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
05-01-2020 AAAS resolution calling for a decolonizing peace and a formal end to the Korean War Whereas progressive Koreans within the diaspora, including in the United States, have long organized for a peaceful resolution to the Korean War and, alongside many 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
02-19-2019 Letter to Dean Cole at the University of Michigan Regarding Professor John Cheney-Lippold Elizabeth R. Cole, Interim DeanCollege of Literature, Science and the ArtsUniversity of [email protected] Dear Dean Cole:We write the Executive Board of the Association for Asian Read More
02-13-2017 Resolution on Supporting Remembrance of “Comfort Women” and their Endangered History The Association for Asian American Studies(AAAS) is an organization dedicated to thepreservation and support of academic freedom and theright to education for students and Read More
