Aligned with the CUNY School of Medicine’s commitment to under-resourced communities, the NYCenter for Advancing Translational Research and Health focuses on Harlem and the South Bronx, areas where significant health and education gaps have historically persisted. As part of the Center’s efforts to connect with community, The Community Engagement Core, coordinates a monthly seminars – […]

The Fair Pricing Act (S705/A2140) is proposed state legislation designed to bring transparency and equity to hospital pricing. Its core mission: Standardize the cost of routine medical procedures. Require hospitals to publicly justify any additional charges. Why does this matter? Disparate and predatory pricing is a significant barrier to necessary, affordable care, directly leading to […]

Join us for an online conversation with Professor Neda Maghbouleh, author of The Limits of Whiteness, and Professor Dana Y. Nakano, author of Japanese Americans and the Racial Uniform. The discussion, moderated by BC Sociology Professor Diana Pan, will examine how racial ideologies structure non-white US citizens’ experiences of national belonging.

Korean Cultural Center New York presents GUT on November 21 and 22 — a traditional Korean shamanistic ritual performance that embodies the purest form of Korea’s total art, combining music, dance, and spiritual expression. As one of Korea’s Intangible Cultural Heritages, Cheolmuri-GUT bridges art and life, humanity and divinity, offering audiences a profound encounter with […]

Many talented artists of Asian descent helped define the vibrant art scene in downtown New York in the last decades of the 20th century, including some in China Institute Gallery’s current exhibition, Metamorphosis: Chinese Imagination and Transformation. On World AIDS Day, we will remember their contributions and those who lost their lives during the AIDS […]

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), Fridman Gallery, and New Ear, Inc. present Crossing Boundaries 24: Between Breaths: A Sonic Memoir with gamin, an intimate multimedia performance by Korean-born, U.S.-based musician gamin, a multi-instrumentalist and designated Yisuja (official holder of Korea’s Important Intangible Cultural Asset No. 46). In this work, gamin invites audiences into a sonic memoir […]

Here NOW So Long explores the turbulence of human emotion, weaving together panoramic video imagery, a live original composition for guitars and electronics, and the fluid, dramatic movement of WHITE WAVE’s stunning dancers. Comprising ten interconnected scenes, the work delves into love and inner conflict, pushing the boundaries of contemporary dance through an evocative synthesis […]

The symposium will take place on Saturday, April 4th, 2026, at the Watson School of International and Public Affairs at Brown University. The program will feature a keynote address by a leading scholar in Southeast Asian Studies, student presentations from Brown University and institutions across the Northeast, a cultural performance, and catered lunch and dinner.

Amplify Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) histories and voices in your classroom! Rooted in the NYC DOE’s Hidden Voices: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in United States History coursebook, this series offers rich historical content, classroom connections, and practical tools. Explore the Museum of Chinese in America’s (MOCA’s) collection of over 85,000 artifacts and oral histories […]

Join MoFAD for a special evening with Adrian Miller and Deborah Chang in celebration of their award-winning book, Asian Heritage Chefs in White House History: Cooking to the President’s Taste. Chefs cooking for the president — in the White House kitchen, for state dinners, on presidential yachts, and at Camp David — help define American […]

New York City, a city founded by immigrants, has been shaped and enriched by generations of newcomers across the five boroughs. Each story of immigration is deeply personal and unique; at the same time, many immigrants share core experiences of settling in a new place. Finding community, speaking a second language, navigating institutions and paperwork, […]

The practice of Tai Chi is about discovering yourself. It’s about forces of the world—both natural and unnatural—and how one relates to them… Art is about the same thing. -Li Zhi

Since its emergence in the eighteenth century, Dream of the Red Chamber has been widely regarded as the greatest novel in the Chinese literary tradition. Written over more than a decade by Cao Xueqin under conditions of poverty and without patronage, the novel was left unfinished at the author’s death. Yet despite censorship, repeated bans, […]

Are you an artist looking to sharpen your skills in unscripted and immersive theater? Are you an actor or actress with no experience in this growing expression but are looking for resources on how to audition with confidence? Join A4 and the Disney Talent Casting team for an interactive experience centered on the global performance […]

Alongside a few special guests, the afternoon will feature: Akemi Kochiyama-Ladson speaking on the Yuri Kochiyama Solidarity Project, which honors Yuri’s legacy and carries on her commitment to bring people together and build cross movement, cross racial solidarity in support of human rights, dignity, and self-determination for all oppressed people. traci kato-kiriyama reading from their […]

The Building CAPACD Convention is where we come together to turn community power into action. Every two years, community development practitioners, leaders, and allies from across the country convene to […]