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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Zarna Garg - This American Woman.
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss an unforgettable evening of conversation with trailblazing comedian Zarna Garg and her daughter Zoya for the launch of Zarna’s hilarious memoir\, This American Woman. From escaping an arranged marriage in India to carving out her own path in America and thriving in her second act\, Garg’s wild ride is full of laughter\, resilience\, and triumph. \nAll full-price tickets of $40 or more include a copy of This American Woman.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/author-talk-zarna-garg-this-american-woman/
LOCATION:Symphony Space\, 2537 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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SUMMARY:Queens Borough President Songkran Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Join Borough President Donovan Richards in celebrating the 2025 Songkran Festival\, as we welcome the Thai New Year and honor Queens’ vibrant Southeast and South Asian communities. Enjoy an evening filled with cultural performances\, delicious food and more. In partnership with the apicha Community Health Center\, OCA-NY and Thai Community USA-NYC.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/queens-borough-president-songkran-celebration/
LOCATION:Queens Borough Hall\, 120-55 Queens Blvd\, Kew Gardens\, NY
CATEGORIES:Festival,In Person
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250428T120000
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SUMMARY:NYC Mayoral Control and its Impact on NYC Schools
DESCRIPTION:Do you want to gain a better understanding of Mayoral Control and what it means for NYC schools? Ahead of the upcoming election\, join CACF for an important conversation on how Mayoral Control impacts public school students and families. \nJoin CACF’s Education Policy Team for a webinar on what you need to know about Mayoral Control and its impact on NYC’s public schools. \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/nyc-mayoral-control-and-its-impact-on-nyc-schools/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T160000
DTSTAMP:20250421T052311Z
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SUMMARY:Sunnyside Dance Project
DESCRIPTION:Korea Art Forum (KAF) is thrilled to announce the Sunnyside Dance Project\, a unique cultural initiative presenting traditional Korean dance forms in partnership with the NYC DOT Open Streets program. The project will feature captivating participatory dances and/or drum performances\, bringing together vibrant community engagement with Korea’s rich artistic traditions. The performances will take place on 46th Street between Queens Blvd and Greenpoint Avenue in Sunnyside\, Queens\, on the following dates: April 27 in celebration of Earth Day and May 4\, 11\, and 18 for Asian Heritage Month. All events will be held from 2 pm to 4 pm.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/sunnyside-dance-project/
LOCATION:46th Street\, Queens\, Queens Blvd & Greenpoint Ave\, Sunnyside\, NY
CATEGORIES:Dance,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T200000
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: In Celebration of Outside Women
DESCRIPTION:Join AAWW for a celebration of Roohi Choudhry’s Outside Women\, featuring Mona Eltahawy and Yashica Dutt\n\n\nJoin AAWW for a powerful celebration of Roohi Choudhry’s incandescent debut novel Outside Women\, a sweeping\, century-spanning story of feminist resistance\, radical kinship\, and migrant solidarity. \nChoudhry will be joined by Mona Eltahawy (The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls) and Yashica Dutt (Coming Out as Dalit) for an evening of readings and conversation on building transnational feminist community and writing toward justice. Together\, these three writers—whose work has shaped movements across borders—will reflect on the themes of Outside Women: finding courage in sisterhood\, defying silence across generations\, and the revolutionary possibilities of standing together. \n__ \nSet in South Africa\, Pakistan\, and New York City\, Outside Women weaves together the lives of Sita\, an indentured laborer in 1890s Durban\, and Hajra\, a Pakistani scholar in exile a century later\, each forced to reckon with the cost of fighting for a stranger. Lyrical\, gripping\, and deeply tender\, Outside Women is “riveting… an incisive story of how change happens” (Publishers Weekly) and a radiant exploration of what it means to risk everything for liberation. \nDon’t miss this urgent and electric evening with three of the boldest feminist voices writing today. \n__ \nRoohi Choudhry was born in Pakistan and grew up in southern Africa. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan and is the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship and residencies at Hedgebrook and Djerassi. She worked as a researcher in criminal justice reform and public health\, wrote for the United Nations\, and facilitates creative writing workshops for interfaith groups\, schools\, libraries\, and community organizations. Her stories and essays have appeared in Ploughshares\, Callaloo\, Longreads\, and the Kenyon Review. She lives in Brooklyn\, New York.\nFind out more at roohichoudhry.com. \nMona Eltahawy is a feminist author\, commentator and disruptor of patriarchy. Her latest book is an anthology on menopause she has edited called Bloody Hell! And Other Stories: Adventures in Menopause from Around the World. Her first book Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution (2015) targeted patriarchy in the Middle East and North Africa and her second The Seven Necessary Sins For Women and Girls (2019) took her disruption worldwide. Her commentary has appeared in media around the world and she is founder and editor-in-chief of the newsletter FEMINIST GIANT. \nYashica Dutt is the award-winning author of Coming Out as Dalit\, an internationally acclaimed journalist and among the leading global voices on caste. Dutt’s work has been published in the New York Times\, Foreign Policy and The Atlantic\, and she has been featured on the BBC\, The Guardian and PBS Newshour. Her writing has been part of Pen America’s India at 75 anthology that featured prominent Indian writers looking back on India’s history in its 75th year of independence\, and a collection titled Our Freedoms: Essays and Stories from India’s Best Writers. Coming Out as Dalit was published in the South Asian subcontinent in 2019\, and a revised and the updated edition was released by Beacon Press in 2024. It is an enduring best-seller and is currently part of the curriculum in over 50 colleges and universities worldwide\, including Harvard University\, UC Berkeley\, and UC Davis. Dutt is currently working on her second book on caste in the United States\, also commissioned by Beacon Press. She graduated from Columbia Journalism School \n__ \nCOMMUNITY CARE & ACCESSIBILITY \nAt AAWW\, the safety and comfort of our community is our top priority. We invite you to practice intentionality and care in your behavior and language when engaging with our programs and with each other. Violence of any kind\, including but not limited to racism\, sexism\, homophobia\, transphobia\, ableism\, ageism\, class or casteism\, bigotry or bias toward religion or faith\, or any action or assault against marginalized identities\, is not tolerated. Those who bring harm to our community in person or online are not welcome\, and will be asked to exit the space. \nWe highly encourage all in person guests to take a COVID test at home prior to the event.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/in-celebration-of-outside-women/
