Building Community Within Diversity
By Diana ChengAAP Film & Arts Writer Chicago born writer-director Minhal Baig’s character study of an immigrant teenager named Hala is an intimate coming-of-age story of a girl struggling to[…]
MINNEAPOLIS (Aug. 1, 2019) — The Minneapolis Foundation is bringing together community members, activists, influencers, thought leaders and more at its next Conversations with Chanda live event, featuring guest Dr. Yusef Salaam,[…]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Aug. 2, 2019) — The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Friday announced its intention to terminate the Haitian Family Reunification Parole program and the Filipino World War[…]
AAP staff report HILO, Hawai‘i (July 23, 2019) — A diverse group of storytellers came together July 18 in downtown Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi for an enchanting[…]
By Bob SanAAP contributing writer HONG KONG (July 5, 2019) — Another week, another massive demonstration march in Hong Kong. The latest mass demonstration took place on July 1, the[…]
MINNEAPOLIS (June 28, 2019) — On Sunday, June 30, the family of Samol Sao, along with more than a thousand Minnesotans, will march in south Minneapolis to stand with immigrant and[…]
By Bob SanAAP contributing writer HONG KONG — A record crowd of 180,000 braved hot and humid conditions to attend the 30-year anniversary memorial of the Tiananmen Square Massacre June[…]
ST. PAUL, Minn. (April 13, 2019) — Minnesota’s People of Color and Indigenous Caucus on Saturday responded to President Donald Trump’s recent Tweet attacking on Ilhan Omar, a Somali-American who[…]
St. Paul, Minn. (Jan. 14, 2019) — The Women’s March Minnesota and the Unstoppable Women’s Wave will be held Jan. 19 in St. Paul, . This is the year women[…]
Washington, D.C. (Dec. 6, 2018) — AARP celebrated its 2018 Asian American & Pacific Islander Hero Award winner Jon Melegrito of Kensington, Maryland for his volunteer work with the Filipino Veterans Recognition and[…]
