Organizer: Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI), The City University of New York
Type/Location: In Person / Long Island City, NY
Description:
The CUNY Asian American / Asian Research Institute’s Localized History Project and The Asian American Education Project, are building New York City’s K-12 Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Studies curriculum. New York City teachers, community members, and youth are invited for an interactive day of storytelling, community building, and curriculum development on the localized history of Queens’ Asian American community.
Youth researchers from The Localized History Project will present on:
Filipino Nurses Activism in Woodside
Indo-Caribbean Music + Culture in Richmond Hill
Vietnamese Nail Salon Workers Stories in Queens
South Asian Labor History in Jackson Heights
This event will include primary resource packets and support/work time for educators to integrate these stories into their classroom curriculum. Refreshments will be served.
About the Organizers:
The Localized History Project (LHP) began in Fall 2023 as a New York State-funded youth participatory action research project investigating the extent to which AANHPI history is taught in K-12 history classrooms in NY State, and presenting youth-driven curriculum alternatives to test-driven curricula. In June 2025, the Asian American / Asian Research Institute was awarded funding through the New York City Council’s Education Equity Action Plan for the Localized History Project to build New York City’s first K-12 AAPI Studies curriculum, in partnership with the Asian American Education Project (AAEdu).
The Localized History Project is built on a community-centered approach, ensuring the eventual curriculum is collectively created with intergenerational partners: teachers, students, families, and community organizations. LHP seeks to uplift AANHPI histories, specifically those local to the New York State community, to provide a sense of connection and belonging, challenging the status quo of AANHPIs being perpetually foreign, and to foster solidarities across communities of color. Most importantly, we hope our work showcases how youth are critical contributors to knowledge production, research, and history. Youth driven work matters, and youth driven history classrooms will ensure a more just, inclusive, and accurate curriculum for all.
Registration:
To attend the event in person, please register here.