LOCATION:Xenana Projects\, 154 Scott Avenue\, Studio 317\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11237\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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SUMMARY:NEA Big Read: Interior Chinatown Discussion and Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join us to explore themes in Interior Chinatown and begin your own scripted story inspired by the novel.\n\n\nThe Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) presents its 2024-25 NEA Big Read initiative\, featuring Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu\, a National Book Award winner. \nThis April\, join us for an engaging book discussion and writing workshop led by educator Alice Fung. This interactive program will explore literary appreciation and feature a dynamic writing activity inspired by the novel. Participants will discuss themes of family history\, the immigrant experience\, and storytelling as a means of addressing real-world challenges. All attendees will receive a FREE copy of Interior Chinatown. This event is open to all\, and no prior writing experience is required. \nCentered around the theme Where We Live\, MOCA has been hosting a series of free\, multidisciplinary public programs including talks and community events with artists\, performers\, and scholars. NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. \nAbout Interior Chinatown \nWillis Wu doesn’t perceive himself as the protagonist in his own life: he’s merely Generic Asian Man. Sometimes he gets to be Background Oriental Making a Weird Face or even Disgraced Son\, but always he is relegated to a prop. Yet every day\, he leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO and enters the Golden Palace restaurant\, where Black and White\, a procedural cop show\, is in perpetual production. He’s a bit player here\, too\, but he dreams of being Kung Fu Guy—the most respected role that anyone who looks like him can attain. Or is it? \nAfter stumbling into the spotlight\, Willis finds himself launched into a wider world than he’s ever known\, discovering not only the secret history of Chinatown\, but the buried legacy of his own family. Infinitely inventive and deeply personal\, exploring the themes of pop culture\, assimilation\, and immigration—Interior Chinatown is Charles Yu’s most moving\, daring\, and masterful novel yet. \nAbout Charles Yu \nCharles Yu is the author of four books\, including his latest\, Interior Chinatown\, which won the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction\, was shortlisted for the Le Prix Médicis étranger\, and longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. He has received the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 Award\, been nominated for two Writers Guild of America awards for his work on the HBO series Westworld\, and has also written for shows on FX\, AMC\, Facebook Watch\, and Adult Swim. His fiction and non-fiction have appeared in a number of publications including the New Yorker\, the New York Times magazine\, the Atlantic\, Wired\, Time and Ploughshares.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/nea-big-read-interior-chinatown-discussion-and-writing-workshop/
LOCATION:Museum of Chinese in America\, 215 Centre Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250425T190000
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SUMMARY:Laughing Lassi - The Best Desi Standup Comedy Show in NYC!
DESCRIPTION:A South Asian Standup Comedy Show & Networking/After-party in the heart of New York City!\n\n\nLaughing Lassi is the premier comedy show bringing together the funniest South Asian comedians from New York City and around the globe. As featured in TimeOut NYC\, The New Yorker\, India Tribune\, and the New York Comedy Festival\, this monthly event has become a cultural phenomenon\, consistently selling out every show this year. \nLooking for a night of laughs in NYC? Laughing Lassi offers a unique comedy experience with diverse performers delivering top-tier entertainment. The show is in English and welcomes audiences of all backgrounds\, making it the perfect evening to enjoy with friends\, family\, or coworkers. \nEvent Details:\n\nWhen: Doors open at 6:30 PM\, and the show starts promptly at 7:00 PM (No “Brown Time” here!).\nWhere: Conveniently located in NYC\, with a lively atmosphere to match the laughs.\nVenue Policy: A two-drink minimum applies (non-alcoholic options available).\n\nFollow us on Instagram @LaughingLassi for exclusive highlights\, photos\, and videos from past shows. Stay updated on upcoming performances\, comedian lineups\, and exciting news about the South Asian comedy scene in NYC. \n🎟️ Get Tickets Now: Tickets sell out fast\, so grab yours today and guarantee your seat for a night of non-stop laughter! \n🚨 Important Information: \n\nLineups are subject to change due to last-minute cancellations.\nRefunds are available up to 24 hours before the event. No refunds on the day of or after the show.\n\nJoin us at Laughing Lassi to celebrate South Asian talent and experience a comedy show like no other. Don’t miss your chance to be part of NYC’s most talked-about South Asian comedy event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/laughing-lassi-the-best-desi-standup-comedy-show-in-nyc-5/
LOCATION:Broadway Comedy Club\, 318 West 53rd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10019\, United States
CATEGORIES:Comedy,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250425T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250425T193000
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SUMMARY:More Than a Meal: Celebrating Korean Food and Community
