AAPI NJ and Teach Asian American Stories invite adults and youths of all backgrounds to join us for a one-night-only community dinner and teach-in on birthright citizenship.

Guided by Mindie Sobrinski, Teach Asian American Stories Fellow, we’ll learn that what’s on the table tells us who belongs at it.

From Filipino sailors to Chinese laborers, South Asian merchants to Japanese Americans, Asian communities have long used food to claim their place in this country. At the center of our table sits Wong Kim Ark, a Chinese American cook whose fight for birthright citizenship produced a Supreme Court ruling that still shapes American law today.

But as birthright citizenship faces renewed attack, the histories carried in every plate of lumpia, chop suey, chaat, and teriyaki remind us that the question of who gets to be an American has never been settled — and that what we do right now matters.

Come hungry for history (and dinner!). Leave ready to act.

Free and open to all. Professional Development hours for teachers awarded.