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Mission: We cover underreported stories from Asia, as well as Asian American politics and culture. Our guests have included Arundhati Roy, Gary Locke, Jessica Hagedorn, Tariq Ali, Yuri Kochiyama, David Henry Hwang, Monique Truong, Edward Said, Maxine Hong Kingston, Vijay Prashad, Cathi Tactaquin, Zia Mian, Grace Lee Boggs, Vivek Bald, Phil Tajitsu Nash, Bhairavi Desai, Lois-Ann Yamanaka, Monami Maulik, Margaret Fung, Robin D.G. Kelley, Shashi Tharoor, Joo-Hyun Kang, Mike Honda, Vandana Shiva, John Liu, Stacey Ann Chin, Jeff Chang, DJ Rekha, and Asian Dub Foundation.
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WATCH: Act To Change and NextShark’s conversation on how Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders can support Black Lives, with panelists Bo Thao-Urabe of Coalition of Asian American Leaders - CAAL, Aerica Shimizu Banks, Kwame Alexander and Chair Maulik Pancholy.
#ActToChange #SolidarityConvos #BlackLivesMatter
New episode of Asia Pacific Forum, hosted by Olivia T. Canlas, Saurav Sarkar and Michelle Chen
'Organizing API communities in the face of the pandemic and systemic racism
We spoke Kim Geron, Monica Thammarath and Alvina Yeh of the Asia Pacific Labor Alliance about how Asian American workers and their communities are faring as they face the COVID-19 pandemic, economic devastation, and an explosion of racial unrest.
Pushing back against "tough on China"
Tobita Chow, head of Justice is Global, talks about the politics of the presidential election are heating up under the specter of China. While Trump's ant-China rhetoric is on full blast, Biden’s upping his anti-China game too. A group of Asian American activists recently penned an open letter to Biden condemning one of his campaign ads, which accuses Trump of "being soft on China," and called for a more enlightened foreign and domestic policy when dealing with both Beijing and the Asian American diaspora.
#CancelRent in Chinatown
Melanie Wang with Caaav: Organizing Asian Communities talks about a rent strike in Chinatown, part of a citywide campaign to demanding rent and mortgage relief for all New Yorkers.
Myanmar's workers are on a strike wave
Labor organizer Andrew TIllett-Saks discusses workers' struggles in Myanmar’s garment factories and the broader impact of the pandemic on conditions in South and Southeast Asia’s factories.
Cultural protest in Chile and Palestine
Natisú, a Chilean-based musician and cultural worker with Trabajadoras de la Música, and Tarin Gonzalez, a Bronx-based activist with Existence Is Resistance, speak about the recent surge in protests in Chile, along with what it means to draw global connections and build solidarity from the Bronx, Palestine, to Chile.'
Since our last episode, the world seems to have been turned upside down. Not only has the COVID-19 pandemic continued to ravage communities here and around the world, but a nationwide groundswell of protest against police brutality has erupted in the wake of George Floyd's killing. Meanwhile, hostil...
6. Jeff Yang on the Hard Work of Allyship | Come Through with Rebecca Carroll | WNYC Studios
Journalist Jeff Yang was stunned after experiencing a racist attack at the grocery store. Now, he’s asking some tough questions about what allyship looks like in the age of Covid-19.
On this episode of Asia Pacific Forum:
Anti-Asian Violence and Discrimination in the Coronavirus Era
International Criminal Court Opens Door to Investigating US War Crimes Charges with Center for Constitutional Rights
MoMA Divest Disrupts Iraq War Art Exhibit with Freedom to Thrive
Confronting the Danger of Environmental Activism in the Philippines with Spirit Questing
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Federal authorities warn of an increase in Asian American hate crimes
ABC News’ Pierre Thomas breaks down how the coronavirus is unfortunately being linked to Asian Americans.
Asian Americans report over 650 racist acts over last week, new data says
“The deliberate use of terms like ‘Chinese virus’ has definitely fanned the flames of racism toward Asian Americans in this country,” one nonprofit leader said.
Spit On, Yelled At, Attacked: Chinese-Americans Fear for Their Safety
As bigots blame them for the coronavirus and President Trump labels it the “Chinese virus,” many Chinese-Americans say they are terrified of what could come next.
Museum of Chinese in America
We are staging a march and rally at 9:30AM this Thursday, February 27, 2020. We are marching from 215 Centre Street to 70 Mulberry Street.
We are doing this to heighten the importance of 70 Mulberry to Chinese life in America, the national status of MOCA's Collections, and the urgent prioritization MOCA and the community demand to salvage this priceless, national collection. Our reasons for the rally are as follows:
Four weeks have passed; despite sincere efforts by NYC agencies to retrieve materials from 70 Mulberry, the importance of MOCA’s irreplaceable national collection has not been given proper priority. This jeopardizes MOCA's Collections and the accurate telling of U.S. history.