DESCRIPTION:This panel features moderator and freelance journalist Hannah Bae\, Chef Jae Jung\, and food writer James Park as they dive into the history of Korean food and its impact on New York. The Koreatown neighborhood has humble origins dating back to the 1980s and now dominates 32nd Street in midtown from 6th Avenue all the way to Madison Avenue. This neighborhood has served as the cultural epicenter for Korean culture to spread throughout New York. As much as Korean culture has affected New York\, New York culture has done the same in kind. This can be seen  in how Korean food has been popularized in NYC. This panel will explore the impacts of these collaborating cultures\, and the ways they are different\, unique\, complimentary\, and contradictory.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/more-than-a-meal-celebrating-korean-food-and-community/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Book,Food,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250425T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250425T190000
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SUMMARY:Propaganda\, Communication and Empire: Western Intervention in Afghanistan
DESCRIPTION:Propaganda\, Communication and Empire: Western Intervention in Afghanistan (Routledge\, 2025) interrogates the mediatized politics of western intervention in Afghanistan\, to gain a deeper understanding of the occupation within the broader transition toward a multipolar global order. \nAccurate histories of western interventions and regional realities are often obscured or even eclipsed in the accounts of western mainstream media\, which\, if anything\, tend to rue the withdrawals and lionize the suffering of returning troops. This volume investigates the state’s role in the dark underbelly of the shortsighted interventionist media narrative\, as well as the dehumanizing portrayals of people living in the Afghanistan–Pakistan region. \nChapter themes: \n\nCritically evaluates the narrative of the Global War on Terror\, as well as the wars launched after 9/11 that destabilized the Middle East.\nContextualize developments in Afghanistan with a historical framework that will problematize linear narratives that are mobilized in support of interventions.\nRe-present specific aspects of the geopolitical and humanitarian consequencea that have eluded mainstream media workers\, including journalists and Hollywood moviemakers.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/propaganda-communication-and-empire-western-intervention-in-afghanistan/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book,Virtual,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T210000
DTSTAMP:20250424T091734Z
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SUMMARY:Sonic Histories: Living Room Listening with Chinatown Records
DESCRIPTION:Presented by the NYU Rethinking Materialism Working Group & Chinatown Records. Co-sponsored by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU\, NYU Department of Music\, and The Urban Democracy Lab at NYU Gallatin. \nREGISTER \nWhat is the soundtrack to your living room? From our favorites on the radio to the conversations woven over them\, our living rooms ring with the sounds and stories of our families. \nPresented by Chinatown Records 華埠錄音\, this intimate living room listening brings together music and oral history through the music we love and the histories behind them. Pulling from the ever-growing Chinatown Records archive of 30+ record collections inherited from family and neighbors\, we listen together to songs that have long filled Chinatown living rooms – and the histories and memories that come with them. \nRooted in the belief that we can all be DJs and oral historians\, we invite you to bring a favorite song of your own to share and soundtrack our living room with us\, whether on a vinyl record or online. Come step into these musical portals with us\, back to a time – whether 50 years ago while dancing in our youth or to our childhood singing along at family karaoke parties – that etched every word and beat into our memory. \nThis special listening event will be co-led by Chinatown Records resident DJ’s yiuyiu 瑶瑶 (Rochelle Hoi-Yiu Kwan) and Buckley Yung 翁百里\, who have soundtracked countless Chinatown Block Parties and living room listenings together ever since yiuyiu taught Buckley to DJ in 2023. \n  \n  \nPhotograph by @cindytrinh.photo.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/sonic-histories-living-room-listening-with-chinatown-records/
LOCATION:Think!Chinatown\, 1 Pike Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Music
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T200000
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SUMMARY:Legal\, Visible\, and Still Vulnerable: Immigration Enforcement in 2025
DESCRIPTION:As immigration enforcement grows increasingly discretionary and unpredictable\, even those with legal status are facing new risks\, presenting a challenge for journalists covering this important storyline. \nSAJA (South Asian Journalists Association) and AMEJA (Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association) are co-hosting a vital panel featuring journalists on the frontlines of this evolving landscape. \nWe’ll explore: \n\nWhere protections break down—and why\nHow students\, workers\, and families are being affected\nThe challenges of covering these issue with empathy and transparency
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/legal-visible-and-still-vulnerable-immigration-enforcement-in-2025/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T193000
DTSTAMP:20250414T223509Z
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SUMMARY:New Voices of the Bengali Diaspora: Poetry Reading and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Join the New York Public Library for a celebration of Poetry and the Bengali Diaspora in New York City! This is a hybrid event. \nThis panel will be bringing together contemporary poets of the Bengali diaspora: Ashna Ali and Amatan Noor. These writers will read excerpts of their work\, followed by a conversation about identity and the intersectionality of language\, beauty\, gender\, queerness\, and translation in diaspora poetry. The discussion will be moderated by Jafreen Uddin\, Executive Director of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop. \nPlus\, pick up a free copy of The Relativity of Living Well by Ashna Ali! Giveaway books will be available while supplies last. All giveaways are first come\, first served and limited to one per person. \nThe discussion will be preceded by a short poetry reading from each author. This event is presented in partnership with Asian American Writers’ Workshop.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/new-voices-of-the-bengali-diaspora-poetry-reading-and-discussion/
LOCATION:Parkchester Library of the NYPL New York Public Library\, 1985 Westchester Ave\, Bronx\, NY\, 10462\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T200000
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SUMMARY:Sikh Heritage Month & Vaisakhi 2025 Celebration
