This online event is a collaboration between arts collectives in the US and Philippines that are remembering the resistance against the Marcos dictatorship and continuing to raise voices against the killings, attacks, and the return of tyranny today.
MALA (Muslim American Leadership Alliance), is hosting a virtual discussion! Hosted by a diverse group of panelists, Perspectives on Virtual Learning will focus on new developments, current obstacles, and the future of online educating.
Join the National Cambodian Heritage Museum and Killing Fields Memorial on July 26th at 11 am for their virtual event The Story of Cambodia, Part3 | Food, Ritual & Memories.
MALA (Muslim American Leadership Alliance), is hosting a virtual discussion! Hosted by a diverse group of panelists, Perspectives on Virtual Learning will focus on new developments, current obstacles, and the future of online educating.
Resilient Communities will be a virtual summit of plenaries, workshops, and entertainment for Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, community partners, and allies across the country.
Join some of Chicago's brightest and best theatre artists in this special Q & A session livesteamed on the Our Perspective Facebook page and YouTube Channel.
Featuring a panel of prominent Chicagoland Asian Americans, this program features (5) panelists who will speak upon their own personal experiences in non-traditional career paths, and fields that are not generally associated with Asian Americans.
This conference aims to help first generation Asian parents understand some of the culture gaps experienced at home and improve communication with their second generation children.
It has been 35 years since the murder of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American (mistakenly identified as Japanese) who was killed in Detroit in 1982 at the height of the Japan-bashing era of the 1970s and 80s.
Our next Talk Stories: An Asian American/Asian Diaspora Storytelling Show is coming up in a month. The show will take place at The National Cambodian Heritage Museum and Killing Fields Memorial at 7:30pm on Thursday August 16th.
Chicago Desi Youth Rising invites you to join us for our community dinner to share a meal and conversation with our 2018 Summer Leadership Retreat youth participants!
Join us for the VAAAM launch party and for a panel discussion on the “Chicago-Midwest” module of VAAAM, which focuses on the work and transnational lives of four Japanese American postwar artists—James Numata (1918–1997), Yasuhiro Ishimoto (1921–2012), Ray Yoshida (1930–2009), and Michiko Itatani (1948–).
Join JACL Chicago for a dynamic talk with authors, Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi, as they share about their award-winning book, created for upper elementary and middle school students, about Fred Korematsu's story and how he came to challenge Japanese American incarceration during WWII.
Erika Meitner is the author of five books of poems, including IDEAL CITIES, which was a 2009 National Poetry Series winner, COPIA, and HOLY MOLY CARRY ME.
RPM Steak’s second dinner of its three-part educational Winter Beef Series showcases Japanese Beef – the world’s rarest and most exquisite type of beef prized for its rich marbling and dense meaty flavor.
Willy Wilkinson, Author, MPH, is an award-winning transgender writer and public health consultant, cultural competency trainer, public speaker, and spoken word performer who has been advocating for marginalized population since the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
For this ticketed event, Celeste will be joined in conversation by special guest, Eve L. Ewing. This event will be held at the Swedish American Museum, 5211 N. Clark St.
In this talk, Professor Patricia Nguyen analyzes land and water as precarious landscapes in refugee camps in Tuan Andrew Nguyen’s futuristic dystopic film, “The Island,” to explore his use of archival material to visualize refugee futures in the context of continued war and climate change.
The CSRPC's Annual Public Lecture features distinguished public intellectuals whose work promotes engaged thought and scholarship around topics of race and ethnicity within the public sphere.
In this storytelling basics workshop, we will discuss basic tenets of this art form, such as detailed descriptions, basic story arc, emotions, relationships with the audience, and purpose of storytelling.
The class will focus on body-weather, Noguchi, and mythical creatures through guided imagery and structured improvisation. Noguchi exercises foster an experience of the body as water with the goal of encountering and releasing the natural body.
The fall film series centers the stories of inspiring activists and the power of collective organizing across race, class, gender, and sexuality for social justice.
Please join the Asian American Studies Program (and generous co-sponsors) on 12:00PM Friday, October 18 (Harris 108) for a discussion on Filipinix Postcolonialisms.
An evening of storytelling and performers of the Asian / Pacific Islander American community in Chicago sharing their experiences through story, music, and improv.
We find collective liberation through stories that center our community, and are challenged to be agents of change taking action to advance a world with dignity and justice for all.
This informative and entertaining seminar aims to help companies understand and implement the critical activities and strategies needed to successfully complete a capital event.
Professor Joel Litman, Chief Investment Strategist of Valens Research, will discuss how more than 200 of the top 300 money managers use Uniform Accounting metrics for better signals versus as-reported financial numbers.
As Co-Chair of WHIAAPI, Secretary Elaine L. Chao kicks off this series of webinars in honor of AAPI Heritage Month. Following her keynote remarks and a question and answer period, we will then turn the program over to “A Conversation on AAPIs in Leadership” with a panel of distinguished AAPI business leaders.
Dr. Ravi Chandra will teach the founding principles of Mindful Self Compassion, lead us in some self-compassion meditations, and also give perspectives on how to deal with microaggressions. This APA Heritage Month program is planned by NAAAP's Self Care and Wellness program team.
AAPIP is pleased to launch AAPIP at 30: Solidarity Matters with a webinar that unveils a new report, The State of AAPI Philanthropy. This report is a collaboration with AAPI Data and other community foundation partners. Over the past thirty years, AAPIP has provided leadership in philanthropy to reveal blind spots and introduce new strategies for philanthropic action.
To celebrate Asian American Heritage Month (May 2020), IADO is leading a series of webinars every Thursday, 5 PM U.S. central time on Facebook.com/IADOChicago.
Resilient Communities is a virtual five-day summit of plenaries, workshops, and entertainment for Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and allies across the country. The summit will consist of advocacy training and issue-based workshops on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted AAPI communities.
In conjunction with the Presidential Town Hall on June 27th, APIAVote will also be hosting the National AAPI Leadership Summit from next Monday, June 22nd to Thursday, July 2nd.
Hear from NCAPA’s National Director and Members of Congress on the 2020 Policy Platform in elevating the needs of the AA and NHPI community, and how this document will be used to advocate on behalf of these issues.
