Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
A trailblazing fluid mechanics project led by City College of New York Grove School of Engineering Professor Taehun Lee is one of 16 initiatives nationally awarded supercomputing time at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DoE) Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) Leadership Computing Challenge (ALCC). They will pursue advances in areas ranging … Read more
If you are passionate about… Transforming NY State Schools Learning Real History Uplifting Localized Histories of the Asian American Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiian (AANHPI) community Writing your own Curriculum + Conducting Participatory Action Research Join the Localized History Project’s Youth Action Board (YAB), hosted by AAARI and the Coalition for Asian American Children + … Read more
Covid-19 has sparked an increase in racism against East Asians in America, whether immigrant or native born. However, racism against all groups of Asian descent has been around for much longer, with racist stereotypes and the model minority myth. Join Queens Memory and our partners for an online discussion about the current higher educational experience for Asians in America, who are facing the continuously evolving challenge of racism. We will also discuss how Asians in America can provide ally-ship and solidarity to other groups that are experiencing racial oppression.
Setsuko Winchester, Japanese American ceramic artist, photographer and journalist will discuss her conceptual art work, Freedom from Fear/Yellow Bowl Project. The FFF/YBP is an attempt to shine a new light onto an old aspect of America’s history with race and ethnicity, prejudice and bias and how they shaped this country’s ideas of freedom, justice and citizenship.
Densho, a Japanese term that means “to pass onto the next generation,” aims to preserve the stories of Japanese Americans interned during WWII. Source: Digital Project Aims to Preserve Stories of Incarcerated Japanese Americans – NBC News