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Chinatown in the 21st Century – Asian American Bonfire: Reflections of Chinese in the Eyes of Other Asians

September 11, 2018April 23, 2004 By AAARI

Workshop Schedule (Eleven Sessions) Date: March 26; April 2, 16, 23; May 7, 21, 28; June 4, 11, 18 & 25, 2004 Time: Fridays, 2:00PM to 4:00PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, 18th Floor between 5th & 6th Avenue, Manhattan

Chinatown in the 21st Century – Taking Roots: Asian American Immigrants and Civic Participation

September 11, 2018April 2, 2004 By AAARI

From “Opium War” to “War on Drugs”: Asian Americans’ Transcultural Journey

October 1, 2018March 12, 2004 By Jianguo Ji

The lecture will focus on the cultural-psychological aspect of Asian Americans’ experiences. Both the international context for their early emigration and the American cultural environment for their acculturation process will be examined (adaptation = selective process vs. unconditional assimilation). The interrelatedness between the two larger contexts will be analyzed to interpret the behavioral patterns that … Read more

Writing Poetry: The Asian American Experience

October 1, 2018January 23, 2004 By Joanna Sit and Thaddeus Rutkowski

WRITING FROM EXPERIENCE: THE ASIAN-AMERICAN POINT OF VIEW I write from my experience, but I distill and shape events so that they add up to coherent stories. My sources are memories, life situations and occasionally dreams, all having to do with growing up as the child of mixed-race parents in rural America and later moving … Read more

CUNY Asian American Student Colloquium

December 13, 2016October 10, 2003 By AAARI

In recent years, increasing number of Asian Americans are relying on the City University of New York to achieve their higher educational aspirations. As the City University of New York is transforming itself into a world class institution of access and excellence.