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Asian American Presidential Town Hall Meeting Live Broadcast on
May 17, 2008

Broadcast live from the University of California Irvine, Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote and the Institute for Asian American Studies invite you to a live broadcast of the first National Asian American Town Hall Meeting with the Presidential candidates, 7:00 - 10:00pm EST, Campus Center Third Floor, Room 3540. For more information please click here.

2008 Anthony Chan Student Award for Asian American Studies

The Anthony Chan Award will honor and recognize the achievements of a UMass Boston student engaged in Asian American studies and involved with Asian American communities. The amount of the award this year will be $650. Applications will be accepted until Monday, May 19 at 4 pm. Please click here for more information on how to apply.

2008 IAAS Research Fellows Selected

To see who the 2008 Research Fellows are and what their projects will be, click here.

As I Am: Asians in America Pilot Radio Program

The Institute for Asian American Studies and WUMB Public Radio are proud to announce the completion of the As I Am: Asians In America radio Pilot. The program examines the American experience - present, past, and future - with an Asian American lens. Author-activist Helen Zia hosts the As I Am Pilot which is available for download on the show's website. Please click here for more information.

Study on Asian American Nonprofits Now Available

The Institute for Asian American Studies has published Asian American Nonprofit Organizations in U.S. Metropolitan Areas by IAAS Research Fellow and Assistant Professor at UMass Boston, Chi-kan Richard Hung. Boston is one of the ten metropolitan areas included in the study. For information on how to order the report, click here.

2007 Massachusetts Asian Pacific American Directory Now Available Co-published by IAAS and the Asian American Resource Workshop, the ninth edition of the Directory contains 300 listings of Asian Pacific American organizations in Massachusetts. For information on how to order this indispensable resource, click here.

New Report on Asian-Owned Businesses in Massachusetts Released

Asian-owned firms in the state increased by 44 percent from 1997 to 2002 while the number of all firms increased by just 5 percent. To view or request this report, written by Michael Liu and Paul Watanabe for the Immigrant Learning Center, click here.

Profile of Filipino Americans in Massachusetts Now Available

It is estimated that there are over 10,000 Filipino Americans in Massachusetts. Learn more about this population in a new report by Richard Chu, Five College Assistant Professor, History Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst. For more information, click here.

Bibliography of Asian Americans in New England

This bibliography, compiled by the Institute for Asian American Studies and now available on CD, contains over 650 listings of articles, books, theses, and papers dealing with Asians and Asian Americans in New England. It is searchable by type of item, Asian subgroup, subject, and other variables. A must-have for anyone researching Asian Americans in New England. For more information, click here.

2005 American Community Survey Data

The American Community Survey, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, is a nationwide survey that collects information on the U.S. population similar to the long form used in the 2000 Census. To see data available on Asian Americans in Massachusetts, click here.

Community Profiles Available for the State and 14 Cities and Towns in Massachusetts

The final version of the Massachusetts and Boston Community Profile are available in print or for download. Profiles for other cities and towns in Massachusetts are available for download only. Please visit out Census 2000 section for more information. The report contains detailed census data on Asian Americans and Asian subgroups, as well as on Blacks and African Americans, Latinos, whites, and Native Americans. (Last Updated 3/29/2005)