On April 19, 2018, the Center for Global Migration Studies will host Census 2020, an interdisciplinary conference exploring the role of racial categorization in the upcoming census.

Vietnamese American spoken word poet Bao Phi will read selections from his latest books, Thousand Star Hotel, as well as from A Different Pond.

Join Professor Julie Park, the new Director of Asian American Studies, as she shares her research on immigrant integration and inequality in the US context.

Announcing the inaugural Chandni Kumar Annual Lecture featuring Darakshan Raja, founder and co-director of Justice For Muslims Collective.

Holly Yasui is the daughter of Minoru Yasui, the first Japanese American lawyer in Oregon who challenged the incarceration orders of Japanese Americans during World War II. Join us for the screening of Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui and the Fight for Justice, followed by a dialogue between Holly Yasui and community activists about the lessons of history and the imperative of solidarity on the day that Muslim Ban 3.0 is expected to go into effect.

This event is part of the #NoMuslimBanEver campaign (www.nomuslimbanever.com).

Instructor Sylvia Chan-Malik (American Studies/Women's and Gender Studies/Asian American Studies at Rutgers University) will be teaching an open class on the history and presence of Islam in the United States, as well as the construction and evolution of U.S. Muslim identity, community, and culture.

Join Dr. Julie Park, director of Asian American Studies at the University of Maryland, for a discussion regarding the College Park community.

Join us in a town hall meeting regarding the Asian American Studies Program. Come give your suggestions and comments on how to improve our program.