Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
New York City teachers, community members, and youth are invited for an interactive day of storytelling, community building, and curriculum development on the localized history of The Bronx’s Asian American community.
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.
This presentation examines survey results from three screenings of The Cost of Living (2023, Sixty First Productions), a documentary highlighting the financial struggles of three families in Flushing.
Join AAARI, and the Committee on Institutional Equity and Diversity (CIED) at the CUNY School of Professional Studies, for a screening and discussion of the documentary, But You’re Not Black (2020), directed by Danilelle Ayow.
Catherine Chung and Johnny Nguyen (Asian Women For Health), and Preston Dang (WesternU College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific), will discuss their current collaborative two-year research study project, ACCESS-PD: Advancing Comprehensive Care & Enhancing Service Standards in Parkinson’s Disease among Asian Americans.
The Betty Lee Sung Memorial Fund recently awarded a grant, through AAARI, to Yu Wang, at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, to conduct research on “Betty Lee Sung’s Chinese Activities at the Voice of America.”