DESCRIPTION:You are cordially invited to the \nSikh Heritage Month & Vaisakhi 2025 Celebration \nby New York City Council Speaker\, Adrienne E. Adams along with Council Members:  Linda Lee\, James F. Gennaro\, Rita Joseph\, Shekar Krishnan\, Farah N. Louis\, Lynn Schulman and the Black\, Latino and Asian Caucus \nThursday\, April 24th\, 2025\nDoors open at 5:30 pm | Program begins promptly at 6:00 pm\nCouncil Chambers\, City Hall\nNew York\, NY 10007\nPlease RSVP by Tuesday\, April 22 to council.nyc.gov/events or (212) 482-6773 \nVaisakhi marks the beginning of the Sikh community\, when Sikhs were given their distinct identity\, values\, and outward appearance. Vaisakhi is also a harvest festival and the beginning of the Hindu solar new year. 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/sikh-heritage-month-vaisakhi-2025-celebration/
LOCATION:City Hall Council Chambers\, City Hall\, New York\, NY\, 10007
CATEGORIES:Festival,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T173000
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SUMMARY:Preview of UCLA AASC’s “Foundations & Futures: AAPI Multimedia Textbook”
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exclusive preview of Foundations & Futures: Asian American and Pacific Islander Multimedia Textbook with Dr. Karen Umemoto\, Director of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center. \n\n\nAn unprecedented resource featuring 50 unique chapters and 250+ corresponding lesson plans\, Foundations and Futures will be the most comprehensive collection of Asian American and Pacific Islanders available for free and online for high school\, college\, and lifelong learners.\n\n\nHunter College\, Lexington and 68th Street\nRoom 417W Student Center\, Hunter West Building\n\nPlease contact May Chen (chenmayy@gmail.com) to RSVP and for further questions.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/preview-of-ucla-aascs-foundations-futures-aapi-multimedia-textbook/
LOCATION:Hunter College (West Building) CUNY\, 695 Park Ave\, New York\, New York\, 10065
CATEGORIES:Book,Education,In Person
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T170000
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SUMMARY:Commemorating 50 Years of the Southeast Asian Diaspora
DESCRIPTION:NCAPA (National Council of Asian Pacific Americans) is convening our different Southeastern Asian (SEA) member organizations to host a panel in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Wars in Southeast Asia. We’d like to give time for our member orgs to share about their advocacy work and reflect on what successes and what challenges we’re still facing after 50 years. \nSEARAC (Southeast Asia Resource Action Center)  will be participating alongside National CAPACD and Hmong National Development\, Inc. They will share about our advocacy work and reflect on what successes and what challenges we’re still facing after 50 years.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/commemorating-50-years-of-the-southeast-asian-diaspora/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T200000
DTSTAMP:20250420T151030Z
CREATED:20250418T144721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250420T151030Z
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SUMMARY:Protecting Our Communities Against Deportation
DESCRIPTION:Open to the general public\, this live\, virtual workshop panel & Q&A will provide an in-depth look at immigrant rights\, executive orders affecting immigrant communities\, and strategies for protection and advocacy\, with a focus on New York City. Join us to learn about the negative impacts of mass deportations. Participants will leave with actionable resources to better support immigrant communities in their schools and neighborhoods. \nPANELISTS: – \n\nKatherine Kurjakovic\, United Federation of Teachers (UFT) –\nHiroshi Motomura\, Center for Immgration Law and Policy\, UCLA –\nRazeen Zaman\, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)\n\nJoin The Asian American Education Project (AAEdu)\, United Federation of Teachers (UFT)\, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law Center for Immigration Law and Policy\, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)\, and Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF) to learn about the negative impacts of mass deportations. Participants will leave with actionable resources to better support immigrant communities in their schools and neighborhoods
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/protecting-our-communities-against-deportation/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T200000
DTSTAMP:20250422T223230Z
CREATED:20250408T223238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T223230Z
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SUMMARY:Winged Seeds: Embroidery Evening
DESCRIPTION:Come for a soothing evening of communal sewing led by artist Jia Sung!\n\n\nCome for a soothing evening of communal sewing led by artist Jia Sung! Together we’ll explore some basic techniques of embroidery\, look at some examples from history as well as Jia’s own work\, and learn about its storytelling history and its decorative uses. Participants will get to apply their new needlework vocabulary to various plant and insect motifs drawn from North American invasive species\, designed by Jia. These embroidery sampler squares will contribute to the collaborative portraits for Think!Chinatown’s upcoming exhibition with Jia Sung\, Winged Seeds. \nBasic embroidery experience encouraged. RSVP required! \nImportant: Embroidery pieces created during this workshop will be used for the Winged Seeds exhibition. If you’d like to continue working on your piece\, you can continue to work on it at home but we ask that you return it within two weeks during open studio hours! \nWinged Seeds is an upcoming Think!Chinatown exhibition featuring artwork by Jia Sung. Opening in May 2025\, Winged Seeds will explore the artist’s interests in diasporic narratives\, family archive\, and interspecies kinship\, to uplift and reframe the ancestral stories of Manhattan’s Chinatown. \nJia Sung is a Singaporean Chinese artist and educator whose practice spans painting\, artist books\, textiles\, printmaking\, and translation. She is the author of Trickster’s Journey\, a tarot deck published with Running Press. @jiazilla / jia-sung.com
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/winged-seeds-embroidery-evening-3/
LOCATION:Think!Chinatown’s Studio\, 1 pike street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T193000
DTSTAMP:20250421T153826Z
CREATED:20250420T194041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T153826Z
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SUMMARY:A Conversation with Author: Ilyon Woo with Ed Park
