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SUMMARY:New York Indian Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) is the oldest\, most prestigious film festival screening premieres of feature\, documentary and short films made from\, of\, and about the Indian subcontinent in the Independent\, arthouse\, alternate and diaspora genres. \nThe New York Indian Film Festival is the oldest such film event in North America. We present NYIFF 2025\, the 25th edition\, from June 20 – 22\, 2025. Three days will be packed with a celebration of new Indian cinema from different regions of the country – a mixture of films and conversations. Hope you enjoy our curated program. \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/new-york-indian-film-festival/
LOCATION:Multiple NYC locations
CATEGORIES:Festival,Film,In Person
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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk with Paula Yoo: “Rising from the Ashes” and Writing for Teens and Television
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual author talk with award-winning writer Paula Yoo as she discusses her wide-ranging career in young adult nonfiction and television (Supergirl\, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists and The West Wing) and her latest book. “Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles\, 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee\, Latasha Harlins\, Rodney King and a City on Fire.” \nYoo will also talk about her writing and research process and offer advice to young writers who are interested in breaking into creative writing\, nonfiction writing and television. \nYoo’s other books include: “From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement\,” the young adult novel “Good Enough\,” and children’s picture book biographies “Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story\,” “Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story\,” and “Twenty-Two Cents: Muhammad Yunnus and the Village Bank.” \nThis event is open to middle and high school students and educators.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/virtual-author-talk-with-paula-yoo-rising-from-the-ashes-and-writing-for-teens-and-television/
LOCATION:
CATEGORIES:Discussion,High School,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T210000
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SUMMARY:In Celebration of Mothersalt and Becoming Ghost
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a celebration of Mothersalt by Mia Ayumi Malhotra and Becoming Ghost by Cathy Lin Che\, with Sahar Muradi and Eugenia Leigh!\n\n\nJoin AAWW for a celebration of Mothersalt by Mia Ayumi Malhotra and Becoming Ghost by Cathy Lin Che\, featuring readings by Sahar Muradi and Eugenia Leigh! \n__ \nMia Ayumi Malhotra is the author of MOTHERSALT (Alice James Books\, 2025) and ISAKO ISAKO\, a California Book Award finalist and winner of the Alice James Award\, Nautilus Gold Award for Poetry\, National Indie Excellence Award\, and Maine Literary Award. She is also the author of the chapbook NOTES FROM THE BIRTH YEAR\, winner of the Bateau Press Chapbook Contest. Mia’s work has received the Hawker Prize for Southeast Asian Poetry and the Singapore Poetry Prize\, and she is a Kundiman Fellow and founding member of The Ruby SF\, a gathering space for women\, transfeminine\, and nonbinary artists. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area\, where she teaches poetry and writes about music and the interior life. \nCathy Linh Che is a writer and multidisciplinary artist. She is the author of Becoming Ghost (Washington Square Press\, 2025)\, Split (Alice James Books) and co-author\, with Kyle Lucia Wu\, of the children’s book An Asian American A to Z: a Children’s Guide to Our History (Haymarket Books). Her video installation Appocalips is an Open Call commission with The Shed NY\, and her film We Were the Scenery won the Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction at the Sundance Film Festival. She teaches as Core Faculty in Poetry at the low residency MFA program in Creative Writing at Antioch University in Los Angeles and works as Executive Director at Kundiman. She lives in New York City. \nSahar Muradi is author of the collection OCTOBERS\, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye for the 2022 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry and a finalist for the National Poetry Series. She is author of the chapbooks [ G A T E S ]\, Ask Hafiz\, and A Garden Beyond My Hand\, and co-editor\, with Seelai Karzai\, of EMERGENC(Y): Writing Afghan Lives Beyond the Forever War\, An Anthology of Writing from Afghanistan and its Diaspora. Her writing has been supported by Asian American Writers’ Workshop\, Bethany Arts Community\, Blue Mountain Center\, and Sustainable Arts Foundation. Sahar lives in New York City\, where she directs the arts education programs at City Lore and dearly believes in the bottom of the rice pot. \nEugenia Leigh is a Korean American poet and the author of Bianca (Four Way Books\, 2023) and Blood\, Sparrows and Sparrows (Four Way Books\, 2014). Her poems and essays have appeared in numerous publications including TIME\, The Nation\, Poetry\, Ploughshares\, Waxwing\, and the Best of the Net anthology. Eugenia serves as a Poetry Editor at The Adroit Journal and as Valentines Editor at Honey Literary. http://www.eugenialeigh.com \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. \nThe event will be live streamed on Zoom with auto captioning for those who cannot join us in person. For those joining us in person\, we are located on the 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office. Masks are strongly encouraged for audience members for all AAWW events; if you forget yours\, one will be provided for you. We have two commercial grade air purifiers. We highly encourage all in person guests to take a COVID test at home prior to the event. If you have had COVID or have had known contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID in the 10 days prior\, we ask you tune in for the live stream instead. Please reach out to msaleh@aaww.org for additional accessibility requests\, including ADA accessible bathrooms\, chairs with added back support\, and beyond. This space is for YOU!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/in-celebration-of-mothersalt-and-becoming-ghost/
LOCATION:18 W 21st St suite 900\, 18 West 21st Street\, #suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T160000
