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, […]
Join AAWW and SALGA NYC for a discussion on gender and performance, featuring Sandip Roy, Mayukh Sen, and Arun Venugopal!What does it take to be seen and what must be hidden to survive? In Chapal Rani, Sandip Roy resurrects the life of Chapal Bhaduri, the last great female impersonator of Bengali jatra theatre, whose art […]
Called “One of the leading figures in North America’s burgeoning Asian music scene. A global musical alchemist and cultural agent provocateur” by Songlines (UK), Sunny Jain is a composer, drummer, dhol player and thought leader. Sunny Jain’s Wild Wild East, encompasses a myriad facets of Jain’s identity and sonically paints the journey of his own family’s immigration story. He […]
NYC's ultimate Asian stand up comedy show. Hilarious comedians as seen on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, and TikTok. A+ Asian Comedy is the ultimate Asian stand up comedy show, filled with the funniest Asian comedians New York City has to offer. Our comics can be seen on Netflix, HBO, and Comedy Central, but nothing compares to […]
Celebrate Ramadan in the heart of Little Egypt with halal food, culture, and community at Malikah's 3rd Annual Ramadan Night Market! ✨ 🌙 Malikah’s NYC Ramadan Night Market returns for its third annual celebration, bringing our community together through food, culture, and connection. 📍 Join us on March 4th, from 6 PM to 10 PM, […]
Siyan Wong’s paintings depict immigrant Chinese women working in garment factories, restaurants, homecare, and street vendors. Inspired by the immigrant dreams of a better life and the reality of survival in a dehumanizing economy, Wong notes that her paintings, “make the lives of Chinese women, and the working poor, visible while directing the viewers’ gaze […]
RIHAKU presents a special experimental edition of her projection mapping calligraphy performance, featuring live music by Yuko Kondo.In this intimate live event, traditional Japanese brushwork merges with light, movement, and live music. Ink becomes motion. Words become atmosphere.This preview performance serves as a creative laboratory — an exploration of rhythm, silence, and the living energy […]
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 […]