DESCRIPTION:With the ever-growing need to understand ourselves and humanity as a whole\, it is necessary to examine the concepts of morality\, ethics and universal values as guiding principles of the human condition. With generous support from Y.T. Hwang Family Foundation\, The Korea Society presents a Series on Ethics and Common Values. \nThis series promotes the understanding of central themes of our human existence – morality\, ethics\, personal responsibility\, compassion and civility – through a series of lectures by distinguished speakers and conversation with extraordinary individuals who exemplify the universal values in line with the mission of Y. T. Hwang Family Foundation and The Korea Society. \nThe Korea Society and Y. T. Hwang Family Foundation is proud to present Ilyon Woo in a conversation with Ed Park. \nIlyon Woo is a Korean American\, Pulitzer-Prize-winning\, New York Times best-selling author of Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom\, one of the New York Times’s “10 Best Books of 2023” and People Magazine’s “Top Ten Books of 2023\,” also named a best book of the year by The New Yorker\, Time\, NPR\, Smithsonian Magazine\, Boston\, Chicago Public Library\, and Oprah Daily. \nIlyon is also the author of The Great Divorce: A Nineteenth-Century Mother’s Extraordinary Fight Against Her Husband\, the Shakers\, and Her Times\, Her writing has appeared in The Boston Globe\, The Wall Street Journal\, Time Magazine\, and The New York Times\, and she has received support for her research from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Antiquarian Society\, among other institutions.  \nIlyon has traveled the country to speak at bookstores\, museums\, schools\, and book festivals\, and she has been featured on such programs as NPR’s Morning Edition\, All Things Considered\, and CBS Sunday Morning. She holds a BA in the Humanities from Yale College and a PhD in English from Columbia University\, where she first came upon the story of William and Ellen Craft.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/a-conversation-with-ilyon-woo/
LOCATION:The Korea Society\, 350 Madison Avenue\, 24th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10017
CATEGORIES:Book,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T193000
DTSTAMP:20250404T123023Z
CREATED:20250404T115104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250404T123023Z
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Vicky Nguyen with Tracey Nguyen Mang: Boat Baby—A Memoir
DESCRIPTION:​NBC News anchor and correspondent Vicky Nguyen joins us for a conversation about Boat Baby\, her new memoir that tells the story of her family’s daring escape from communist Vietnam and her unlikely journey from refugee to reporter\, with Tracey Nguyen Mang of podcast and non-profit Vietnamese Boat People. \nStarting in 1975\, Vietnam’s “boat people”—desperate families seeking freedom—fled the Communist government and violence in their country any way they could\, usually by boat across the South China Sea. Vicky Nguyen and her family were among them. Attacked at sea by pirates before reaching a refugee camp in Malaysia\, Vicky’s family survived on rations and waited months until they were sponsored to go to America. \nBut deciding to leave and start a new life in a new country is half the story…figuring out how to be American is the other. Boat Baby is Vicky’s memoir of growing up in America with unconventional Vietnamese parents who didn’t always know how to bridge the cultural gaps. It’s a childhood filled with misadventures and misunderstandings\, from almost stabbing the neighborhood racist with a butter knife to getting caught stealing Cosmo in the hope of learning Do You Really Think You Know Everything About Sex? \nVicky’s parents approached life with the attitude\, “Why not us?” In the face of prejudice\, they taught her to be gritty and resilient\, skills Vicky used as she combatted stereotyping throughout her career\, fending off the question “Aren’t you Connie Chung?” to become a leading Asian American journalist on television. She delivers a uniquely transparent account of her life\, revealing how she negotiated her salary in a competitive industry\, the challenges of starting a family\, and the struggle to be a dutiful daughter. \nFunny\, nostalgic\, and poignant\, Boat Baby is a testament to the messy glue that bonds a family. In the tradition of We Are Dreamers by Simu Liu and Dear Girls by Ali Wong\, Vicky Nguyen offers an optimistic story full of heart that illuminates the promise of what America can be. \nABOUT THE SPEAKERS \nVicky Nguyen is an NBC News senior consumer investigative correspondent and anchor of NBC News Daily. She reports for The Today Show\, Nightly News with Lester Holt and NBC News Now. She graduated as valedictorian from the University of San Francisco. Vicky lives in New York with her husband and three daughters. Her parents are always nearby. \nTracey Nguyen Mang is the founder of Vietnamese Boat People (vietnameseboatpeople.org)\, a podcast and nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and sharing the stories of the Vietnamese diaspora through innovative storytelling programs. She was born in Vietnam and came to the U.S. in 1981 as a refugee with her family. Tracey has over twenty-five years of strategy and corporate social responsibility experience and is currently in real estate with West of Hudson Real Estate.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/author-talk-vicky-nguyen-with-tracey-nguyen-mang-boat-baby-a-memoir/
LOCATION:NYPL Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) New York Public Library\, 455 Fifth Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T200000
DTSTAMP:20250414T231926Z
CREATED:20250414T231439Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250414T231926Z
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SUMMARY:Town Hall: Manhattan Borough Based Jail in Chinatown NYC - Hybrid event
DESCRIPTION:Join Welcome to Chinatown and NUBC (Neighbors United Below Canal) for a Town Hall where we’ll share the latest updates on the Manhattan borough-based jail and unveil an alternative plan that puts our community first: relocating the jail and building affordable housing at the current site. \nThis is your chance to learn more\, speak up\, and shape the future of our neighborhood. Community testimonials are welcome—let your voice be heard. \nMissed our most recent jail update? Read it on our blog here. \nLink for In Person  https://welcometochinatown.com/events/town-hall-jail \nLink for Zoom:    https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SI2BI78USVSjv6cj6erosA#/registration
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/town-hall-manhattan-borough-based-jail-in-chinatown-nyc-hybrid-event/
LOCATION:Welcome to Chinatown\, 115 Bowery\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Hybrid,In Person,Town Hall
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T200000
