12-23-2022 Invitation to Members to Sign Petition Regarding Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas Keon Dear AAAS Members, As many of you are aware, Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas Keon recently made racist remarks regarding Asians during the commencement exercises Read More
10-14-2022 Statement of Solidarity With Iranian Uprising زن زندگی آزادیWomen, Life, Freedom The Association for Asian American Studies and the Arab American Studies Association stand in solidarity with the women, students, and Read More
09-01-2021 Support For Dismantling Global Hindutva The Association for Asian American Studies proclaims its support for the principles of academic freedom. Scholars and activists in North America who document and study Read More
06-16-2021 Joint Statement on Legislative Efforts to Restrict Education about Racism and American History We, the undersigned associations and organizations, state our firm opposition to a spate of legislative proposals being introduced across the country that target academic lessons, Read More
05-01-2021 Solidarity with Palestine The Association of Asian American Studies condemns the brutal violence being inflicted on Palestinians in the besieged and blockaded Gaza Strip by Read More
04-01-2021 Supporting Sikh & South Asian Americans and the Indianapolis Shooting Another mass shooting by a white gunman targeting Asian Americans has happened in Indianapolis on April 15, 2021. Matthew Alexander, Samaria Blackwell, Amarjeet Johal, Jasvinder Read More
03-01-2021 AAAS Response to the Atlanta Murders We are enraged and heartbroken over the murders of 8 people in Atlanta, including 6 Asian/Asian American women: Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Delaina Ashley Yaun, Read More
01-10-2021 AAAS Statement Condemning the January 6th Insurrection and Affirming US Democracy The United States is a nation founded on the ideals of democracy but also white supremacy. January 6, 2021 saw a group of largely Read More
10-27-2020 AAAS Statement on the California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum We write as researchers, teachers, and organizers in the field of Asian American studies to lend our unequivocal support to the inclusion of Arab Read More
06-01-2020 AAAS Solidarity Statement The Association for Asian American Studies unites in solidarity with our Black family, friends, neighbors, colleagues, and co-workers to call for an immediate end to anti-Black racism Read More
03-05-2020 AAAS Statement on Anti-Asian Harassment and the Novel Coronavirus/COVID-19 The Centers for Disease Control recently announced that the Novel Coronavirus/COVID-19 may spread in the United States. As people take precautions to manage their health (the Read More
09-04-2013 Statement from AAAS President to Israeli Resolution Dear Friends and Colleagues, At the 2013 conference, AAAS became the first academic association to support“The Resolution to Support the Boycott of Israeli Academic Read More