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SUMMARY:MOCACREATE: Bountiful Brushstrokes with Teaching Artist Yu Rong
DESCRIPTION:Grab a brush and join MOCA teaching artist Yu Rong for a special Chinese calligraphy workshop.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/mocacreate-bountiful-brushstrokes-with-teaching-artist-yu-rong/
LOCATION:Museum of Chinese in America\, 215 Centre Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013
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SUMMARY:The Localized History Digital Archive Launch
DESCRIPTION:The Localized History Project @ AAARI-CUNY is excited to announce the launch of our Digital Archive!\n\n\nThe Localized History Project @ AAARI-CUNY is excited to announce the launch of our Digital Archive! Please join us for a community event featuring youth presentations on localized Asian American\, Native Hawaiian\, and Pacific Islander history. The event will also include a showcase of the data and research we’ve conducted over the past two years\, along with fun games\, interactive booths\, and\, of course\, food! \nWe hope this event will provide an opportunity for community members\, educators\, and youth from across New York State to engage with our project\, access valuable archival stories and histories\, and participate in real-time data collection and discussions. These contributions will help shape the creation of a youth-led\, community-driven\, localized AANHPI history curriculum for New York State schools.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-localized-history-digital-archive-launch/
LOCATION:CUNY School of Law\, 2 Court Square West\, Community Room\, Queens\, NY\, 11101\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250614
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250625
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SUMMARY:New York Primary Elections June 14 to 22 and June 24
DESCRIPTION:New York Primary Elections June 14 to 22 and June 24 \nNYC citywide Offices: for Mayor\, City Comptroller\, Public Advocate\, Borough President\, City Council and more \n\nUpdate voter registration address Deadline: June 9th\nRegistration Deadline: June 14\nEarly Voting: June 14 to June 22\nElection Day: June 24\n\nWhat is Ranked Choice Voting in NYC: https://www.nycvotes.org/how-to-vote/ranked-choice-voting/ Vote for 1 to 5 candidates for primaries for Mayor\, City Comptroller\, Public Advocate\, Borough President\, City Council \nFind your NY early voting or Election Day poll site and sample ballot \n\nNYC  https://findmypollsite.vote.nyc/\nNYS  https://voterlookup.elections.ny.gov/\n\nVoting Info for \n\nNew York City: https://vote.nyc/\nNew York State: https://www.elections.ny.gov/\nOther States: https://apiavote.org/how-to-vote/in-your-state/\n\nIf you run into trouble or see anything wrong\, you can call these nonpartisan hotlines for immediate assistance: \nEnglish: 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683)\nSpanish/English: 888-VE-Y-VOTA (888-839-8682)\nAsian Languages/English: 888-API-VOTE (888-274-8683)\nArabic/English: 844-YALLA-US (844-925-5287) \nNYC primary 2025 voting guide: Everything you should know  https://www.fox5ny.com/news/new-york-city-voting-primary-election
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/new-york-primary-elections-june-14-to-22-and-june-24/
LOCATION:Multiple NYC locations
CATEGORIES:Election
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250623
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SUMMARY:Theater: Pan Asian Rep's NuWorks Festival
DESCRIPTION:Pan Asian Repertory Theatre’s annual festival of new experimental works by Asian American artists. \nPan Asian Rep culminates its 48th Milestone Season with the annual NuWorks Festival\, an experimental series of self-created work from innovative artists exploring an eclectic range of genres and techniques using poetry\, text\, dance and music. \nCatch all four programs! \nNUWORKS 2025: PROGRAM A\nSaturday\, June 14 at 7:00 p.m.\nThursday\, June 19 at 7:00 p.m. \n\nChasing the Butterflies   Created by Myka Cue\nYour Movie Guide to Life   Created by Bee Vang\n\nNUWORKS 2025: PROGRAM B\nSunday\, June 15 at 3:00 p.m.\nFriday\, June 20 at 7:00 p.m. \n\nKotsu-Kotsu   Created by Momo Akashi\nBoat Noodle Burglary   Created by Chacha Tahng\n\nNUWORKS 2025: PROGRAM C\nTuesday\, June 17 at 7:00 p.m.\nSaturday\, June 21 at 7:00 p.m. \n\nEVEN HERE   Created by Aiyu Collective\nWhere I’m From   Created by Howard Ho\n\nNUWORKS 2025: PROGRAM D\nWednesday\, June 18 at 7:00 p.m.\nSunday\, June 22 at 3:00 p.m. \n\nWhat Oppenheimer (2023) Did Not Show You    Created by Katsuto Sakogashira\nJust a Yellow Cab in New York City   Created by Youlim Nam
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/theater-nuworks-festival/
LOCATION:Theatre Row: One\, 410 W 42nd St\,\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250613T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250613T210000
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SUMMARY:Hack City Comedy with Mic Nguyen and Jenny Arimoto
DESCRIPTION:Hack City Comedy – Friday\, June 13 – 7:00pm Doors / 7:30pm Show\n\n\nIf having an Asian guy on a comedy show is unusual\, then having two is just overkill. But that’s what the hosts of the Asian Not Asian Podcast\, Jenny Arimoto and Mic Nguyen\, are trying to do with their Hack City comedy show — overkill on the funnies. Join the two as they host one of NYC’s most diverse comedy shows\, featuring comics from HBO\, Comedy Central\, and your Twitter feed. \nHosted by Mic Nguyen and Jenny Arimoto \n\n\n7:00pm Doors / 7:30pm Show \n$15 GA (mixed seated / standing) \nAges 21+ \n\n\n \nFAQ\nAll Advance and Door tickets are Mixed Seating and Standing. Seating is limited. \nWhen you arrive\, simply check in at the door by providing the name of the ticket purchaser to claim your Will Call tickets. \nOnly Credit and Tap to Pay are accepted for ticket sales at the door. \nMost other questions answered here.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/hack-city-comedy-with-mic-nguyen-and-jenny-arimoto-6/
LOCATION:Union Hall\, 702 Union St.\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11215\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250613T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250613T203000
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SUMMARY:A+ Asian Comedy. Asian Stand Up Comedy in NYC's Broadway Theater District.
