Highlighting Diverse Collections: Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Month
In honor of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Month, check out these powerful resources on AANHPI activism and community building.
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Bringing together grassroots organizers and scholar-activists, Contemporary Asian American Activism presents lived experiences of the fight for transformative justice and offers lessons to ensure the longevity and sustainability of organizing.
Kalaupapa chronicles the resilience of over 8,000 individuals, predominantly Native Hawaiians, sent to Molokai's remote peninsula for leprosy between 1866 and 1969, showcasing their enduring legacy through powerful personal accounts and archival materials.
Gidra, the self-proclaimed 'voice of the Asian American movement,' was a revolutionary monthly newspaper-magazine that ran from 1969 to 1974.
This anthology of scholarship and creative work expands on the political and cultural advances of Queer Asian North American communities.
Immigrant Agency shows how Hmong immigrants mobilized for collective action to engage with the U.S. political system and influence public policy.
These personal accounts document the workings of the KDP, the only revolutionary organization that emerged in the Filipino American community during the politically turbulent 1970s and '80s.
UT Professor Dr. Cathy Schlund Vials edits a collection of essays on the legacies, possibilities, and limitations inherent in Asian American Studies almost fifty years after the field’s student protest founding.
Desi Divas explores how traditional cultural forms can be used as tools to promote civil engagement and advance a political commitment to justice and care.
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