Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
The Asian American / Asian Research Institute’s 2025 symposium, co-organized with NYU Steinhardt, will explore the intersections of identity, culture, history, and systemic factors in shaping mental health experiences within Asian and Asian American communities.
This panel discusses the “Localized History Project,” which addresses the lack of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) history in New York State’s Eurocentric, test-driven curriculum.
We invite students, scholars, and/or practitioners, within and outside of CUNY, to share their innovative research and creative works, pedagogical projects, programmatic efforts, models for organizing and activism, and other activities at CUNY that address critical issues in Asian American studies and/or communities.
This study, led by researchers from the Center for Advanced Technology and Communication in Health (CATCH) at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), contributes to the growing body of evidence suggesting that targeted interventions can have a profound … 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
The Localized History Project is a youth participatory history collective working to bring local Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander history into K-12 classrooms through archival research, oral history methodologies, and mixed method surveys.