DESCRIPTION:NYC’s ultimate Asian stand up comedy show. Hilarious comedians as seen on Netflix\, Max\, Hulu\, and TikTok.\n\n\nA+ 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 seeing them perform live at the world famous Broadway Comedy Club. Tickets are limited\, so purchase yours now and enjoy the show! \nAdditional Info: \nOnly a Two Drink Minimum Per Person (Non alcoholic Drinks Available) \n18 and older
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/a-asian-comedy-asian-stand-up-comedy-in-nycs-broadway-theater-district-8/
LOCATION:318 W 53rd St\, 318 West 53rd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10019\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: Friendship as Creative Act with Stephanie Niu and Juliana Chang
DESCRIPTION:Can friendship be a creative act? In this book talk\, debut poets (and college roommates!) Juliana Chang and Stephanie Niu will discuss their publication journeys and explore the myriad of ways their writing has been intertwined with and influenced by friendship. Juliana and Stephanie will read from their debut collections\, So Long This Wound Stayed Open and I Would Define the Sun\, and discuss the ways friendship has shaped these works\, whether editorially or emotionally\, in order to ask: how can we make space for friendship in the creative process? What do we gain when creativity and community flourish together? \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nStephanie Niu is a poet and writer from Marietta\, Georgia. She is the author of I Would Define the Sun\, which won the inaugural Vanderbilt University Literary Prize\, and chapbooks Survived By (Host Publications\, 2024) and She Has Dreamt Again of Water (Diode Editions\, 2022). Her work has appeared in The Georgia Review\, The Missouri Review\, Literary Hub\, Copper Nickel\, Ecotone\, and elsewhere. She lives in Brooklyn\, NY. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nJuliana Chang is a Taiwanese American poet. Her first full-length collection\, So Long This Wound Stayed Open\, was published with ELJ Editions in 2024. Juliana’s work appears in The American Poetry Review\, The Chestnut Review\, diode poetry journal\, Burningword Literary Magazine\, Best New Poets 2023\, and elsewhere. She holds a BA in Linguistics and an MA in Sociology from Stanford University\, and a JD from Harvard Law School.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/book-talk-friendship-as-creative-act-with-stephanie-niu-and-juliana-chang/
LOCATION:Yu & Me Books\, 44 Mulberry Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250613
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250615
DTSTAMP:20250603T161305Z
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SUMMARY:Dance: E-Moves Festival: Eiko Otake + DonChristian Jones
DESCRIPTION:Harlem Stage presents the premiere of SOAK\, a place-specific work created at Harlem Stage by interdisciplinary artists Eiko Otake and DonChristian Jones. It was with Jones in 2017\, that Otake started her ongoing The Duet Project: Distance is Malleable\, an evolving series of experiments in collaboration. In their new work SOAK\, they explore water as a shared origin\, and the body as rivers of memories. Drawing upon their singular and dynamic history of collaboration\, they collide toward many tomorrows.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/e-moves-festival-eiko-otake-donchristian-jones/
LOCATION:Harlem Stage\, 150 Convent Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dance,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250612T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250612T203000
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SUMMARY:2025 What Can We Do? Artists in the Community
DESCRIPTION:Join A4 for a celebration of What Can We Do? artists\, their projects\, and their contributions to the community! \nThe event will include brief presentations from each of the artists followed by time to mingle and enjoy light refreshments. \nThis year\, more than 20 artists carried out creative projects showing care to the AAPI community in Flushing\, Queens\, and Chinatown\, Manhattan\, and to the Palestinian community throughout NYC. \nMany of the artists collaborated with and/or tailored projects for the constituents of community-based organizations including Chatham Square Public Library\, University Settlement\, Queens Botanical Garden\, Queens Public Library\, and Women for Afghan Women. \nTheir projects varied widely in scope and discipline (full list here). Examples include: \n• “Poeticians\,” a gathering for amateur Arab artists to showcase their writing\, music\, and art (Hind Shoufani)\n• a healing space for various Palestinian-led organizations including Palestinian Feminist Collective offering ear acupuncture\, meditation and collective creative ceremony\, and homemade Syrian food (Michi Osato and Noelle Ghoussaini)\n• a beginner-friendly dance workshop series designed to introduce participants to the richness of Korean music\, dance\, and traditions in Flushing\, Queens (Da Hyun Kim)\n• a holistic workshop series combining physical strength movement classes with music and storytelling for seniors at Knickerbocker Village in Chinatown\, Manhattan (Rochelle Kwan of Chinatown Records in collaboration with dancer Mei-Yin Ng) \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/2025-what-can-we-do-artists-in-the-community/
LOCATION:Asian American Arts Alliance\, 29 West 38th Street\, Floor 9\, New York\, NY\, 10018
CATEGORIES:In Person,Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250612T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250612T180000
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SUMMARY:AAPI Women Lead: A Live Conversation with Author Nicole Chung
DESCRIPTION:Join AAPIWL for a conversation with Nicole Chung on A Living Remedy— grief\, care\, & the broken U.S. healthcare system.\n\n\nJoin us for a meaningful conversation with author Nicole Chung as we explore her memoir A Living Remedy—a deeply personal story about grief\, family\, and navigating the failures of the U.S. healthcare system. \nNicole shares the story of losing her adoptive parents and the challenges of caretaking in a system that often fails working-class families. Her reflections offer a powerful critique of medical institutions and invite us to consider what care\, connection\, and justice can look like in the face of loss. \nThis event will be hosted by Dr. Connie Wun \, Executive Director of AAPI Women Lead\, who will engage Nicole in an intimate conversation about writing through grief\, honoring loved ones\, and imagining systems rooted in dignity and compassion. \nThis event is for anyone who has experienced loss\, cared for family\, or is rethinking how we support each other in times of crisis. \nAbout the Author: \nNicole Chung is the author of the award-winning memoir A Living Remedy\, which was named a Notable Book by The New York Times and a Best Book of the Year by over a dozen other outlets. Her 2018 debut All You Can Ever Know was a national bestseller and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Chung has written for The New York Times Magazine\, The Guardian\, Time\, Esquire\, The Washington Post\, and many other publications. Previously\, she was the digital editorial director of Catapult\, where she helped lead its magazine to two National Magazine Awards; before that\, she was the managing editor of The Toast and an editor for Hyphen magazine. Born\, adopted\, and raised in the Pacific Northwest\, she currently lives in the Washington\, DC area. \nAbout the Moderator: \nDr. Connie Wun is a co-founder of AAPI Women Lead\, a former sex worker\, and the daughter of Vietnamese war refugees. She has published in academic books\, journals\, and mainstream press\, including Anti-Blackness\, Critical Sociology\, and Elle Magazine\, and is a co-editor for the anthology Abolition for the People with Colin Kaepernick and Christopher Petrella. She has been recognized nationally and featured in various media outlets\, including NPR\, Democracy Now\, and MSNBC. \n**** Make sure to enter our raffle for a chance to win a signed copy of the A Healing Remedy. Tickets can be purchased during check out. \nLearn more about AAPI Women Lead at http://www.aapiwl.org.