Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) – NY Chapter New York Asian Pacific American Workers Congress: Convening New Leaders, Sharing Our Skills Date: Saturday, May 9, 2015 Time: 8:30AM to 2:30PM Place: Murphy Institute for Worker Education 25 W. 43rd Street, 18th Floor between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan RSVP to eng5187@aol.com Program is free … Read more
The New York City Comptroller’s office honored four community leaders on Tuesday for their contributions to the local Asian-American community in the city, in celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Source: NYC celebrates Asian-American heritage|Americas|chinadaily.com.cn
April is National Poetry Month and <a href=”http://www.napowrimo.net/about/ Source: National Poetry Month: Asian-American Poets to Watch – NBC News
Poised to become the city’s first female judge of South Asian descent, Staten Island assistant district attorney Raja Rajeswari is also an accomplished dancer of Bharatnatyam and Kucchipudi, reports Desi Talk. Source: Accomplished Dancer to be City’s First Female Indian-American JudgeVoices of NY
This talk investigates the history of the first known photograph of Muslim women in the U.S. Taken in 1923, the photo features four African American Muslim women in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago—at the time known as the “Black Metropolis”—who had converted to Islam through the Ahmadiyya movement, a South Asia-based missionary sect. Through an … Read more
Victoria Moy’s new book, “Fighting for the Dream,” looks at the Chinese-American experience in the US military from WWII to the War in Afghanistan. Source: Voices of Chinese-American Veterans from WWII to Afghanistan – NBC News