DTSTAMP:20250414T194443Z
CREATED:20250414T164904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250414T194443Z
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: Unassimilable by Bianca Mabute-Louie with Dr. Dale Dagar Maglalang
DESCRIPTION:A scholar and activist’s brilliant socio-political examination of Asian Americans who refuse to assimilate and instead build their own belonging on their own terms outside of mainstream American institutions\, transforming the ways we understand race\, class\, and citizenship in America.\n\n\nIn this hard-hitting and deeply personal book\, a combination of manifesto and memoir\, scholar\, sociologist\, and activist Bianca Mabute-Louie transforms the ways we understand race\, class\, American respectability\, and the concept of assimilation and its impact on Asian American communities from the nineteenth century to present day. \n\n\n\n\nUNASSIMILABLE opens with a focus on the San Gabriel Valley (SGV)\, the first Asian ethnoburb in Los Angeles County and in the nation\, where she grew up. A suburban neighborhood with a conspicuous Asian immigrant population\, SGV thrives not because of its assimilation into Whiteness\, but because of its unapologetic catering to its immigrant community. \nMabute-Louie then examines “Predominantly White Institutions With A lot of Asians” and how these institutions shape the racial politics of Asian Americans and Asian internationals\, including the fight against affirmative action and the fight for ethnic studies. She moves on to interrogate the role of the religion\, showing how the immigrant church is a sanctuary even as it is an extension of colonialism and the American Empire. In the book’s conclusion\, Bianca looks to the future\, boldly proposing a reconsideration of the term Asian American for a new label that better clarifies who Asians in America are today. \nUNASSIMILABLE offers a radical vision of Asian American political identity informed by a refusal of Whiteness and collective care for each other. It is a forthright declaration against assimilation and in service of cross-racial\, anti-imperialist solidarity and revolutionary politics. Scholarly yet accessible\, informative and informed\, this book is a major addition to Ethnic Studies and American Studies. \n\n\nAbout the author: \nBianca Mabute-Louie is completing her PhD at Rice University\, where she researches the intersections of race\, religion\, and politics. She is published in top academic journals\, including Social Forces\, Socius\, and Sociology of Race and Ethnicity\, as well as in public outlets like Elle Magazine. Bianca has been featured in CNN\, TIME\, ABC\, LA Times\, among other outlets.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/book-talk-unassimilable-by-bianca-mabute-louie/
LOCATION:NYU Silver School of Social Work\, 1 Washington Square North\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T180000
DTSTAMP:20250418T150600Z
CREATED:20250418T150512Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250418T150600Z
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SUMMARY:History: HMong in Wisconsin
DESCRIPTION:Join The Asian American Education Project for a live\, virtual workshop in partnership with the Wisconsin Council for Social Studies\, the Wisconsin Historical Society\, and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. \nThe year 2025 represents a significant milestone: the 50th anniversary of the HMong community’s first arrival to the United States. We invite you to join us for a workshop that delves into the complex history\, life stories\, and resilience of HMong Americans in Wisconsin. This workshop will offer resources grounded in a culturally sustaining framework to teach these often overlooked stories. \nKalia Vue\, Ph.D.\, is a HMong American currently residing in Minnesota. She is a Ph.D. graduate from The Ohio State University from the Department of Teaching and Learning within the Multicultural and Equity Studies Education program. Her research revolves around museums and museum education\, emphasizing asset-based pedagogies\, refugee and immigrant education\, and AANHPI experiences. Notably\, she has contributed a chapter on Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy in Museum Education. She has presented her research at notable conferences such as the American Educational Research Association (AERA)\, the American Alliance of Museums (AAM)\, and the International Conference on the Inclusive Museum. With experience spanning various museums\, including science\, history\, children’s museums\, and cultural learning institutions\, Kalia brings a diverse perspective to her work. In her free time\, she finds joy in traveling and trying different cuisines. At home in Minnesota\, she loves spending time with her family\, friends\, and dog and exploring the 10\,000 lakes\, parks\, and trails that the state has to offer.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/hmong-in-wisconsin/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T150000
DTSTAMP:20250421T050311Z
CREATED:20250420T194040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T050311Z
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SUMMARY:Staying Inside the 501(c)(3) Lines: Keeping Nonpartisan in Messy Partisan Times
DESCRIPTION:Things are\, like\, a little cray-cray out there in 2025\, right? \n2024 was bound to be a loud year with such a hotly contested presidential election. But from where we stand\, 2025 has grabbed hold of that “PARTISAN” knob and cranked it all the way up to 11. But with a year of NONPARTISAN VOTER REGISTRATION ahead of us at National Voter Registration Day\, we think it’s high time to brush up on the fundamentals of celebrating democracy without so much as a whiff of ideological nonsense.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/staying-inside-the-501c3-lines-keeping-nonpartisan-in-messy-partisan-times/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T160000
DTSTAMP:20250415T034705Z
CREATED:20250415T034040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250415T034705Z
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SUMMARY:Mental Health First Aid Trainings
DESCRIPTION:The National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association invites you to participate in a free Mental Health First Aid certificate virtual training on Wednesday\, April 23rd & Thursday\, April 24th from 12pm – 4pmET \nMental Health First Aid is a LIVE\, 8-hour training course that teaches you how to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. Registration is free and includes digital training materials needed for the course.  \nRegistration is due Wednesday\, April 16th (or until space is reached) and a 2-hour self paced course is due Friday\, April 18th prior to the training.  \nQuestions? Contact training@naapimha.org \nThis course is valued at $170. Thanks to a training grant from the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration\, learners may attend at no charge.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/mental-health-first-aid-trainings/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T220000