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/aapi-women-lead-presents-a-live-conversation-with-nicole-chung/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Author Interview,Book,Virtual,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Committee of 100 Conversations – Founding of the Committee of 100 with Henry and Oscar Tang
DESCRIPTION:“The Founding of the Committee of 100” June 11\, 2025 from 6:00 pm Eastern Time to 7:00 pm Eastern\n\n\nDear Friends\, \nWe are pleased to invite you to attend the first Committee of 100 Conversations – “Recollections\, Pioneers and Heroes” event. This new program will feature interviews of Chinese Americans who have contributed to the success of America through their pioneering efforts\, heroic achievements\, or recollections of important events. Each interview will start with a live broadcast\, followed by video and podcast recordings that will be available as part of a library of the interviews. \nChinese Americans have contributed greatly to advance the success of this country in many walks of life – science\, the arts\, agriculture\, philanthropy\, political leadership\, architecture\, business\, and more. \nOur first Committee of 100 Conversations event will feature two of the founders of the Committee of 100\, Henry Tang and Oscar Tang\, who will talk about the founding of the organization\, their own personal histories\, the impact that the organization has had over the years\, and the important role that the Committee of 100 hopes to continue to have far into the future. \nFounded 36 years ago\, the Committee of 100 is a non-profit\, non-partisan membership organization of prominent Chinese Americans in business\, government\, academia\, science\, technology\, and the arts. The organization was formed following the aftermath of Tiananmen Square. At the urging of Dr. Henry Kissinger\, renowned architect I.M. Pei assembled an exceptional group of Chinese Americans to address the critical issues impacting the Chinese community in America and help foster positive relations between the U.S. and Greater China. This group of luminaries — Yo-Yo Ma\, I.M. Pei\, Henry S. Tang\, Oscar Tang\, Chien Shiung Wu\, and Shirley Young — became the first generation of Committee of 100 members. \n  \nCommittee of 100’s purpose is to provide leadership and act as a constructive force in promoting the full participation of all Chinese Americans in American society and acting as a public policy resource for the Chinese-American community; and advancing constructive dialogue and relationships between the peoples and leaders of the United States and Greater China. \nPeter Young\, Chair of the Initiative and a Committee of 100 Member\, will be the moderator. The fireside chat will be held on June 11\, 2025 from 6:00 pm Eastern Time to 7:00 pm Eastern Time. There is no fee for the webcast. Please register at https://c100-6-11-2025.eventbrite.com. The video recording and podcast will be published thereafter and will be available on the Committee of 100 website. \nWe hope you will join us. Thank you! \nBest regards\,\nCommittee of 100 \n  \nUpcoming Committee of 100 Conversations – Recollections\, Pioneers and Heroes Events \nJune 26\, 2025 at 3 pm ET – Gordon Chang\, Critically acclaimed author and historian\, Professor of History at Stanford University will speak about the history of Asian American contributions to America and his just published book on the topic. \nJuly 10\, 2025 at 6 pm ET – David Ho\, Innovative AIDS research scientist; \nFounding Scientific Director\, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center; his elegant studies unraveled the dynamic nature of HIV replication in vivo and revolutionized our basic understanding of this horrific disease. This knowledge led him to champion combination antiretroviral therapy that resulted in unprecedented control of HIV in patients. \nJuly 29\, 2025 at 6 pm ET – Linda Tsao Yang\, Governance Pioneer\, Former U.S. Ambassador and the first woman and the first minority to represent the United States on the board of a multilateral financial institution\, she will talk about her pioneering efforts and the challenges of good governance. \n  \nCommittee of 100 Conversations\nRecollections\, Pioneers and Heroes \nJune 11\, 2025 Webcast \n▦ Topic: \n“The Founding of the Committee of 100” \n▦ Speakers: \nHenry Tang \nManaging Partner of Carnegie Towers Strategic Investment Advisory \nCo-Founder of the Committee of 100 \n  \nOscar Tang \nExpert on Chinese Culture and Art\, Leading Philanthropist\, Investment Management Pioneer \nCo-Founder of the Committee of 100 \nCo-Chairman\, New York Philharmonic \nChairman\, Metropolitan Museum of Art Asian Art Visiting Committee \n  \n▦ Moderator: \nPeter Young\, CEO\, Young & Partners\, Committee of 100 \n▦ Time: \n6:00 pm Eastern Time \n  \nDuring this webcast\, our two speakers will talk about their own careers\, but will focus primarily on the events that led to the founding of the Committee of 100\, the formation of its twin missions\, the rationale of its structure\, the early recruitment of members\, its activities over the years\, the significant impact it has had overtime and today\, and the future expectations that the members and the leadership have for the organization. \nThe interview will be moderated by Peter Young\, Committee of 100 member and Chair of the Committee of 100 Conversations Program. The broadcast will be 45 minutes long. \nThere is no fee and you can register at: https://c100-6-11-2025.eventbrite.com \n▦ Speaker Bios: \nHenry Tang \nManaging Partner of Carnegie Towers Strategic Investment Advisory \nCo-Founder of the Committee of 100 \nHenry Tang is a seasoned 30-year investment banking veteran of Wall Street having participated in and observed the global transformation of the capital markets. As a securities management executive an one of the early Chinese American senior financial executives\, he has been engaged in global investment and banking activities in Europe\, Asia and the U.S. for several of the largest Wall Street investment banks including Salomon Brothers\, Lehman Brothers and Prudential. \nHenry Tang’s business experiences have also been enhanced by a broad participation in numerous public and community activities. He has been