York

Are you interested in publishing a book but don't know where to start? Looking for an agent but not sure how to write a query letter? Trying to self-publish your novel? Wanting to make connections with other writers? Join us for Pathways to Publishing, a daylong expo at Bronx Library Center. Learn to navigate the world ... Read more

Flushing Town Hall is proud to present our 11th annual Diwali Festival featuring Pt. Kinnar Seen, Dr. Naren Budhkar, and Srijan Dance Company! Celebrate Diwali with this all-ages festival and concert, featuring Pt. Kinnar Seen, Dr. Naren Budhkar, and kathak classical dancer Abha B. Roy with Srijan Dance Company. With family friendly workshops, including:  block printing with Dr. Alka Mukerji, rangoli making with Dr. Anju G. Modak, Indian cooking ... Read more

Dalit Journeys for Dignity is a facilitated discussion about the radical, field-shifting subfield of Dalit Studies within South Asian Studies. This event centers around the publication of this second volume, the Dalit Studies Volume Two (April 2025, SUNY Press and Permanent Black), using this occasion to reflect on the developments in this field since its ... Read more

Join Gabe Dunn, bestselling author, actor, and filmmaker, and host of the podcast “Bad With Money,” and Professor Celina Su, Department of Political Science, for a conversation on racial capitalism, coalition building, and her book recent book, Budget Justice. Drawing on her years of engagement with democratic governance in New York City and around the ... Read more

From Spikes to Spindles (1976; 46 minutes). Director: Christine Choy. Producer: Third World Newsreel. A portrait of lower Manhattan Chinatown in the mid-1970s. Sparked by the mobilization of Asian American New Yorkers against police violence following the NYPD’s brutal assault against 27 year old Peter Yew in Chinatown, the film considers over a century of Chinese ... Read more

Join APIAVote, AAPI Data, AAJA, and NCAPA for the next installment of the Voices of AAPI Communities monthly briefing, where we’ll dive deep into the latest survey insights from AAPI Data and AP-NORC on timely policies.

Join ALL ARTS and The Serica Initiative for the latest installment of the New York Emmy Award nominated Voices Rising series, celebrating the brilliance and influence of Asian Americans in sports and dance. The evening begins with a reception from 6:30–7:30 PM and features drinks, light bites, and sponsor booths, where community members can connect, explore, ... Read more

oin us for a launch event with world-famous drag queen Kim Chi, discussing her new cookbook Kim Chi Eats The World: 75 Recipes Fit for a (Drag) Queen. Joining Kim Chi in conversation is standup comedian Youngmi Mayer. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store’s 3rd-floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway ... Read more

Join Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. for a meeting with the South Asian and Indo-Caribbean community and business leaders in Central Queens. Various government agency representatives will also be present.

A. J. Jacobs will discuss his noteworthy experiences communicating ideas that are unusual, and maybe even unpopular. Drawing on guiding texts including the Constitution, the Encyclopedia Britannica, the Bible, and George Washington’s “110 Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation,” (#98, Drink not nor talk with your mouth full neither Gaze about ... Read more

Quickly evolving artificial intelligence technology is emerging as a potentially powerful journalism tool, including for harnessing data in stories. But AI needs to be wielded carefully and correctly to get accurate, trustable results in storytelling. Join Sandeep Junnarkar, Data Journalism Director at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, for a three-part training ... Read more

Join Borough President Donovan Richards for a Job Recruitment Fair, featuring a wide variety of local employers looking to hire Queens residents today. Participating employers include the Council for Airport Opportunity, the NYC Department of Veteran Services, the NYS Department of Civil Services, New York Life, Queens Workforce 1 Career Center, the U.S. Army, Urban ... Read more

Session 3 of CACF x FALDEF "Know Your Rights" Workshop Series will cover the Rights of the Undocumented. Participants will be provided information about the rights and protections for undocumented individuals, to help bring awareness and highlight available resources. Participants are encouraged to bring their questions! This session will be facilitated by Angela Torregoza, Esq.

Join NYSEAN and the Southeast Asia Coalition for Academic Freedom for a conference examining attacks on intellectual and academic freedom in Southeast Asia and the United States. Scholars, journalists, and activists will gather to look at how universities and intellectuals often become the first target of rising authoritarianism, the costs and benefits of collective action, ... Read more

The Mills Institute is pleased to welcome President Frank Wu of Queens College, a distinguished legal scholar and a nationally respected higher education leader, for a special conversation on his remarkable career journey. Following his remarks, Christie Chung, Executive Director of The Mills Institute at Northeastern University, will moderate an engaging Q&A.  This event will ... Read more

In this generative workshop, we’ll discuss and experiment with a variety of daring approaches that writers today are taking toward the prose poem. These approaches allow each writer to get closer to truths at once difficult and strange.

