Honoring the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund FUSONG, a new musical by Christine Toy Johnson and Cecilia Lin, tells the story of two Chinese women in two different centuries linked by their complicated destiny. As Fusong is kidnapped from her small village in China and thrown into the dark world of San Francisco’s Chinatown in […]
Racial Equity training designed to equip participants with shared language, analysis and tools to advance racial justice.Sliding Scale Ticket ModelLearn more about our ticket prices here: https://bit.ly/RFTicketInfoIn a moment unlike any we have faced as a global community, Race Forward believes that Racial Justice is more important than ever. In order to embed Racial Equity […]
Chinese Americans in the Jim Crow South: From Sharecropping to Groceries explores the experiences of Chinese Americans who lived alongside African Americans during the 90 years of Jim Crow. Participants will explore how Chinese Americans labored in cotton fields and were positioned between Black sharecroppers and white plantation owners, occupying a unique and often precarious […]
Presented by the NYU Migration Network. Co-sponsored by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. REGISTER Held monthly over the semester, these public conversations bring together scholars, artists, and practitioners for cross-disciplinary exchanges to develop and refine understandings of migration and mobility, its histories, and its political stakes. With migration so sensationalized by much of the media, […]
Join us for our final session on civic action & advocacy! Learn how collective efforts, activism & policy change drive lasting community impJoin us for the final program in our series, celebrating the power of civic action and community advocacy. This session will highlight how collective efforts can drive lasting change and inspire a future […]
Join us for a special fiction reading by New York State writer Min Jin Lee, author of Free Food for Millionaires and Pachinko, and a finalist for the National Book Award. This event, in memory of Marjorie Hecht Watson for Women’s History Month, will also feature a conversation with Julie Goodale, offering insights into Lee’s […]
Are there parts of our minds that are hidden from us? This question launched the Hidden Brain podcast ten years ago. Since then, Hidden Brain has helped millions of listeners accomplish their goals, improve their relationships, and develop a deeper understanding of their emotions. Now, host and creator Shankar Vedantam brings seven key insights from […]
Join Asian Law Caucus (ALC) and the Asian American Leaders Table (AALT) for an informative and engaging session on how civil rights defenders of all backgrounds can show up for this fundamental right—and for each other—leading up to the pivotal decision. Building from ALC’s Equal Under The Law campaign, we’ll share key legal and advocacy […]
Celebrate the publication of Aleah N. Ranjitsingh’s edited volume The Asian Caribbean in the Caribbean Diaspora: Essays on Migration, Identity, and Literary and Cultural Representations. The volume expands notions of the Caribbean diaspora to account for the Asian as part of the Caribbean and Caribbean diaspora.
This book talk will examine forms of racial care both as performance and in performance.Join the Department of Performance Studies as we welcome PS Alum James McMaster (Ph.D. '19) for special event celebrating his first book, Racial Care: On Asian American Suffering and Survival (Duke University Press, 2025).In James McMaster's recently published monograph the category […]
Join us for a one-night only reading of a new play with music by Gaven Trinidad and directed by Nicholas Polonio. A collection of Filipino, Fil-Am, and AANHPI artists is coming […]
Scholars in humanities and STEM fields will discuss Asian American scientists' lives, racial formation, advocacy, and pedagogy. Scholars across Yale, CUNY, and NYU from STEM and Humanities present the 2026 Asian Americans and STEM Conference at NYU Brooklyn Campus! Panel 1: Immigration and Scientific Knowledge Panel 2: Scientific Legacies of War More information about the […]
Presented by Yale University Asian Americans and STEM. Co-sponsored by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU, NYU Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, NYU Computer Science Department, and NYU Tandon School of Engineering; The City University of New York; Yale Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration, Yale School of Engineering & Applied […]
Join us for an evening of exchanges emerging from the exhibition "To time, to distance" curated by Tamara Khasanova and Junho Peter Yoon.AAAinA is proud to share an evening of presentations and conversations emerging from the group exhibition, To time, to distance, featuring artists Alisa Berger, Daria Kim, Luiza Pârvu, and Toma Peiu. The exhibition […]
Laughing Lassi brings the funniest South Asian comedians from NYC and around the world to one stage.After four years of sold-out shows, we’re kicking off 2026 with a killer lineup and fresh programming! This year, not only do we keep our optional after-party — we’re introducing a brand-new audience spotlight segment!🔥 One lucky audience member […]
Gather, Heal, and Build: A Summit for Muslim Women Rooted in Collective Freedom and CareEvery year, Malikah hosts the National Muslim Women’s Summit, one of the few nationwide gatherings dedicated to social justice rooted Muslim women. In 2026, we gather under the theme Collective Freedom and Collective Care, exploring how spiritual grounding, emotional resilience, storytelling, […]
An evening of new music inspired by Anandibai Joshee, a Philadelphia icon and the first South Asian woman physician!Anandibai: A Night of Music for a Philadelphia IconJoin us for a powerful evening of music and storytelling inspired by Anandibai Joshee—a trailblazing Philadelphia icon and the first South Asian woman to become a physician.Featuring new music […]