Press release from Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Chicago: TEAACH Act, Asian American history curriculum bill, heads to Governor’s desk If signed into law, Illinois would be the first state in the country…
Thank you to everyone who supported the TEAACH Act! This would not have been possible without you. Now, the final step is for the TEAACH Act to be voted on again in the…
Dr. Nadine Naber wrote an important OpEd on TruthOut entitled: “We Must Commit Ourselves to Long-Term Solidarity With Palestinian Liberation.” Read it here: https://truthout.org/articles/we-must-commit-ourselves-to-long-term-solidarity-with-palestinian-liberation/ Dr. Naber is a professor in the Gender and…
Taking a Chai Break. Have a restful summer and see you all in the Fall. Hosted by Dr. Anna Guevarra, Chai Guevarra Hours is a weekly gathering for the GLAS community.
Dr. Michael Jin publishes new book Citizens, Immigrants, and the Stateless: A Japanese American Diaspora in the Pacific, forthcoming this November from Stanford University Press. You can view it here: Pre-order the book…
http://bit.ly/UICGLASsolidaritywithPalestine The Global Asian Studies Program at the University of Illinois Chicago stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people and the various statements of solidarity issued by our colleagues in the Palestinian Feminist…
Dr. Nadine Naber has penned two important OpEds in the in the Chicago Reporter and in Truthout. Read them here: University Needs To Do Better When Identifying Race Chicago Reporter: https://www.chicagoreporter.com/university-needs-to-do-better-when-identifying-race/ Let’s Celebrate…
Dr. Mary Anne Mohanraj has been awarded a fellowship/grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency to help pursue food writing projects. Dr. MOhanraj is a clinical associate professor of English and an affiliate…
This letter addresses the concerns and demands of undergraduate and graduate students and organizations at the University of Illinois at Chicago; related to UIC and the University of Illinois System’s lack of effort…
This letter addresses the recent rise in violence against Asian and Asian American communities within the past year along with the ongoing violence against people of color by the police and military. Moreover,…