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LGBT/Pride Week

June is LGBT pride month. We have a variety of queer AAPI's, friends, families and allies posting about their experiences. Thanks to Be DeGuzman, one of APAP's 2009 Unsung Heroes, for coordinating this special week of posts.

To help with our upcoming hate crimes/Vincent Chin week (June 21) or Pacific Islander week (Aug), please let us know. If you have a topic you or your agency would like to coordinate, email us.

Items tagged: dartmouth

Best Colleges and Universities for AAPI Students: Dartmouth

As promised, to kick off the school year right, Angry Asian Man and APAs for Progress are profiling the best colleges and universities for AAPI student activism.


Senator Gillibrand Speaks to Chinese Americans

gillibrand Here's an interesting tidbit about the new junior Senator from New York, Kirsten Gillibrand. According to this article in the New York Times. Apparently, she speaks a little Mandarin, even if it is a bit rusty:

Ms. Gillibrand is no ordinary politician when it comes to linguistic and cultural comfort: as an Asian studies major at Dartmouth, she studied for six months in China and Taiwan, becoming proficient enough to absorb stories in Chinese newspapers, and later spent four months in Hong Kong as a corporate lawyer.

Apparently, her language skills were good enough to impress the Chinese language media as well as key community leaders.