DTSTAMP:20250422T143507Z
CREATED:20250422T143318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T143507Z
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SUMMARY:Music: The Linda Lindas
DESCRIPTION:Half Asian and half Latinx. Two sisters\, a cousin\, and their close friend. The Linda Lindas channel the spirit of original punk\, power pop\, and new wave through today’s ears\, eyes\, and minds. Mila (11)\, Eloise (13)\, Lucia (14)\, and Bela (17) first played together as part of Kristin Kontrol’s pickup cover band comprised of inexperienced kids for Girlschool LA in January 2018\, where they were joined by Bobb and Bethany from Best Coast and Karen O. That summer\, Bela asked Lucia\, Eloise\, and Mila to back her up on a few songs at a Hi-Hat gig\, and the group was born. \nAlso performing is Pinkshift
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/music-the-linda-lindas-with-pinkshift/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Steel\, 319 Frost Street\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 12222
CATEGORIES:In Person,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T210000
DTSTAMP:20250422T151356Z
CREATED:20250414T170910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T151356Z
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: Unassimilable by Bianca Mabute-Louie in conversation with Malavika Kannan
DESCRIPTION:A scholar and activist’s brilliant socio-political examination of Asian Americans who refuse to assimilate and instead build their own belonging on their own terms outside of mainstream American institutions. \nIn this hard-hitting and deeply personal book\, a combination of manifesto and memoir\, scholar\, sociologist\, and activist Bianca Mabute-Louie transforms the ways we understand race\, class\, citizenship\, and the concept of assimilation and its impact on Asian American communities from the nineteenth century to present day. \nUNASSIMILABLE opens with a focus on the San Gabriel Valley (SGV)\, the first Asian ethnoburb in Los Angeles County and in the nation\, where she grew up. A suburban neighborhood with a conspicuous Asian immigrant population\, SGV thrives not because of its assimilation into Whiteness\, but because of its unapologetic catering to its immigrant community. \nMabute-Louie then examines “Predominantly White Institutions With A lot of Asians” and how these institutions shape the racial politics of Asian Americans and Asian internationals\, including the fight against affirmative action and the fight for ethnic studies. She moves on to interrogate the role of the religion\, showing how the immigrant church is a sanctuary even as it is an extension of colonialism and the American Empire. In the book’s conclusion\, Bianca looks to the future\, boldly proposing a reconsideration of the term Asian American for a new label that better clarifies who Asians in America are today. \nUNASSIMILABLE offers a radical vision of Asian American political identity informed by a refusal of Whiteness and collective care for each other. It is a forthright declaration against assimilation and in service of cross-racial\, anti-imperialist solidarity and revolutionary politics. Scholarly yet accessible\, informative and informed\, this book is a major addition to Ethnic Studies and American Studies. \nAbout the Author. \nBianca Mabute-Louieis an award-winning sociologist\, speaker\, and activist completing her PhD at Rice University\, where she researches the intersections of race\, religion\, and politics. She is published in top academic journals as well as in public outlets like Elle. Mabute-Louie has been featured on CNN\, ABC\, and in Time and the Los Angeles Times\, among other outlets. She lives in Houston. \nAbout the Moderator.\nMalavika Kannan is a Gen Z Tamil American writer. She is the author of UNPRECEDENTED TIMES (forthcoming Henry Holt 2026)\, a campus novel set against the apocalyptic background of the pandemic. Her villain origin story is that\, as a teenager in Florida growing up amid a crisis of racialized gun violence\, she organized with March for Our Lives\, Giffords\, and the Women’s March\, taking part in the largest American youth protest since the Vietnam War. Her debut YA novel\, ALL THE YELLOW SUNS (Little & Brown 2023)\, is a queer coming-of-(r)age story about activism and identity set in Florida\, drawing from these experiences. She is also a frequent writer on race\, gender\, South Asian identity\, and caste for the San Francisco Chronicle\, The Emancipator\, The Washington Post\, Teen Vogue\, and elsewhere. Her other creative mediums are cartoons — she has a viral comic series\, Diary of a Wimpy Mal\, about survivorship and identity — and cooking; she’s the co-hosts of Girls Eat Girls\, a sapphic supper club in Brooklyn\, where she lives and writes. Malavika has been featured by Seventeen Magazine and Good Morning America\, and she graduated from Stanford University in 2024.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/book-talk-unassimilable-by-bianca-mabute-louie-in-conversation-with-malavika-kannan/
LOCATION:Powerhouse Arena\, 28 Adams Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T203000
DTSTAMP:20250415T042247Z
CREATED:20250410T152213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250415T042247Z
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SUMMARY:Secrets of Publishing: A Conversation with Literary Agents\, Editors\, and Authors
DESCRIPTION:P&T Knitwear\, in conjunction with PEN America\, is pleased to welcome back award-winning author Susan Shapiro for a panel discussion of insider tips and tricks for navigating the publishing world. Shapiro will be joined in conversation by vice-president and publisher of Legacy Lit Krishan Trotman\, literary agents Alia Hanna Habib\, Kate McKean\, and Pronoy Sarkar\, executive editor at Penguin Random House Emi Ikkanda\, and Lester Fabian Braithwaite\, author of Rage: On Being Queer\, Black\, Brilliant…And Completely Over It.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/secrets-of-publishing-a-conversation-with-literary-agents-editors-and-authors/
LOCATION:P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts\, 180 Orchard Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T200000
DTSTAMP:20250414T220401Z
CREATED:20250410T152210Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250414T220401Z
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SUMMARY:Mai Der Vang presents Primordial\, in conversation with Monica Sok