active in many efforts to help bridge cultural and economic understanding between the China region and the U.S. and between Chinese Americans in the U.S. \nTogether with I.M. Pei\, Yo-Yo Ma\, and a group of prominent Americans of Chinese heritage\, Mr. Tang helped found the Committee of 100\, whose 159 person membership now includes Computer Associates CEO Charles Wang and renowned AIDS researcher Dr. David Ho\, to help create a better understanding of American and Chinese cultural and economic events. \nIn addition\, Mr. Tang also has a long-standing commitment towards fostering conditions for the advancement of Asians into senior leadership positions in business\, politics\, academia\, medicine\, science\, and government. Several years ago\, President George H.W. Bush appointed him to the Federal Glass Ceiling Commission chaired by then Labor Secretary Lynn Martin. \nMr. Tang has also served as a director of the Committee on Economic Development\, the Federation of Protestant Agencies\, the Chinese American Planning Council\, the Asian Financial Society\, and the Chinese American Executive Forum. He also served as a member of the New York-Beijing Sister City Commission. In 1987\, Mayor Edward Koch granted him the Ethnic New Yorker Award. He is also the first recipient of the Asian American Business Achievement Award. In 1994\, he was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. \nOscar Tang \nExpert on Chinese Culture and Art\, Leading Philanthropist\, Investment Management Pioneer \nCo-Founder of the Committee of 100 \nCo-Chairman\, New York Philharmonic \nChairman\, Metropolitan Museum of Art Asian Art Visiting Committee \n  \nOscar L. Tang has been a private investor since 1993 when he retired from Reich & Tang\, an asset management firm he co-founded and served as CEO for 23 years. He now devotes his time to supporting arts and culture and educational organizations. \nHe is the Co-Chairman of the New York Philharmonic and was part of the leadership which along with Lincoln Center led the historic renovation of David Geffen Hall in 2022. He participated in the recruitment of Gustavo Dudamel to be the next Music Director\, including endowing the position in his and his wife’s name. \nTang has served as a trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art for more than 30 years. He also serves on the boards of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and USA Bobsled and Skeleton Foundation. In 1989 he co-founded the Committee of 100 with Yo-Yo Ma\, I.M. Pei and others to advance US-China relations and Chinese American inclusion\, and serves on its board. \nIn 1990 Tang was appointed by President George H.W. Bush to the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities; he later served on the New York State Council on the Arts from 2002 to 2004. \nA graduate of Phillips Academy\, Andover\, Tang served on the Academy’s board of trustees from 1995 to 2012 and as board president from 2004 to 2012\, during which time Andover became the first American preparatory school to go “need blind”. He attended Yale University and Harvard Business School\, and has founded centers of academic excellence at Andover\, Princeton\, Columbia and Berkeley and recently the Hsu-Tang Library for Classical Chinese Literature at the Oxford University Press. \n  \n▦ Moderator and Chair of the Committee of 100 Conversations Program\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 with Distinction 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. \nThe Committee of 100 \nThe Committee of 100 (C100) is a non-profit\, non-partisan leadership organization of prominent Chinese Americans in business\, government\, academia\, and the arts founded 35 years ago.\nThe Committee’s purpose is to provide leadership and act as a constructive force in the dual mission of: \n\nPromoting the full participation of all Chinese Americans in American society and acting as a public policy resource for the Chinese-American community\nAdvancing constructive dialogue and relationships between the peoples and leaders of the United States and Greater China\n\nTo learn more about the organization\, please go to https://www.committee100.org. \nCOMMITTEE OF 100 | Ensuring Full Inclusion in America\, Advancing U.S.-China Relations\nMailing: Committee of 100\, 28 West 44th Street\, Suite 1014\, New York\, NY 10036 \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/committee-of-100-conversations-recollections-pioneers-and-heroes/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Talking Our Way To Justice: Civic Dialogue for Building the Future
DESCRIPTION:Join us in a conversation about the central role that dialogue has in advancing justice.\n\n\nThis session is open to all\, but there is a limit on the number of participants. Please add yourself to the waitlist if the capacity is full\, and please cancel your registration if you know you will not be able to attend so we can offer the spot to someone else. Thank you! \n \nTalking Our Way To Justice: Civic Dialogue for Building the Future \nWe have likely all had experiences where the reason we left a movement or organization was not because of the mission\, but because of how difficult it felt to work with the other people in the movement. The central problem with the ethic of “less talk\, more action” is that human action goes through human communities. Therefore\, there is no non-authoritarian pathway toward justice that does not at some point include bringing people together to talk about hard problems and develop collective solutions.  \nHowever\, these conversations can be extraordinarily challenging\, and continued failures in these conversations leads to organizational failure\, individual disinvestment\, and burnout. It can be easy to conclude that the problem is simply that people are bad\, inefficient\, and self-absorbed\, but it is much more helpful to consider that communication about things that are important to us is more difficult than we might like to imagine.  \nIn this session\, we will re-center talk as a critical component of justice work\, validate the skills and dispositions people need to develop (that most of us have not) in order to have dialogue about justice\, and work through processes that been used across communities to help people come together to develop civic solutions that advance justice. \n \nMeet the Instructor: \nRicky Blissett is the Associate Director of the Center for Democracy and Civic Life at the University of Maryland\, Baltimore County. Both within and outside of their role at UMBC\, their research primarily focuses on attitudes and ideologies in the politics of educational equity and justice\, as well as the spaces in which public ideologies translate into policy action. Their expertise includes educational politics and governance\, ideological politics of race- and gender-conscious policy\, and program evaluation and research methodology. Further\, they are a dialogue facilitator with training in conflict mediation and multiple models of dialogue. They are the principal investigator of the Democracy and Equity in Education Politics research group\, program co-chair for the Policy and Politics division (L) of the American Educational Research Association\, and principal coordinator for the Just Education Policy institute. Ricky holds a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies (with a minor in Quantitative Methods) from Peabody College at Vanderbilt University\, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (with a minor in Computer Science) from the University of Maryland\, Baltimore County.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/talking-our-way-to-justice-civic-dialogue-for-building-the-future/
