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UCLA: ‘Our history is your history’: Multimedia textbook brings Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences to the forefront. “Written by more than 100 leading scholars, journalists, organizers and community historians, and featuring an extensive archive of videos, photographs, audio clips, poems and interviews, plus ready-to-use lesson plans for students in high school and college, it […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/10/our-history-is-your-history-multimedia-textbook-brings-asian-american-and-pacific-islander-experiences-to-the-forefront-ucla/

‘Our history is your history’: Multimedia textbook brings Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences to the forefront (UCLA)

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Flipboard May 23, 2025

@Joysauce is usually focused on celebrating joy in the AANHPI community. "But how do we do that when things seem so bleak?" wrote editor Samantha Pak in her introduction to this Flipboard Storyboard, which our @CultureDesk featured. It centers on stories of activism — stories that Pak says should remind us not to lose hope.
https://flipboard.com/@joysauce/fight-back-this-aanhpi-month-with-joysauce-q58v9npns2ct362v

#History #AAPIHistory #AANHPIHistory #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday @histodons

Fight back this AANHPI month with JoySauce

One of the things JoySauce is focused on is celebrating the joy in the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community. But how do we do that when things seem so bleak? We stand up against oppression, so we can find that joy once again—just as AANHPIs have been doing for generations. From organizing and creating new laws, to breaking down barriers and using art to spread awareness, these AANHPIs are reminding us to not lose hope, and to keep fighting the good fight.

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PhoenixSerenity May 24, 2024

Through an expansion of Illinois' #TEAACHAct – the first to mandate #AAPIhistory into #school curricula, TAAF's aims to increase #awareness of #AAPI issues, by allowing #students to study #historical events that resonate with lived experiences.

#TAAF’s #TEAACH Field Guide, co-authored with #AsianAmericans Advancing Justice, serves as a #roadmap for advocates, #policymakers & #educators to implement AAPI history within K-12 #curriculums across USA.

https://www.nynmedia.com/news/2024/05/advancing-national-asian-american-pacific-islander-curricula/396865/?oref=nyn-homepage-top-story

#AsianMastodon

Advancing a national Asian American Pacific Islander curricula

A look at how the Asian American Foundation’s STAATUS Index is bringing light to the Asian American experience in education.

NYN

Rich Stein (he/him)Mar 6, 2024

Great story —
"Black couple rented to a Chinese American family when nobody would. Now, they're donating $5M to Black [college students.]
...
Ron Dong and his wife, Janice Dong, are both retired teachers who believe that education can change lives.
...
'...they understand how one family’s sacrifice can shape the lives of so many.'" — Jo Von M. McCalester, Howard University
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/black-chinese-family-coronado-california-rcna140717
h/t @CultureDesk
https://flipboard.social/@CultureDesk/112051029042987510 #BlackHistory #AAPIHistory #BlackMastodon @histodons

Black couple rented to a Chinese American family when nobody would. Now, they're donating $5M to Black community.

The Thompsons, a Black couple, rented to the Dongs, a Chinese American family, 85 years ago when nobody else would. Now, the Dongs are donating $5 million to Black college students because they say the Thompsons helped them get a toehold in U.S. society.

NBC News

Flipboard Culture Desk Mar 6, 2024

In 1939, the Dongs, a Chinese American family, could not find a house to rent in Coronado, Calif., because of racially restrictive housing laws. Emma and Gus Thompson, a Black couple, allowed the family to rent and later buy their home. Now, the Dongs have sold that house, and are donating $5 million to Black college students. They are also working to have San Diego State University's Black Resource Center named after Emma and Gus, who was born into slavery in Kentucky. Here's more from NBC News.

https://flip.it/AOzvqc

#History #Culture #BlackHistory #AAPIHistory #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon @histodons #California

Black couple rented to a Chinese American family when nobody would. Now, they're donating $5M to Black community.

NBC News

Carl S. Gutekunst Jan 11, 2024

We learned this week that Tooru Mochida — oldest of the 7 children in the iconic Dorothea Lange photo — passed in November. This was a shock and a heart breaker as Tooru had seemed to be in excellent health, and was such a terrific storyteller, with excellent memories of growing up before the war and his time in Tanforan.

When I took this picture in 2017, 5 of the family were still living; now it's just two. We're losing the Greatest Generation. 😞

#AAPI #AAPIHistory

Rachel Cholst Dec 21, 2023

No-No Boy continues to astound with his deeply personal roots rock that explores the Vietnamese experience on both sides of the Pacific in his recent album Empire Electric.

Read my review here!

https://adobeandteardrops.com/2023/12/the-best-americana-of-september-2023-ashley-mcbryde-joan-osborne-will-johnson-and-more.html

#Americana #AltRock #IndieRock #AAPIHistory

The Best Americana of September 2023: Ashley McBryde, Joan Osborne, Will Johnson, and More! – Adobe & Teardrops

Diligence Jones Jul 8, 2023

Politics. Matter.
Media literacy matters.

Understanding how white supremacy works *matters.*

Stay woke, brothers & sisters.

#AAPI #aapihistory
#USPol #Florida #AffirmativeAction
#WokeAF
#BlackMastodon #BlackFed

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8dMHtU8/

Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐May 9, 2023

Can we just talk about the irony of #MemorialDay being celebrated during Asian and Pacific Islander American History month? #APIAHistoryMonth #AAPIHistory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overthrow_of_the_Hawaiian_Kingdom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Samoa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guam