DESCRIPTION:Join AAWW and McNally Jackson Books for a celebration of Primordial by Mai Der Vang\, featuring Monica Sok! \nMai Der Vang’s poetry—lyrically insistent and visually compelling—constitutes a groundbreaking investigation into the collective trauma and resilience experienced by Hmong people and communities\, the ongoing cultural and environmental repercussions of the war in Vietnam\, the lives of refugees afterward\, and the postmemory carried by their descendants. Primordial is a crucial turn to the ecological and generational impact of violence\, a powerful and rousing meditation on climate\, origin\, and fate. \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/mai-der-vang-presents-primordial-in-conversation-with-monica-sok/
LOCATION:McNally Jackson Books Seaport\, 4 Fulton St\, New York\, NY\, 10038
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T193000
DTSTAMP:20250414T221547Z
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SUMMARY:Japanese Hip Hop: A Cross-Cultural Conversation featuring COMA-CHI\, ASUKA & MeccaGodZilla
DESCRIPTION:Japan Society is honored to host a conversation about the cross-cultural horizons of Hip Hop with Japanese and New York artists bringing worlds together. Join us for a special dialogue with artists COMA-CHI\, ASUKA and MeccaGodZilla about their Hip Hop journeys\, and the unique Hip Hop bridges connecting cultures from New York to Japan.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/japanese-hip-hop-a-cross-cultural-conversation-featuring-coma-chi-asuka-meccagodzilla/
LOCATION:Japan Society\, 333 East 47th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10017\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Music,Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T180000
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SUMMARY:C100 Asian American Career Ceilings "How to Become a Public Company CEO"
DESCRIPTION:Topic: “How to Become a Public Company CEO” \nSpeaker: John T.C. Lee\, PhD\, President and Chief Executive Officer\, MKS Instruments\, Inc. \nModerator: Peter Young\, Committee of 100 Member and CEO\, Young & Partners \nThe data from many respected researchers shows that Asian Americans are severely underrepresented in the CEO ranks of both private and public companies\, particularly if you exclude Asian American CEOs who founded their company. Although this is not necessary true for Indian Americans\, it is clearly true for the other East and South Asian American ethnicities. Many of our previous events had highlighted this problem\, shared the research data from professors of prominent universities\, and interviewed senior executives in a number of industries. \nFor this event we have the privilege of conducting a Master Class fireside chat with John Lee\, the President and Chief Executive Officer of MKS Instruments\, Inc. MKS Instruments is a public company with $3.6 billion in revenues that provides products and technologies used to measure\, control\, power\, and monitor critical process parameters of advanced manufacturing processes. \nAfter a very successful career rising through the ranks of a number of companies\, he joined MKS Instruments in 2007\, was promoted to increasingly senior roles and became CEO in 2020. \nHe will provide his observations and advice on how an Asian American can rise through the ranks of a public company to become CEO. Although some of obstacles and required skills are independent of ethnicity\, there are clearly some that are particularly true for or applicable to rising Asian Americans. He will share his own personal journey through the corporate ranks and his view of how the parameters of success have changed over time and will continue to change in the future. The webinar will be one hour long. The audience will have the opportunity to ask questions during the last ten minutes of the webinar. \n▦ Speaker Bio: \nJohn T.C. Lee\, PhD \nPresident and Chief Executive Officer \nMKS Instruments\, Inc. \nDr. Lee has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of MKS Instruments\, Inc. since January 2020. Dr. Lee joined MKS in 2007 and has held a number of senior leadership positions\, including President and Chief Operating Officer\, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer\, and leadership roles managing various business units\, culminating in Senior Vice President of Business Units. \nPrior to joining MKS\, Dr. Lee held senior management roles at Applied Materials\, Inc. from 2002 to 2007\, including Managing Director of Factory Technology and Projects within the Solar Business Group and General Manager of the Cleans Product Group and the Maydan Technology Center. Prior to Applied Materials\, Dr. Lee served from 1997 until 2002 as Research Director of the Silicon Fabrication Research Department at Lucent Technologies\, Inc. From 1991 until 1997\, he was a Member of the Technical Staff in the Plasma Processing Research Group within Bell Labs. \nHe has served on the MKS Board of Directors since 2020 and on the board of directors of Cognex Corporation since 2022. He has also served as Chair of the Massachusetts High Technology Council (MHTC) since 2023 and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of MHTC since 2021. \nDr. Lee holds a B.S. from Princeton University and both an M.S.CEP and a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology\, all in Chemical Engineering. \n▦ Moderator and Chair of the Committee of 100 Asian American Career Ceiling Initiative \nPeter Young \nCEO\, Young & Partners \nCommittee of 100 Member\, New York Regional Chair and Board Member \nPeter Young is CEO of Young & Partners\, a boutique investment banking firm focused on the life science and chemical industries. He manages the firm and is actively involved in client transactions and financings. Under his leadership\, Young & Partners has established and maintained its position as a highly regarded firm serving the corporate strategy\, M&A\, restructuring and financing needs of clients worldwide. He was previously head of industry groups at Salomon Brothers\, Schroders and Lehman Brothers\, a senior private equity executive with J.H. Whitney & Co. and a senior member of Bain & Co.\, the corporate strategy firm. \nMr. Young received a BA in Economics from Yale\, an MS in Accounting from NYU\, and MBA from Harvard Business School where he graduated as a Baker Scholar. He is a CPA and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. He serves on a number of boards of directors\, both corporate and non-profit and is a board member of Société de Chimie Industrielle\, a leading life science and chemical industry non-profit organization and on the Editorial Advisory Board of Pharmaceutical Executive. \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/c100-asian-american-career-ceilings-how-to-become-a-public-company-ceo/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar
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