AAPI

Schools in Connecticut will be required to teach Asian American and Pacific Islander studies to students in Kindergarten through grade 12 beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, after state legislators passed a bill mandating it. Connecticut is the first state in the nation to pass this mandate with funding. An advocacy group called “Make Us Visible” pushed for the state…

A Connecticut state law will make it a requirement for students to learn about the history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. The requirement will start during the 2025-2026 school year and plans have started to develop the curriculum. This is what students will be learning.

Korean pop band BTS spoke from the White House Tuesday to celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and urge fans to embrace diversity and speak out against hate crimes against AAPI Americans.

The K-pop band, which has become a worldwide phenomenon, will meet with President Biden to talk about inclusion and celebrate AAPI Heritage Month.

During a month when we are celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander heritage, we are also recognizing mental health awareness. A project between the University of Connecticut and the group #IAmNotAVirus focuses on both. The two organizations teamed up to create a mental wellness activity book for Asian Americans. “This is really addressing an emergent crisis during the first wave of…

UConn Associate Professor Dr. Jason Chang spoke to NBC Connecticut’s Jane Caffrey about the importance of supporting the Asian American community and raising mental health awareness.

Asian employees feel the least included at work, a recent study shows. How companies can ensure that their AAPI employees returning to office feel supported

Vicky Nguyen will once again meet with community and thought leaders to examine how the AAPI community is coming together amid a continued surge in violence and hate crimes.

When Pedro Flores came to the U.S. in 1915, the Filipino businessman saw an opportunity to turn the yo-yo, a simple toy that has existed in some form for centuries, into a best seller. But first, he added a key innovation that allowed the yo-yo to “sleep.” Get to know Flores and his place in AAPI heritage.

On the 30th anniversary of the Los Angeles riots, Korean American and Black community leaders are hosting a series of unity events to educate young people from both groups about a turning point in the city’s history and to reflect on the ongoing work of healing past wounds and building trust.

Efforts to create a national Asian Pacific American museum in Washington, D.C., pushed ahead Tuesday with House passage of legislation that would create a commission to study the issue.

“I think we’re still in a state of collective racial trauma, a state of fear and anxiety about the violence against Asian Americans,” says Dr. Russell Jeung of Stop AAPI Hate. He and Phi Nguyen from Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta spoke about stopping hate and explained the problem is more broad than high-profile incidents of violence. Asian Americans and Pacific...

In cities across the U.S., communities are hosting and teaching older Asian Americans to defend themselves against physical attacks.

These Asian American seniors from New York are the latest to take matters into their own hands. They are learning how to protect themselves with self-defense classes as hate crimes continue to plague the AAPI community in 2021.

U.S. Olympic ice dancing duo Alex and Maia Shibutani, aka the Shib Sibs, worked on a book they hope will help Asian American kids feel seen.

NBC gave three business owners cameras to document their journey as they fought through shutdowns, positive coronavirus tests, and a test of their pandemic endurance. The owners of Dallas’ Recipe Oak Cliff, Philadelphia’s Kayuh Bicycles & Café, and the CEO of Boston’s Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center joined NBCLX storyteller Jalyn Henderson to talk about how they rebounded from unforeseen...

Taking a page from the playbook of companies like Amazon, Kayuh Bicycles & Cafe’s owner Henry Sam is looking toward the future and is building a mobile repair shop to deliver directly to customers in the Philadelphia area.

Before the pandemic, Philadelphia’s Kayuh Bicycles & Cafe had a growing community of bicyclists, coffee enthusiasts and musicians that could count on each other for companionship and support. But once COVID-19 struck, owner Henry Sam was forced to make tough decisions about how to best care for his community and customers— even if that meant locking the doors.

When gyms closed, Kayuh Bicycles & Cafe owner Henry Sam saw a “bike boom.” People around the country were dusting off their bicycles and bringing them in for repairs as they prepared to ride again. But as demand continues to rise, the mental and physical stress of running a small business during a pandemic has started taking a toll on...

Henry Sam, owner of Kayuh Bicycles & Cafe, admits the timing of the COVID-19 pandemic was not at all ideal for his business. “When I took over Kayuh, I was 20 at the time,” Sam said. “To be completely honest, I wasn’t super sure what I was doing. So when the pandemic hit in March 2020, just a few months into my ownership,...