Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Date: Fridays, July 11, 18, 25; August 1, 8 & 15, 2008 Time: 12PM to 5PM Place: 25 W. 43rd Street, Room 1000 between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan Funded by a grant from Swarthmore College, Our Health, Our Arts is a six-session summer program which will take a look at public policies, research, and … Read more
While these education organizing groups had similar goals and worked in the same political context, they frequently employed divergent political strategies in their campaigns. My talk will draw upon 18 months of ethnographic research I conducted with four education organizing groups in the South Bronx. It will focus on the ways in which the groups’ organizational toolkits made a difference, and how grassroots organizations can work more effectively towards substantive social change.
Dr. Tarry Hum’s research examines the increasing presence of ethnic banks in New York City’s immigrant neighborhoods. In particular, Dr. Hum focus on the growing number of Chinese-owned ethnic banks in working-class Sunset Park, Brooklyn, their lending practices and community investment activities. Based on an analysis of 1998-2005 HMDA data, interviews with bank CEOs and … Read more
In witnessing the collapse of the World Trade Center, Psychotherapist Edward Ma was determined to do some healing for himself and the Chinatown community since September 11, 2001. In this presentation, Mr. Ma will discuss how he has engaged himself as a volunteer in healing himself by/and promoting participation in community democracy (voter registration for … Read more
Time: Thursdays, 2PM to 4PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000 between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan Free Admission The “Asian Community Block” provides social agencies and cultural organizations with an opportunity to reach out and promote their activities to the more than one million and growing Asian population currently residing within the five … Read more
Workshop Schedule June 17 & 24, 2004 July 1 & 8, 2004 July 22 & 29, 2004 August 12 & 19, 2004 September 2 & 9, 2004 Time: Thursdays, 1:00PM to 5:00PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, 18th Floor between 5th & 6th Avenue, Manhattan The Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) of the … Read more