From the Hate Is A Virus activists to revered actresses, see what these AAPI women had to say about the recent anti-Asian attacks.
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Character Conversations: Albert Tsai and Miya Cech Share On-Set Antics
Kids will be kids, even if they have years of being on television and movie sets under their belt. Rising stars Albert Tsai and Miya Cech are wise beyond […]
Negate the Hate
It’s impossible to escape the news of anti-Asian racism. Recently, a (now unemployed) Brentwood, Calif. realtor went viral after unleashing a racially-charged diatribe upon a mortified Asian American passerby. […]
Asian Activism Goes Viral as Anti-Asian Violence Rises
While anti-Asian sentiment is nothing new, it is jarring to see just how astronomical the numbers of hate crimes have skyrocketed since the COVID-19 pandemic. Just in the past […]
Character Conversations: Rosalind Chao and Olivia Cheng Talk Newsworthy Beginnings and Camaraderie Amongst AAPI Actors
In the latest Character Conversations, “Mulan”’s Rosalind Chao and “Warrior”’s Olivia Cheng meet digitally for the first time and find surprising parallels between their career beginnings to their many […]
The 2020 Sundance Film Festival Re-cap: Get A Taste Of What Premiered And What Went Down At The Asian Pacific Filmmakers’ Experience
The Sundance Film Festival has long provided a welcome mat for projects from AAPI and other underrepresented creators. Māori drama “Whale Rider” received the 2003 World Cinema Audience Award, […]
Remembering Vincent Chin, 35 Years Later
In 1982, in Detroit, Michigan, 27-year-old Chinese American Vincent Chin had just stopped at a McDonald’s on his way home from his bachelor party when two men brutally beat […]
AAPI Groups React To ACA Repeal Vote
After the House’s 217-213 vote Thursday to repeal the Affordable Care Act by replacing it with the American Health Care Act, the country’s largest Asian American and Pacific Islander advocacy […]
Asian American Congressional Leaders: President Trump, Can We Talk?
Last month, two-thirds of President Donald Trump’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders resigned. The 10 members who left did so in response to Trump’s proposed and […]
Attack On Two Indian Men Shocks AAPI Community
Inside a Kansas City bar on Wednesday, two Indian men were shot by a man who yelled, “Get out of my country.” One man, Srinivas Kuchibhotla, died; the other, […]
Three States Receive Grant For AAPI Data Disaggregation
An initiative to help identify and bridge gaps among diverse communities in the Asian Pacific American community through data disaggregation, especially in educational opportunities, will grant $836,000 to Minnesota, […]
75 Percent Of Asian Americans Voted Clinton: Poll
An overwhelming majority of Asian American voters chose Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump in the election, according to a national poll conducted by five collaborating AAPI groups that contradict […]
Go Vote Tomorrow!
How much impact will Asian Americans have on the election? The segment is the fastest-growing racial group in the country, estimated to make up 10 percent of voters by […]
Hillary Clinton Appeals To AAPIs In Op-Ed
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton penned an op-ed piece for NBC News criticizing Republican incumbent Sen. Mark Kirk’s racially insensitive comments about Rep. Tammy Duckworth, a Democrat challenging him […]
Kollaboration To Host Its Biggest Event Ever
Kollaboration, a non-profit organization with a mission is to support the Asian Pacific American community in arts, will be combining two of their major annual events into one inspirational […]
