Earlier this month, Harvard University named Indian American actress Avantika Vandanapu as the South Asian Person of the Year. She has faced backlash after rumors surfaced that she would play Rapunzel. But she remains determined to continue to break stereotypes and to highlight the importance of diversity.
Hon. Lillian Wan will receive the prestigious Beatrice M. Judge Award for her significant contributions to the judiciary and legal ethics. She also serves in leadership roles outside the courtroom, including as the Immediate past president of the Asian American Judges Association of New York, and also as a member of ethical and advisory committees.
Hao Peng, a post doctorate fellow at Northwestern University, Misha Teplitsky and David Jurgens, associate professors at the University of Michigan, conducted a study that reveals scientists are less likely to be identified in news stories about their research if they have Black or East Asian names. The study focused on over 200,000 science news […]
Phil Chan and Georgina Pazcoguin started the Final Bow for Yellowface movement to end demeaning depictions of Asians in ballet. Their performance, “10,000 Dreams: A Celebration of Asian Choreography” will arrive to Northup. Chan and Pazcoguin’s aim is to eradicate stereotypical portrayals of Asian Americans in dance, and to share the wealth and talent and […]
South Asian American women are increasingly diagnosed with breast cancer at younger ages and are diagnosed with more advanced diseases when compared with other groups. Jaya Satagopan, an associate dean for faculty affairs and professor at the School of Public Health and member of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program at Rutgers Cancer Institute of […]
April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, Shin Yu Pai, a Taiwanese American Seatle Civic Poet, created the city’s Public Poetry campaign. The multi-site public poetry installation is part of Pai’s two-year commission and will feature five Seattle poets. Jayme Yen designed the Public Poetry campaign with the help of the Academy of American Poets […]
Ella Mayor, a first-generation Filipino American senior at Santa Susana High School in Simi Valley, was recognized as the $25,000 National Honor Society Scholarship winner. From a pool of 16,697 applicants, Ella distinguished herself as a dedicated volunteer, collaborating with the nonprofit, Forever Found, to donate clothing to trafficked children in India, Thailand and Ethiopia.
The Census Bureau’s latest Foreign-Born Population in the United States report shows that 30.4% of Korean-born immigrants live in California. From this number, Orange County had the highest proportion of Korean-born residents with 2 out of every 100 residents, or 2.08%, followed by Los Angeles County with 1.39%, Santa Clara County with 1.24% and San […]
The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) released a report on April 3rd, AANHPI Women’s Equal Pay Day, that highlights the pay gap between what AANHPI women make and white non-hispanic men make on average. According to the repost, AANHPI women made, on average, 80 cents for every dollar white, non-Hispanic men made in […]
The Employment Development Department (EDD) in California updated their services in March to expand their services in Korean and Tagalog, along with Armenian. Currently, the online services are currently provided in English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Vietnamese.