The moving and complex story of Seabrook Farms in New Jersey where 2,500 Japanese Americans worked and settled after being released from World War II Incarceration Camps. There they were joined by people of around 21 other nationalities including Eastern European refugees fleeing persecution and African Americans escaping the Jim Crow laws in the Deep ... Read more

Rashid Khalidi will deliver the Fall 2025 Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture titled This is Not War.  Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. He received a BA from Yale University in 1970 and a DPhil from Oxford University in 1974, and has taught at the Lebanese ... Read more

The event addresses how stigma—characterized by societal prejudice and discrimination—profoundly influences psychiatric care. The discussion will cover how deeply embedded stigma creates barriers to timely recognition and treatment of mental health disorders, leading to delayed care, worsened outcomes, and a diminished quality of life for patients and their families.

In this episode of Film Lab’s Elevating Women in Entertainment interview series, hosts Jennifer Betit Yen, Gina Matos, and Anoushka Sharma sit down with Dr. John J. Chin, Interim Dean of the Asian American / Asian Research Institute at CUNY. Dr. Chin shares how immigrant voices, community power, and fearless leadership can build a more ... Read more

Based on Amy Tan’s bestselling novel, The Joy Luck Club unfolds the stories of four Chinese American women and their immigrant mothers, weaving together memory and generational experience to reveal the challenges of identity, love, sacrifice, and belonging. Directed by Wayne Wang, the film was groundbreaking as one of the first major Hollywood productions to center ... Read more

Based on Amy Tan’s bestselling novel, The Joy Luck Club unfolds the stories of four Chinese American women and their immigrant mothers, weaving together memory and generational experience to reveal the challenges of identity, love, sacrifice, and belonging. Directed by Wayne Wang, the film was groundbreaking as one of the first major Hollywood productions to center Asian ... Read more

Some brands are already seeing huge success on Rednote — do you want to know how they did it? Join us for a 30-minute insider session where AC Marketing and Rednote experts reveal how brands are turning cultural connection into real business impact. Get an exclusive look at high-performing Rednote campaigns, learn how the platform’s ... Read more

The Philippine Consulate General in New York brings back our quarterly Filipinnovation series—this time shining a spotlight on Filipino filmmakers in the US Northeast.   This forum, “Lights, Camera, Filipinnovation: Groundbreaking Filmmakers” will explore how Filipinos are breaking barriers, building careers, and thriving in the film industry.

A solo exhibition by Sean Connelly (2025 Artist-in-Residence), Hawai‘i is not the United States, but it is your Future invites viewers to consider the built environment as oceanic, an interconnected system requiring collective cultural efforts to sustain. Join us for the opening on Wednesday, October 29, which will feature brief remarks from the artist and ... Read more

This annual event brings together advocates, educators, community leaders, and partners from across the city to explore innovative strategies for advancing human rights and equity in New York City. Attendees will hear from City leadership and community voices, and take part in sessions on: Reimagining civil rights education and enforcement Strengthening community-based responses to hate ... Read more

Join us for a special virtual discussion of Remembering Asian America, featuring a panel discussion with nonprofit and academic leaders. This is a cross-regional dialogue on the importance of remembering the origins of Asian America and how communities are recontextualizing those histories to build power in solidarity Panelists: Cathi Choi, Executive Director of Women Cross ... Read more

Over the past decade, a small Higaunon team devoted their free time to transcribing their core oral tradition, known as the Panud, into book form. The Higaunon are a Lumad (Indigenous) minority community on the island of Mindanao (Philippines), and the Panud is the story of their people from the earliest ancestors to the present. ... Read more

The Library’s Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the world’s leading collections, renowned for its size, scope, and unique holdings. Reference Librarian Jo-Ann Wong will showcase maps of Asian, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian communities, examining them from multiple viewpoints. She will highlight selections that spark deeper conversations about who has ... Read more

YAMAN (treasure in Tagalog) is more than a cultural expo—it’s a movement carrying Filipino culture forward through indigenous craftsmanship, fashion, entertainment, food, and community. Experience the world of YAMAN, become a Heritage Guardian, and support Tboli master weavers whose ancient hands are running out of time—preserving the soul of our identity for generations to come. ... Read more

Nicole will share how playing mahjong with her grandparents helped her preserve their Chinese New Zealand family history and cultural legacy. She will also share family stories and offer tips on how to start documenting your own stories. NICOLE WONG is a writer and producer based in Oakland, California. She is the creator and founder ... Read more

Reflecting on the hometown of Laozi, Wang Jiaxin, a highly representative contemporary Chinese poet, has perhaps transformed his many years of overseas experiences and reflections into clear and contemplative new poetry. The Museum of Chinese in America is once again collaborating with the North American Chinese Writers’ Association to promote Chinese-language works nurtured from the immigrant ... Read more