Beyond the comfort zone is the growth zone, where you learn new things, meet new people, travel to new places, and try new experiences. While it may be a challenge, the growth zone can help expand your world and find your passions and goals in life. When you are not able to accomplish things that […]
Culture Lab LIC's premiere "New Works Festival" will showcase the year-long, original work of our four 2024 Emergence Artists in Residence!
Join The Bittermelon's Obscure History School as we explore the American history of Asians which begins in the 1500s! Welcome to Asian American History for Youth (Ages 13 to 20)! Are you ready to dive into the rich and diverse history of Asian Americans? Join us for a fun and interactive online event designed specifically […]
An urgent conversation with Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and Chenjerai Kumanyika. Regardless of the outcome of the 2024 US presidential election, the left in the United States — and internationally — faces multiple challenges. How can we squarely face these and find ways to build effective movements for the world we need? ***Register […]
Join Yu & Me Books at New Design High School to celebrate the paperback launch of Same Bed Different Dreams with author, Ed Park! In conversation with Ava Chin ABOUT THE BOOK A wild, sweeping novel that imagines an alternate secret history of Korea and the traces it leaves on the present—loaded with assassins and […]
Join us for a celebration of writer Emily Jungmin Yoon's Find Me as the Creature I Am, in conversation with Monica Sok and Sally Wen Mao! Join AAWW in-person and online for a celebration of Emily Jungmin Yoon's Find Me as the Creature I Am! Emily will be joined by writers Monica Sok and Sally […]
In the twilight of the British Empire, an aspiring poet named Maya Mehta sets out to make her mark on the world. When Mahatma Gandhi’s famous Salt March passes through her hometown, Maya is torn between duty to her family and the passionate ideals of her freedom-fighting friends in the Indian Independence Movement. Ultimately, through […]
Join us for an insightful Post-Election Analysis in the South Asian Context! Wondering how the U.S. election results could impact South Asia and South Asian Americans? Our panel of experts will break it down and explore what to expect in the coming years. Don’t miss this chance to get an in-depth perspective from those in […]
The National Museum of the American Indian’s Native Cinema Showcase is an annual celebration of the best in Native film. In honor of the museum’s twentieth anniversary in Washington, DC, the theme of looking back and moving forward will be highlighted in films that explore the challenges still confronting Indigenous peoples on disparate fronts, including […]
Blasian March and @gapimny, with the support of @apichachc offers a post-election healing dinner for LGBTQ+ Black, Asian, and Pasifika people. This is a space for the aforementioned groups to grieve in solidarity and together imagine strategies for our community to continue to keep each other safe in the coming times. Food will be provided, […]
This panel presentation introduces an ongoing project to recover and translate the Japanese-language writings of the Issei novelist and teacher Ginko Okazaki (pen-name of Masue Shinozaki Orimo, 1895-1973). Ginko was part of a cohort of highly educated Japanese women who emigrated to the United States in the 1920s. She is best known for her publication […]
Lecture on "Great Japanese American Artists: Community, Identity and Place" Educator Joe Tokumasu Field will speak about the lives and practices of prominent Japanese American artists like Isamu Noguchi, Ruth Asawa, and George Nakashima, with attention given to lesser-known figures worthy of our consideration. We will discuss the diverse ways these individuals—through their innovative works, […]