LOCATION:NY
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SUMMARY:Aging at Home in the Digital Era: The Latest Research and Technology w/ MIT Age Lab's Dr. Maryam FakhrHosseini
DESCRIPTION:Join us online for this afternoon talk\, the next in the Living Well\, Ending Well series and the final program of 2024-2025. \nIn a world where technology continues to advance at a rapid speed\, what can technology do for us as we continue to age at home? This question and many more are answered by Dr. Maryam FakhrHosseini\, one of the researchers at the MIT Age Lab. This presentation explores the intersection of demographic change and emerging technologies. Focusing on current and near-term applications of artificial intelligence and drawing from expert interviews\, research findings will be presented on the topic of smart home integration. This talk will also touch on the growing relevance of AI-driven solutions for aging populations and how technology can support daily life for older adults. \nSpeaker Bio:  \nDr. Maryam “Shabnam” FakhrHosseini is a Research Scientist at the MIT AgeLab\, where she investigates the intersection of cognitive science\, human factors\, and emerging technologies to better understand the technology adoption process. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors from Michigan Technological University. \nHer research focuses on advancing smart home systems\, optimizing connected home logistics\, and integrating socially assistive robots into everyday environments to support aging in place. Prior to joining MIT\, Dr. FakhrHosseini served as a User Researcher at Bose Corporation\, where she applied empirical user experience methods to guide product development. Her work connects research and real-world application to shape inclusive\, technology-driven solutions that enhance the lives of older adults through connected systems and human-centered design.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/aging-at-home-in-the-digital-era-the-latest-research-and-technology-w-mit-age-labs-dr-maryam-fakhrhosseini/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar
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SUMMARY:New Jersey Volunteers Needed for Election Protection and Exit Polling
DESCRIPTION:Call for Voter Protection & Exit Poll volunteers In New Jersey \nOn Election Day (June 10)\, join AAPI New Jersey and Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)  to conduct a nonpartisan\, multilingual exit poll of Asian American voters to identify important issues for the Asian American community and ensure voting rights are protected. \nExit Pollers will receive service hours or $25/hour and a VOTE t-shirt! \nSign up to work in one of 3 locations with high AAPI populations: \n\nJersey City\,\nPalisades Park\,\nEdison\n\nQuestions? Reach out to vote@aapinewjersey.org
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/new-jersey-volunteers-needed-for-election-protection-and-exit-polling/
LOCATION:Multiple\, See description for details\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person
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SUMMARY:Asian Pacific Filmmakers Experience at Tribeca Film Festival 2025
DESCRIPTION:We’re back in NYC! Join the Asian Pacific Filmmakers Experience in partnership with Asian CineVision\, to our next event during the Tribeca Festival. Join us in community over pastries\, complimentary drinks (limited to the first 175 attendees) and panels celebrating the filmmakers at Tribeca.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/asian-pacific-filmmakers-experience-at-tribeca-film-festival-2025/
LOCATION:Sugar mouse\, 47 3rd Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,In Person,Networking,Panel
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SUMMARY:Taiwan Children's Festival at the Taiwan Center
DESCRIPTION:The Taiwan Children’s Festival will be held at the Taiwan Center! \nEvent Highlights:\nPlay traditional Taiwanese children’s games and relive cherished childhood memories\nEnjoy hands-on craft experiences—fun\, creative\, and perfect for all ages\nSavor authentic Taiwanese snacks—nostalgic flavors you won’t want to miss! \nBring your family and friends for a cultural adventure and enjoy the warm\, festive spirit of Taiwan. It’s a fun-filled day for all ages—don’t miss out! \nTicket Info (includes drinks):\nOnline Pre-sale: $10 + Eventbrite fee\nAt the Door: $20 (cash only) \nPlease contact shiowjenyou@yahoo.com if you have any questions about purchasing tickets.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/taiwan-childrens-festival-at-the-taiwan-center/
LOCATION:Taiwan Center Inc.\, 137-44 Northern Boulevard\, Queens\, NY\, 11354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts and Crafts,Festival,Food
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SUMMARY:Festival: Blasian Pride 2025: Five Year Anniversary
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate our 5-year anniversary of Blasian Pride with food\, music\, and community love!\n\n\nBlasian Pride 2025: FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY \nThe Blasian March proudly presents Blasian Pride: Five Year Anniversary on Saturday June 7\, 2025\, 2 PM at Cadman Plaza\, to celebrate Black\, Asian and Blasian LGBT people! \nThe Blasian March’s mission is to build Black-Asian solidarity through “education on parallel struggles with colonial violence and mutual celebration of our lives.” Blasian Pride has for five years used free culture\, performance art\, and food to celebrate community despite ongoing attacks on Black\, Asian\, and LGBT rights. \nIf you have the funds\, please consider donating to our GoFundMe. Funds will pay for food and provide horariums for speakers and performing artists.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/blasian-pride-2025-five-year-anniversary/
LOCATION:Cadman Plaza Park\, Cadman Plaza East\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festival,In Person
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SUMMARY:Tracing Your Chinese Roots Across Borders – The Canadian Connection for US Families
DESCRIPTION:Did you know that Canada had its own version of the Chinese Exclusion Act\, similar to the one passed in the United States in 1882? \nJoin us for a fascinating talk with Linda Yip\, Accredited Genealogist®\, as she explores how both countries restricted Chinese immigration — and what that means for family history research today. \nThe Canadian government kept detailed records on every Chinese immigrant\, but for many years\, these records were hard to access. Linda has spent years working to make these records available to the public. \nShe’ll also share helpful tips on how to research your Chinese ancestry across both Canadian and U.S. borders. \nThis webinar will be recorded and available to registrants.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/tracing-your-chinese-roots-across-borders-the-canadian-connection-for-us-families/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250606T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250606T220000