We cannot let MOCA’s Collections “rot” without providing a space and platform for all concerned parties to voice their support and demand action.
The time is now: MOCA must make a concerted effort to move beyond the regular process and make loud and clear the importance of its Collections. Our motto is: Save Our Stories, Save Our Heritage, Save Our History, 70 Mulberry. Official announcement to come. Please stay tuned ...
Why the AAPI Community Should Support Bernie Sanders for President ❧ Current Affairs
A little while ago, 150 prominent Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) came together to endorse Elizabeth Warren for President. Wealthy luminaries such as actress Constance Wu, CEO Anil Dash, and author Celeste Ng were on the list. The list’s creators took their inspiration from the group 1...
World War II veterans of Chinese descent to be recognized with Congressional Gold Medal
The Chinese American WW2 Veterans Recognition Project works to identify and honor their military service through advocacy, education and preservation.
Chinese people are enduring coronavirus like everyone else. Don’t traumatise us further | Yang Tian
While we have little control over how people get sick, we can choose how we treat those who are already suffering
'Matt Huynh is a Sydney-born, New York–based visual artist and storyteller. His brush-and-ink paintings are informed by Eastern sumi-e ink calligraphy and Western comic books. Huynh’s work combines sumi-e painting traditions with found perishable objects repurposed for unpredictable mark-making. His illustrated essays, comics, and animations interrogate war with a particular focus on amplifying diasporic voices, telling refugee narratives, and recounting the experiences of asylum seekers and migrant communities. Huynh’s illustrations, comics, and murals have been exhibited at MoMA, the Smithsonian Institution, the Sydney Opera House, the Brooklyn Museum, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the New-York Historical Society.'
An interactive comic by Matt Huynh about growing up in a community of Vietnam War refugees resettled in Australia’s heroin capital.
Interview w. Comic Book Author and Artist Joshua Luna, on Racism, Representation and Building Diversity in Popular Art & Culture » Asia Art Tours
Asia Art Tours interviewed author and artist Joshua Luna. We discuss the Comic Book Industry, Racism, Representation and trying to draw a better world.
'Feeling Like We Belong': U.S. Adoptees Return To South Korea To Trace Their Roots
South Korea was once the largest source of children for international adoptions. Now some adoptees are building ties with birth family members. Critics say South Korean adoption laws need improvement.
Happening now in Queens, NY, United States
Release Xiangzi and Chinese Labor Activists. 231 signatures are still needed!
'Lucky Lee’s opening in April received major backlash from the Asian community after its restaurateur marketed the restaurant’s Chinese food as “clean” while traditional food as “oily,” “salty,” and “icky.”
Many people reportedly flooded the restaurant’s social media with messages calling out its owner, saying how they were profiting from Chinese culture while also disrespecting it. There were also others who called out the name of the restaurant implying that it is Chinese owned, but it’s actually the name of Haspel’s Caucasian husband.'
Lucky Lee’s, a Chinese-American restaurant ran by nutritionist Arielle Haspel, has closed down eight months after opening its doors in April. Haspel’s restaurant, located at 67 University Place in Greenwich Village, New York, made the announcement on Dec. 6, Friday, on Instagram, according to Ea...
New APF with Wilfred Chan of Lausan Collective on the Struggle in Hong Kong, HKCTU, etc.
'Hong Kong is now entering its sixth month of protests, chaos in the streets and vicious police crackdowns. What began as a revolt against an extradition bill that would have allowed people to be plucked from the island to face justice in the mainland’s authoritarian legal system, has now become a massive and volatile social uprising. Will the movement for full universal suffrage be answered by Beijing, will the local government unravel under public pressure, and what role does Hong Kong and its sovereignty play in the emerging political landscape surrounding so-called Greater China?'
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'When he was in art school in the 1970s, Michael took thousands of photos of California life—everything from San Francisco street scenes and LA party culture to domestic shots at his family home.
He graduated, put those old photos away and didn’t think about them much.
It wasn’t until 2001, when Michael—then in his fifties—dropped off a box of prints at San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art.
The curators were astounded, his work was accepted right away and overnight he was being recognised as one of the era’s most important documentary photographs.
Michael's story on today's Outlook.'
Here are a few of his pictures:
Photographer Michael Jang hit the big time many decades after taking the photos that won him that acclaim.
When he was in art school in the 1970s, Michael took thousands of photos of California life—everything from San Francisco street scenes and LA party culture to domestic shots at his family home.
He graduated, put those old photos away and didn’t think about them much.
It wasn’t until 2001, when Michael—then in his fifties—dropped off a box of prints at San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art.
