WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama on April 26, 2012 named the late Gordon Hirabayashi as one of 13 recipients of this year’s Presidential Medal of Freedom awards. It is the nation’s highest civilian honor presented to Hirabayashi, who passed away earlier this year on Jan. 2.
Asian American Studies, Books, Education, Vietnamese
Thi-Minh Tran at Augsburg Park Library
From left, Librarian Phuoc Thi-Minh Tran; author Nguyen Thanh Hiep; artist/author Ha Kieu Anh; artist Anh Ha; author/poet Cung Tram Tuong; and Trong Nguyen.
RICHFIELD, Minn. — The story of Vietnamese refugee Trong Nguyen’s journey, as told in collaboration with author Connie Fortin in the biography “Born Into War,” spoke at the Augsburg Park Library in Richfield on April 21.
Asian American Studies, Government, Japanese, National, Social Justice
Interior Moves Forward with Efforts to Preserve and Interpret World War II Japanese American Internment Sites
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 22, 2012) — The Department of the Interior on Thursday announced that the National Park Service is awarding funding to help preserve and interpret the U.S. confinement sites where more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were detained during World War II.
The 17 grants, totaling nearly $2.9 million, are part of Interior’s ongoing efforts to capture and tell a more inclusive story of American history.
Asian American Studies, Business
APIAs absent from Fortune 500 Boards
LEAP President and CEO Linda Akutagawa.
Washington, D.C. (March 20, 2012) — Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc. (LEAP) reveals the surprising results of its newest leadership series report on Asian and Pacific Islander inclusion on Fortune 500 boards in 2011.
According to LEAP’s report, only 116 APIs held 135 board seats in the Fortune 500 last year. APIs make up 6 percent of the total U.S. population and their purchasing power is anticipated to grow significantly by 2015. The statistics shed light on the stark reality of the meager number of API leaders in the corporate world.
Asian American Studies, Education, National
Statistical Portrait of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacific Islanders
By David K. Yoo
LOS ANGELES — The UCLA Asian American Studies Center, as an official U.S. Census Information Center, and as a co-partner with National Coalition for Asian Pacific Community Development, is pleased to provide this 2012 statistical portrait of the Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations produced by the US Census Bureau for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May 2012.
Asian American Studies, Education, Hawaiian-Pacific Islander, National
Transoceanic Flows: Pacific Islander Interventions across the American Empire
LOS ANGELES — The UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press announces Amerasia Journal’s first collection devoted to essays exploring Pacific Islander Studies.
Amerasia Journal 38:1 is the first extended treatment devoted to Pacific Islander Studies with “Transoceanic Flows: Pacific Islander Interventions across the American Empire” addresses the geographical expanse and methodological diversity that characterize this field.
UCLA Professor Keith L. Camacho guest edits this special issue of Amerasia Journal based on a 2009 symposium he organized entitled “Unlearning the American Pacific.” Transoceanic Flows surveys the broad geographies and demographies of the Pacific Islands, including the peoples and places of Guam, Hawai’i, New Zealand, Samoa, and beyond.
Asian American Studies, Education, Hmong
Presentation on current Hmong American research
A presentation of current research on Hmong Americans and the Hmong diaspora will be offered from the Hmong Studies Journal on Friday, March 9, from 12 to 1:30 p.m. in Room 609 of the Social Sciences Building at the University of Minnesota, 267 19th Avenue S., Minneapolis, MN 55455.
Asian American Studies, Education, National
UCLA Amerasia Journal Announces Winner of Lucie Cheng Prize
The UCLA Asian American Studies Center and Amerasia Journal are pleased to announce that Ms. Yuko Konno, Department of History, University of Southern California is the 2011 Winner of the Amerasia Journal Lucie Cheng Prize for her essay, “Localism and Japanese Emigration at the Turn of the Twentieth Century.” Ms. Konno was nominated by her adviser, Professor Lon Kurashige.
Asian American Studies, Hawaiian-Pacific Islander, National
Teaching the Pacific: A New Initiative
The Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum and the UCLA Asian American Studies Center are presenting Teaching the Pacific: A New Initiative by PIEAM and the UCLA Asian American Studies Center on Feb. 25, 2012 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Asian American Studies, CAPAC, Japanese, National, Social Justice
CAPAC Members and Congressional Leaders Observe Fred Korematsu Day
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 30, 2012) — Today, Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and Congressional Leaders released statements in honor of California’s second annual Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution.
- A Night with Iny Asian Dance Theater
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San Diego, my kind of town
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Heritage Dinner and Awards
- AAPI students brace for loan changes
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Reading Corps creates meaningful memories
- Sunny Chanthanouvong completes Humphrey Policy Fellows Program
- National APIA support for voter empowerment
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Refugee Women’s Childcare Business Entrepreneurship Program
- Flint Hills International Children’s Festival
- Helping AAPI Businesses Create New Jobs and Opportunities
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