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SUMMARY:Community Action: Resist the U.S. Census Bureau Reclassification
DESCRIPTION:Join us for resource sharing and letter-writing to your local reps and media outlets as a call for action against unjust reclassification!\n\n\nThis is a virtual event; Zoom information will be emailed to attendees closer to the date! \nCommunity Action: Resist the U.S. Census Bureau Reclassification \nDid you know? The U.S. Census Bureau is using the MARC (Modified Age and Race Census) data files to reclassify folks who selected “Some Other Race” or multiple race categories without our consent. The data doesn’t lie; the number of people who identify as two or more races has decreased from 33.8 million to14.6 million… while those identifying as white increased by 40.5 million. \nGather with community to condemn the unjust use of the MARC data files to reclassify data collected in the U.S. 2020 Census. This will be an interactive\, virtual event where folks will actively participate in gathering contact information for their local representatives and media outlets as well as writing letters for a call to action against the MARC method. \nAbout the Facilitator: Dante Comet (She/Her) is a racial justice advocate based in the unceded\, ancestral lands of the Munsee tribe of the Lenni Lenape people known as Lenapehoking (colonially known as Manhattan\, New York).\nShe is currently part of AAJIL’s Core Team and facilitates a Community Lab called Mixed Asian Multitudes. Her passions lie in exploring “mixed” Asian advocacy and identity as well as building bridges for shared liberation.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/community-action-resist-the-u-s-census-bureau-reclassification/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Documentary:  Slumlord Millionaire
DESCRIPTION:NY Theatrical Premiere: Documentary: Slumlord Millionaire \nDOC NYC 2024 Audience Award Winner \nSpecial Q&As after some screenings \nRent in Manhattan\, NYC has reached $5000\, surpassing the median rent nationwide. Experts predict it will only climb. As rents increase\, some landlords have become more aggressive in pushing long-term tenants to leave their homes. Landlords ignore repairs\, turn off heat and gas\, and refuse to eliminate vermin. Their goal? To make apartments so uninhabitable\, residents are forced out. The landlord can then deregulate the apartment\, charging market rate\, raking in higher profits. These actions drive up costs in the already unaffordable market and displace families who make up the fabric of the neighborhood\, changing communities forever. Slumlord Millionaire follows the stories of the Bravo family who have been in a legal battle with their landlord for 15 years; Janina Davis\, a former supermodel trying to reclaim her home after a deed theft scam; Ren Ping Chen\, a resident of Chinatown who fears his historic community may disappear after the construction of four luxury towers; and Moumita Ahmed whose city council campaign was viciously targeted by real estate developer billionarires. Each story is a David vs. Goliath-type battle that exposes the human toll of gentrification. \nDirected by Steph Ching & Ellen Martinez 2024 86 min\nProduced by Ellen Martinez\, Steph Ching and Nicole Tsien U.S. English\, Spanish\, Mandarin\, Cantonese
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/documentary-slumlord-millionaire/
LOCATION:DCTV Firehouse Cinema\, 87 Lafayette St\, New York\, NY\, 10013
CATEGORIES:Film,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T210000
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SUMMARY:Book Event: Memory & Mollusks: In Celebration of Clam Down and Anam
DESCRIPTION:Join AAWW for the joint launch of André Dao’s new novel\, Anam\, and Anelise Chen’s new memoir\, Clam Down!\n\n\nJoin AAWW for the joint launch of André Dao’s new novel\, Anam\, and Anelise Chen’s new memoir\, Clam Down! \nAnelise Chen is an American writer of fiction and nonfiction. She teaches creative writing at Columbia University. Her first novel\, So Many Olympic Exertions\, was published by Kaya Press in 2017. It was a VCU Cabell First Novelist Award Finalist. Her second book\, Clam Down (One World)\, based on her brief stint as the Paris Review Daily’s “mollusk correspondent\,” will be out in June 2025. She is a National Book Foundation 5 under 35 Awardee. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic\, New York Times\, The Believer\, McSweeney’s\, BOMB\, The New Republic\, NPR\, Village Voice\, Conjunctions\, and more. \nAndré Dao is an author and researcher from Naarm/Melbourne\, Australia. His debut novel\, Anam\, won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction\, the NSW Premier’s Literary Award for New Writing\, and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the Voss Literary Award. In 2024\, he was named a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist. He is the co-founder of Behind the Wire\, the award-winning oral history project documenting the stories of the adults and children who have been detained by the Australian government after seeking asylum in Australia. \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. \nThe event will be live streamed on Zoom with auto captioning for those who cannot join us in person. For those joining us in person\, we are located on the 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office. Masks are required for audience members for all AAWW events; if you forget yours\, one will be provided for you. We have three commercial grade air purifiers. We highly encourage all in person guests to take a COVID test at home prior to the event. If you have had COVID or have had known contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID in the 10 days prior\, we ask you tune in for the live stream instead. Please reach out to msaleh@aaww.org for additional accessibility requests\, including ADA accessible bathrooms\, chairs with added back support\, and beyond. This space is for YOU!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/memory-mollusks-in-celebration-of-clam-down-and-anam/
LOCATION:18 W 21st St suite 900\, 18 West 21st Street\, #suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T203000
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SUMMARY:Healing Lahaina Film Screening & Panel
DESCRIPTION:Join the Healing Lahaina documentary film team for a screening and community fundraiser for the Maui Medic Healers Hui! \nDirector Laurel Tamayo’s family lost their multigenerational home in the 2023 Lahaina wildfire\, the deadliest wildfire in modern US history. Through personal recounts\, this documentary paints an intimate portrait of survival\, climate change\, and community resilience. \nThis event will include a showing of the award-winning short documentary\, Healing Lahaina\, as well as a panel with the director\, Laurel Tamayo\, about climate resilience and mental health featuring Will Hilbert (The Jed Foundation) and Olivia Ferraro (Climate Cafe NYC).
