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Asian American Racial Justice Trainings Part 1: History of Asian American Identity
Foundations: History of Asian American Identity
This session explores the origin and history of “Asian American” identity, both as a racial construct and as a political movement, as well as the origin of the model minority myth and its function within white supremacy.
All are welcome. We offer these trainings in order to equip you with histories and critical frameworks that can deepen the work of antiracism in your lives and in your communities. This three-part series intentionally integrates what is often left out of general racial justice education: Asian American experiences and decolonial values. They represent our beliefs and values as an organization and are the foundation for organizing emergent community-led labs for mutual care, community-building, collaboration and innovation.
Foundations Part 1: History of “Asian American” Identity, Saturday, June 7 at 1pm – 2:30pm EDT, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/foundations-2025-history-of-asian-american-identity-tickets-1349094270279
Foundations Part 2: “Modernity” and Institutional Racism, Sunday, June 8 at 1pm – 2:30pm EDT, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/foundations-2025-modernity-and-institutional-racism-tickets-1349094641389
Foundations Part 3: Coloniality, Anti-Blackness, and White Supremacy, Monday, June 9 at 8pm to 9:30pm EDT, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/foundations-2025-coloniality-anti-blackness-white-supremacy-tickets-1349094932259meric
The facilitator for this series is AAJIL’s founder, co-director 2019-2024, and current board Chair, Dr. Sandra So Hee Chi Kim. She is a professor in the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at Stony Brook University, where she received the David L. Ferguson Award for Excellence in Inclusive Teaching. Her research explores the intersections of race, global coloniality, migration, and culture. Her articles have appeared in Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies, Positions: Asia Critique, Korean Studies, and Occasion: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities, among other journals, and is currently working on a book manuscript entitled Kinning Empire: Transcoloniality, Kinship, and Korean Historical Trauma.
The Asian American Justice + Innovation Lab (AAJIL) is a community racial justice incubator committed to education and community-building for incubating justice, practicing liberation, and cultivating collective agility for change.
All workshop donations go directly towards covering AAJIL’s operating costs. As a completely volunteer-run organization, we are so grateful for your financial support!