The curators were astounded, his work was accepted right away and overnight he was being recognised as one of the era’s most important documentary photographers.
Michael's story is on today's Outlook.
Here are a few of his pictures:
📷 Michael Jang
His flock? Korean and Korean American prisoners written off by their community and, sometimes, their families
It took a while, but the Rev. Suk-ki Kim found his calling in the U.S. — to minister to those in the Korean community who have gone astray, and the family members who suffer alongside them.
Opinion | ‘Harvey Weinstein Told Me He Liked Chinese Girls’
Why it took me more than 20 years to tell my #MeToo story.
Check out Asia Pacific Forum's most recent podcast episode: Ancestral Memory and Fighting Climate Change with Queens-based community artist and organizer Remember Your Connection's Cecilia Lim & Finding Ohana and Protecting #MaunaKea in New York with Joanna Pruett, a Native Hawaiian-Chinese, reiki practitioner and massage therapist, answering the call to action.
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Andrew Yang told to “go back to China”
Andrew Yang Campaign Photo Right wing pastor and radio host Jesse Lee Peterson declared on his show that "there's this little Asian guy or Chinese guy, whatever he is, he…
Where Does Affirmative Action Leave Asian-Americans?
A high-profile lawsuit against Harvard is forcing students and their families to choose sides.
New Asia Pacific Forum:
Jeffrey Ngo, Hong Kong-based activist with 香港眾志 Demosistō, discusses the future of young Hong Kongers’ struggle for self-determination.
Kham Moua with Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) on SE Asian refugee communities fighting against deportation.
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Nailed It 2 min trailer
A fortuitous encounter with 20 Vietnamese refugee women and The Birds actress Tippi Hedren in 1975, sparks the Asian nail salon as we know it. In this hour long…
Check out our new podcast-only episode! The Education of Eddy Zheng
On today’s first podcast-only episode, Michelle Chen talks to Eddy Zheng. Zheng, a community educator in some of America’s hardest-to-reach communities, got his own education in unlikely places. At age 12, he emigrated to Oakland, California, from China with his family, and was quickly plunged into poverty, cultural alienation and social dislocation. At 16, he was convicted as an adult for armed robbery and kidnapping, and faced a life sentence. During the two decades he ultimately spent in California’s San Quentin prison, Zheng developed a political consciousness forged through radical thinkers and writers of color – from historical pioneers such as Frederick Douglass to his mentor, Japanese American revolutionary Yuri Kochiyama. It was a grassroots education that, in his words, “saved my life”.
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'I feel caught in the middle': queer Muslims on the LGBTQ lessons row
Parents have been protesting over relationship education, saying it is incompatible with their religious values. Where does the row leave gay Muslims?
White Rabbit Ice Cream Hits L.A., and Everything Gets Crazy
After selling out on a cold winter weekend, Wanderlust Creamery might keep the Chinese New Year special indefinitely.
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)
On Feb. 13, closing arguments will take place in Boston federal court in the lawsuit challenging Harvard University's admission policies. Read our post-trial amicus brief on behalf of 33 Asian American groups and academics in support of race-conscious admissions, http://bit.ly/2FoQLH1, and this NYT op-ed by playwright Young Jean Lee, about how affirmative action benefits Asian Americans, https://nyti.ms/2Gz0n1t
South Korean Adoptee Deported by U.S. Sues Homeland
Adam Crapser is suing Seoul and an adoption agency for negligence
Opinion | Why We Struggle to Say ‘I Love You’
For many Asian-Americans, the phrase belongs to the wonderful world of white people we see in the movies and on television.
Killing it: Sandra Oh’s rise from ‘quota’ Asian to Hollywood star
For the Canadian/Korean actor, hosting tonight’s Golden Globes is part of a lifelong mission towards full representation of Asians on our screens
Asia Pacific Forum is among the shows leaving WBAI this month. We’ve been on WBAI since 1998, bringing you news from Asia and Asian America with a progressive focus. We hope to continue in our online format as a podcast, and to continue building a platform for AAPI and diaspora voices around the world. To stay up to date on what’s next for us, see our website asiapacificforum.org (where you can also check out our extensive archive of past episodes), follow us on Twitter at @apfradio or like on on Facebook.
We’ll hear excerpts from our favorite stories of 2018: The Real Story Behind Asian Americans and Elite Admissions, Fighting the Muslim Ban, Climate Justice in India and Worldwide, Ending Gender-based violence in APIA communities, and music from Small Island, Big Song.
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Opinion | Nothing Is More American Than Chinese Food on Christmas
Jewish families and others used to flock to Chinese restaurants because that was all that was open, but now it’s almost as traditional as milk and cookies for Santa.
Cambodians Who Fled Genocide Now Face Raids and Deportation Under Trump
Cambodians are being deported from the US at record numbers.
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