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/healing-lahaina-film-screening-panel/
LOCATION:Patagonia Soho\, 61 Crosby Street\, New York\, NY\, 10012
CATEGORIES:Film,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T200000
DTSTAMP:20250514T104750Z
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SUMMARY:MOCA TALKS with Mike Curato – Gaysians
DESCRIPTION:MOCA kicks off its Pride events with this vibrant discussion celebrating queer Asian American friendship\, love\, and self-discovery.\n\n\nCan’t attend in person? Join us online. \nThe Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) invites you to an inspiring conversation with award-winning author and illustrator Mike Curato\, as he discusses his highly anticipated adult graphic novel debut\, Gaysians. Best known for his award-winning young adult graphic novel Flamer\, Curato returns with a heartwarming\, tender\, and fierce exploration of queer Asian American friendship\, love\, and self-discovery. \nSet in early-2000s Seattle\, Gaysians follows AJ\, a young gay Filipino man navigating life in a new city\, seeking connections\, and building a chosen family. When AJ meets K\, a dazzling drag queen; John\, a shy gamer; and Steven\, a charismatic flirt\, their “Boy Luck Club” offers him both a lifeline and a home. But as the group faces a sudden crisis\, their friendship is put to the test in profound and powerful ways. \nJoin us as Curato shares the personal and creative journey behind Gaysians\, highlighting themes of identity\, belonging\, and the transformative strength of community. Moderated by Yifan Wu\, MOCA’s Senior Director of Events and Operations\, this program promises a vibrant celebration of queer storytelling\, representation\, and the courage to embrace one’s true self. \nAbout Mike Curato \nMike Curato is the author and illustrator of the children’s book series Little Elliot. He has also illustrated What If… by Samantha Berger\, All the Way to Havana by Margarita Engle\, Worm Loves Worm by J.J. Austrian\, The Power of One written by Trudy Ludwig\, and If I Were a Fish by Corook and Olivia Barton. He has contributed to What’s Your Favorite Color? by Eric Carle and Friends\, Sunny Day: A Celebration of the Sesame Street Theme Song\, and Dear Heartbreak: YA Authors and Teens on the Dark Side of Love. Publishers Weekly named Mike a “Fall 2014 Flying Start\,” and that same year\, he won the Society of Illustrators Original Art Show Founder’s Award. His debut young adult graphic novel\, Flamer\, was awarded the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Young Adult and the 2021 Massachusetts Book Award for Middle Grade/Young Adult. Gaysians is his adult debut. \nAbout Gaysians \nFrom the acclaimed author of the young adult graphic novel Flamer comes a heartwarming adult debut following four gay Asians navigating love\, identity\, and friendship—a celebration of queer chosen family. \nWhen AJ moves to Seattle in the early aughts\, he’s ready to reinvent himself as a gay Asian man—but his dreams hit reality fast with no friends\, no job\, and an apartment so far out\, “not even lesbians live there.” Then a spilled drink at a bar introduces him to K\, a glamorous drag queen; John\, a shy gamer; and Steven\, a reckless flirt. AJ’s “Boy Luck Club” helps him find love\, pride\, and belonging—until a brutal attack tests everything they know about friendship and family. \nMeticulously observed and gorgeously illustrated\, Gaysians is a fierce\, funny\, and tender story of queer resilience and self-discovery.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/moca-talks-with-mike-curato-gaysians/
LOCATION:Museum of Chinese in America\, 215 Centre Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T163000
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SUMMARY:Community Archives: Preserving & Protecting AAPI History
DESCRIPTION:Fewer than 25% of all Asian Americans say they are familiar with Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) history. Today\, as immigrant communities face renewed threats to their rights and safety\, the teaching and study of U.S. history remains a cultural flashpoint. \nHow do AAPI-led community archives preserve and protect forgotten AAPI history\, and protect community stories from being lost? How are community archivists navigating a changing funding climate\, and how can general-interest in-language and community news outlets partner with AAPI community archives to contextualize today’s changing political landscape and to engage their audiences? \nJoin us for a special discussion and interactive workshop with Filipino American\, Japanese American\, and South Asian American community archivists\, as we commemorate AAPI Heritage Month. \n————————- \nThe Asian Media Initiative (AMI) is the first national program dedicated to building visibility and sustainability in in-language and community-based news media for and by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/community-archives-preserving-protecting-aapi-history/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250604T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250604T190000
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Poetry with Jenevieve Ting\, Francisco Delgado and Taiyo Na.\, reading excerpts from "We the Gathered Heat" Anthology.
DESCRIPTION:A reading featuring local contributors to the anthology “We The Gathered Heat: Asian American and Pacific Islander Poetry\, Performance\, and Spoken Word”. The book is a poetry collection honoring the oral tradition across generations and locations within the dynamic\, expansive and imperfect umbrella of “Asian American and Pacific Islander.” \nCelebrating Poetry with Jenevieve Ting\, Francisco Delgado and Taiyo Na.\, reading excerpts from “We the Gathered Heat” Anthology. \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/celebrating-poetry-with-jenevieve-ting-francisco-delgado-and-taiyo-na-reading-excerpts-from-we-the-gathered-heat-anthology/
LOCATION:Queens Public Library – Flushing Branch\, 41-17 Main Street\, Flushing\, NY\, 11355\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Book Reading,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250603T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250603T193000
DTSTAMP:20250602T122800Z
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SUMMARY:Fashion Icons: Prabal Gurung and Walk Like a Girl
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of both AAPI Heritage Month and Pride Month\, join acclaimed fashion designer Prabal Gurung for an unforgettable evening at Asia Society as he unveils his latest book: Walk Like A Girl. A visionary in the industry\, he has long championed diversity\, inclusivity\, and the fusion of cultural identity with high fashion. He will take us through his journey highlighting themes of resilience — the book title taken from the pejorative insults thrown at him in his youth — representation\, and artistic expression. This conversation promises to be thought-provoking and inspiring\, shedding light on how fashion serves as a powerful medium for storytelling\, activism\, and global change. He will be joined on stage by Lisa Ling\, CBS News special correspondent and former co-host of The View. \nDon’t miss this chance to engage with one of fashion’s most dynamic voices\, as we bridge the worlds of heritage\, pride\, and couture in one spectacular evening.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/fashion-icons-prabal-gurung-and-walk-like-a-girl/
LOCATION:Asia Society\, 725 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10021
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250603T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250603T190000
DTSTAMP:20250509T102209Z
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SUMMARY:AAPI Mayoral Forum NYC
DESCRIPTION:CACF’s 2025 AAPI Mayoral Forum will be held on June 3\, 2025 at 6PM at the New York Law School. \nWe are proud to partner with our coalition members\, including community organizations\, youth\, and allies to host a special Mayoral Forum with the 2025 NYC Mayoral candidates. \nCandidates Adrienne Adams\, Brad Lander\, and Zellnor Myrie are confirmed to be in attendance. \nModerated by PIX11 anchor Shirley Chan\, this forum will address critical issues impacting our city’s diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. \nWe look forward to seeing you \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/aapi-mayoral-forum-nyc/
LOCATION:New York Law School\, 185 West Broadway\, New York\, New York\, 10013
CATEGORIES:Debate,In Person,Town Hall
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