In recent headline news, actor Simu Liu called out a boba tea company for cultural appropriation saying “There’s an issue of taking something that’s very distinctly Asian in its identity and quote-unquote ‘making it better,’” The comment generated a lot of feedback from consumers who then chimed in to add their thoughts on what cultural […]
Chinatown Forever December 11-24 | Canal Street Market Canal Street Market is sadly closing its doors on December 29, 2024 after opening eight years ago. Support the Market and its vendors at its Chinatown Forever event now until Christmas Eve. Open daily from 11 am - 7 pm, and 11 am - 4 pm on […]
Join us for a program that explores recent political events in South Korea, including a brief history of martial law in Korea, the events leading up to the Yoon Suk Yeol administration’s decision to invoke Martial Law, the National Assembly’s counter-action, and the long term consequences of the episode. How will this affect Korea’s domestic […]
Join us for a conversation about the 2024 revisions to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), including its effects on museums and Native communities featuring Danyelle Means, Director of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, NM and co-curator of the Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center’s (KHC) 2019-20 […]
Join us for December LEAP Connect session with Israa Nasir. Are you feeling overwhelmed by the endless demands of the holiday season or the pressure to “start strong” in the New Year? Join us for an empowering workshop that tackles the cycle of toxic productivity—the relentless drive to always do more—and learn how to embrace balance, intentionality, and meaningful […]
Join Committee of 100 and APA Justice for an insightful discussion on the troubling resurgence of alien land laws — historically discriminatory policies that are reemerging in state legislatures across the U.S. Originally designed to prevent non-citizens, particularly those from AAPI communities, from owning property, these laws are now being reframed as safeguards to national […]
The Immigrant Social Services Benefit Dinner is our signature fundraising event for the year. The funds raised will support our work to care for, invest in, and build up community in Chinatown and the Lower East Side–- from our work with students in afterschool programs, our engagement activities with immigrant parents, seniors, local educators and […]
Join the Asian American Education Projector for our workshop series, APIDA Hip Hop Scholars Webinars. In this webinar, we will be joined by Dr. Melvin Villaver, Jr. to discuss Filipino and Black communities and their shared resistance in music. Filipinos and Black Americans have historically performed solidarity through music. From the early histories of Filipino […]
Come spend the evening listening to Chloe Flower's holiday hits from her album Chloe Hearts Christmas!Emerging as classical music’s boldest 21st century star, Korean-American virtuoso pianist and sought-after composer Chloe Flower ushers classical music into the future on her own terms. She has distinguished herself as a powerhouse performer equally at home on stage at the Kennedy Center Honors […]
You are invited to a meeting regarding the incoming administration’s plans to use the armed forces to round up, mass incarcerate, and deport millions of immigrants using the Japanese American incarceration as their blueprint. Join Tsuru for Solidarity for a Japanese American National Call to Action Meeting on Wednesday, December 11th at 5pm PT/8pm ET! Tsuru […]
In this session, we will explore how Asian Amer. subjectivity is conditioned by histories and ongoing realities of U.S. imperialism in Asia. Cold War Memories and Asian American Poetry In this session we will explore how Asian American subjectivity is conditioned by histories and ongoing realities of U.S. imperialism in Asia. Focusing in particular on […]
Come spend the evening listening to Chloe Flower's holiday hits from her album Chloe Hearts Christmas!Emerging as classical music’s boldest 21st century star, Korean-American virtuoso pianist and sought-after composer Chloe Flower ushers classical music into the future on her own terms. She has distinguished herself as a powerhouse performer equally at home on stage at the Kennedy Center Honors […]