📣 Attention: Today, AASF launches our Youth Ambassador for Science competition! During AANHPI Heritage Month, create impactful videos highlighting Asian American scientists' contributions, and students could even win a prize. Details: aasforum.org/video-competit…

TOMORROW: Join us on May 1 as our ED Gisela Perez Kusakawa joins Advancing Justice Southern California Stewart Kwoh, Fred T. Korematsu Institute’s Dr. Karen Korematsu, and MSNBC’s ʀɪᴄʜᴀʀᴅ ʟᴜɪ at
US National Archives. Panelists will explore historian and media roles in cultural storytelling and AAPI voices' impact. tinyurl.com/NAMay1event

We had a wonderful time, & a successful discussion yesterday on racial profiling and its potential impact on AAPI scientists! Thank you to those that attended, and to our panelists frankhwu, Gisela Perez Kusakawa, & Hua-Yu Sebastion Cherng.

The impact of Florida’s SB 846: AASF’s Gisela Perez Kusakawa said it's important to protest the law which could have ramifications for diversity & foreign talent pipelines across the country. 'It’s not just a fight here in Florida.' The Chronicle of Higher Education piece by Karin Fischer bit.ly/3TRtz9e

Join presidential historian Alexis Coe in a conversation on March 27 with Gisela Perez Kusakawa, David Silverman, & Kevin Young to explore some of the defining chapters of US history. bit.ly/4aeFMuw

I'm halfway through my 'How Should a President Be' tour New America! Coming up:

3.27 Historical Memory+Reckoning New-York Historical Society w/Kevin Young Gisela Perez Kusakawa David Silverman nyhistory.org/programs/how-s…

4.3 National Security Ohio State w/Christopher Nichols @CMcKNichols.bsky.social
history.osu.edu/events/america…

Spotted: CS Professor Guri Sohi at the White House, where he was invited as part of the Asian American Scholars Forum.

.White House Office of Science & Technology Policy Dir. Prabhakar met with researchers & leaders from the Asian American Scholars Forum to discuss the value of diversity in our nation's science & technology ecosystem, and the work to ensure America remains a world leader in research and innovation.

Our Asian Faculty Association at Yale Asian Faculty Association at Yale is a proud ally of this historic effort. Thank you Asian American Scholar Forum for leading this great success!

We thank Asian Faculty Association at Yale for being an organizational signatory of the letter opposing the reinstatement. Asian Faculty Association at Yale & their members have made a difference for yesterday's outcome. We look forward to working w/ them to cont. to fight any similar efforts to bring back the China Initiative.

In a statement, Asian American Scholar Forum said it remained committed to ensuring that no version of the inquiry, which many say has had a chilling effect on academic research, would be reinstated. 'There is no need to go backward,' the group's executive director said. aasforum.org/2024/03/07/asi…

“This event sends a message that Asian American scholars are welcomed and their contributions are celebrated. AASF commits to working with the White House on changing the climate of fear to one that celebrates Asian American scholar contributions.” -Gisela Perez Kusakawa, AASF ED [2/5]

“We must re-instill the fact that we are a welcoming country.” -Dr. Steven Chu, AASF Leadership Council member [3/5]

“1/3 of the US Nobel prize winners and 1/3 of the National Academy of Science members are immigrants. The US leadership in science and technology has substantially benefited from attracting the best global talents.” -AASF Co-Founder and Board Member Dr. Xihong Lin [4/5]

“It was an honor to be welcomed at the White House & included in this celebration to uplift the contributions of Asian Americans. It has been my American dream to advance my research + equip the next generation of scholars.' -AASF Board Member Dr. Gang Chen [5/5]

.Asian American Scholar Forum extends thanks again to White House Office of Science & Technology Policy Dir. Arati Prabhakar + Deputy Asst. to the President & Sr. Liaison to AA&NHPI Erika L. Moritsugu + White House staff for inviting us to this roundtable. [1/5] bit.ly/3UYyeam

Thanks so much to White House Office of Science & Technology Policy Dir. Arati Prabhakar, Deputy Asst. & Sr. Liaison Erika M and their team for welcoming Asian American Scholar Forum scholars and leaders to encourage diversity and recognize the vast contributions of the Asian American scholar community to our country.

A new Nature Portfolio article features perspectives from across AASF leaders & pioneers: Dr. Gang Chen, Dr. Kai Li, Dr. Steven Chu, Dr. Yiguang Ju, Dr. Yu Xie & ED Gisela Perez Kusakawa. It highlights the loss of talent & scrutiny academics faced. go.nature.com/3Ik2moW [1/7]

AASF ED and civil rights attorney Gisela Perez Kusakawa will join Harvard Law School for their 30th Annual HLS APALSA Conference along with AAPI trailblazers U.S. Trade Rep Ambassador Katherine Tai, Honorable Lorna Schofield, Judge Denny Chin of the 2nd Circuit, and AAPI attorneys and advocates.

Join our Executive Director Gisela Perez Kusakawa on this crucial discussion on race and policing from Japanese American incarceration to the China Initiative and on. See below for the link to this panel.