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Asian and Pacific Presence: Harmony in Faith 2001 Statement of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops What does "Chinese American" mean to me? By John Su, 2001 Democracy Begins at Home By Norman Matloff in Asian Week, July 14, 1995. About a Chinese American whose firing by NASA had racial overtones Executive Order 9066 Signed on February 19, 1942 by Franklin Roosevelt. Ultimately forced more than 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry (many of them American citizens) into ten "relocation centers" until late 1945 Grave Injustice Done Japanese On West Coast By Dorothy Day. The Catholic Worker, June 1942 Religion, Spirituality, & Faith Among the more traditional elements of Asian American culture, religion, spirituality, and faith have always been important to Asian American communities, as they were for many generations before them. But within the diversity of the Asian American community, so too comes diversity in our religious beliefs and practices Stereotypes of Asians Asian American Justice Center Founded in 1991, the Asian American Justice Center works to advance the human and civil rights for Asian Americans, and build and promote a fair and equitable society for all Asian Pacific American Network Seeks to link individuals and organizations in the Asian Pacific American community devoted to: Social Service, Civil Rights, Health Services, Education, Employment, Arts Center for Asian American Media The Center is dedicated to informing and educating the general public about the Asian American experience through film and public television; advocating for increasing the presence of Asian Americans and the accuracy of the portrayals of them in mainstream media; exhibiting Asian American films and videos on public television and during our annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival; funding Asian American projects and filmmakers; and distributing their work to schools, universities, libraries and community groups around the country USAsians.net Discover the reasons that drives the artistic passions of the various representatives of US Asian/Asian Pacific American artistry that can be found through our films, music, resources, articles, politics, community leaders, books and history sections. We want to address the issues that "experts felt that . . . . . Americans are woefully ignorant about Asian Americans" Asian-Nation Welcome to Asian-Nation, your one-stop information source on the historical, political, demographic, and cultural issues that make up today’s diverse Asian American community Asian American History Timeline Source: Sucheng Chan, Asian Americans, an Interpretive History, ©1991, Twayne Publishers, Boston A Short Chronology of Japanese American History Adapted from Japanese American History: An A-to-Z Reference from 1868 to the Present, Edited by Brian Niiya (New York: Facts-on-File, 1993) Japanese American Network A partnership of Japanese American organizations based in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. A goal of this partnership is to encourage the use of the Internet and interactive communications technologies to exchange information about Japanese Americans -- art, culture, community, history, news, events, social services, and public policy issues UCLA Asian American Studies Center Asian American Voices for Affirmative Action Manzanar Information on the concentration camp for Japanese Americans during World War II Asian Americans United AAU exists so that people of Asian ancestry in Philadelphia excerise leadership to build our communities and unite to challenge oppression. Our social justice work emcompasses grassroots community organizing, systems advocacy and youth leadership development, with an emphasis on poor and working class, and immigrant and refugee communities Asian Pacific American Caucus This page will help you to: Locate scholars in the field. Prepare up-to-date syllabi. Identify new books and articles. From here you can also link to web sites at Asian American research centers and academic programs, and to national APA organizations Hmong Means Free; Life in Laos and America Edited and with an Introduction by Sucheng Chan |
