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Defiant Second Daughter: My First 90 Years

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AAARI co-founder, Betty Lee Sung, will read from her recently published memoir, Defiant Second Daughter: My First 90 Years. This is Prof. Sung’s ninth book. What started as a request by Dr. Sung’s granddaughter to learn more about her grandmother, turned into a memoir that discusses her life as the daughter of a Paper Son, teaching Asian American Studies at CUNY, and other triumphs and struggles.

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We Are One: 1982 Chinatown Garment Strike, 30 Years Later

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Museum of Chinese in America We Are One: 1982 Chinatown Garment Strike, 30 Years Later Date: Thursday, June 28, 2012 Time: 3PM to 8PM Place: Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street, Manhattan In 1982, tens of thousands of workers, mostly immigrant women, worked in union garment factories in and around Canal Street in … Read more

Thirty Years of Asia America: Images by Corky Lee

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For thirty years, Corky Lee has used his camera to ensure that the faces of Asian Pacific Americans and their experiences be included in American history. His mission has been to document the incredibly diverse Asian American communities ignored by mainstream media. In an interview in AsianWeek Corky commented: “I’d like to think that every … Read more