Happy Fall semester, Hawaiian History Month, and (almost) Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month!
Welcome to QCAP’s September 2025 newsletter! Updating you on events and opportunities for our Queens College AAPI community.
📣 ANNOUNCEMENTS
The QCAP Space Is Open for Fall 2025!
The QCAP Community Space in Powdermaker Hall 251 is ready for students to hang out and study this Fall 2025 semester! We’re open Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays from 11 AM to 4 PM. As promised in our summer newsletter, our Community Space looks a little different with some furniture rearrangements and—drumroll, please—a new mini fridge and a bean bag chair! Follow us on Instagram @qcap.queens for updates!
Last Chance to Apply for the QCAP Internship Program for Fall 2025!
The QCAP Internship Program matches QC students with local AAPI-serving community organizations. QCAP Interns gain professional experience in areas like civic engagement, education, gender justice, housing justice, social work, and more. The Fall 2025 application is due this Friday, September 12, and you can learn more on the QCAP website. If you have any questions, please reach out to the QCAP Team at [email protected].
⭐️ UPCOMING QCAP EVENTS
Monday 9/29: AACS x QCAP Fall Kick-off
Join AACS and QCAP for our Fall 2025 Kick-off event on Monday, September 29, from 12:15-1:30pm (free hour), in the Muyskens Conference Room at The Summit! This is a chance to have fun and celebrate the fall, while also learning more about and building community with AACS and QCAP. We’ll have paper lantern decorating to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival / Chuseok / Tết Trung Thu / Tsukimi / autumn vibes, a free raffle, yummy snacks, and more! Open to all members of our QC community, so bring your friends! The Eventbrite link to register is dropping soon, so remember to follow us on Instagram @qcap.queens for updates!
Mark Your Calendars for More Upcoming QCAP Events!
⏪ QCAP RECAP
QCAP Faculty Workshops (August 2025)
This past August, 18 QC faculty members from all different disciplines/fields across the college came together to learn more about Asian American studies in the context of our local AAPI communities, histories, and issues; to discuss how they might better teach and support QC AAPI students; and to work on developing Asian American studies-related course content and pedagogies. For three days, the faculty engaged in deep, generative conversations related to teaching and built community with colleagues. And they got to hear directly from students about their experiences and needs during a wonderful panel with current and former QCAP student leaders. We look forward to seeing how the faculty implement and practice what they learned in the upcoming academic year and beyond!
🏫CAMPUS EVENTS
Club Day Fall 2025, Wed 9/10, 12:15-1:30pm, the Quad (rain location: Student Union Ballroom)
Trivia & Snacks (Global Student Success Program), Thu 9/11, 12:00-1:00pm, King Hall 210
Meet and Greet (Pakistani Student Association), Thu 9/11, 5:45-9:45pm, location TBA
American Symphony Orchestra: New York Profiles, Sun 9/14, 3:00pm, LeFrak Concert Hall; free
Weekly Yoga with Exhale to Inhale, every Monday through 11/24, 12:00-12:45pm, in either Muyskens Conference Room at The Summit or the President’s Conference Room in the Library
Psychology Debate Lunch, Mon 9/15, 12:15-1:30pm, Student Union 304
Welcome Day (Muslim Student Association), Mon 9/15, 12:00-2:00pm, Student Union LL50
Suture Workshop (Pharmacy and Health Science Club), Mon 9/15, 12:15-1:30pm, location TBA
Girls Who Code Interest Meeting, Mon 9/15, 12:15-1:30pm, location TBA
Welcome Back (NISA), Wed 9/17, 12:00-2:00pm, Dining Hall 114 (Patio Room)
Lemonade on The Quad Fundraiser (Inter-Greek Council), Wed 9/17, 12:00-1:30pm, the Quad
Norigae Making Workshop (Korean Club), Wed 9/17, 12:00-1:00pm, location TBA
Link up & Lime (Guyanese Student Association), Wed 9/17, 12:15-1:30pm, Student Union 301
Wellness Walk (Wellness Society), Wed 9/17, 12:15-1:30pm, meet outside Powdermaker Hall
Join Yearbook Committee, Wed 9/17, 12:15-1:30pm, Student Union Lower Level (next to OSDL)
Interest Meeting (ColorStack), Wed 9/17, 12:15-1:15pm, location TBA
Safe Sex Pajama Party (LGBTQIAA+ Programs), Wed 9/17, 6:00-9:00pm, Muyskens Conference Room at The Summit; register here
Join CUPB (College Union Programming Board), Thu 9/18, 12:00-1:00pm, Student Union LL23
Chi Alpha Coffee House Night, Thu 9/18, 5:30-8:30pm, location TBA
Welcome Back Party (Student Association), Thu 9/25, 6:00-10:00pm, Student Union Ballroom
Afro-Indigenous Symbols in Modern and Contemporary Art, Mon 9/29, 12:15-1:15pm, Student Union 126 (Faculty & Staff Club)
Welcoming Event (Arab Student Association), Wed 10/01, 12:00-3:00pm, Student Union 115
Harvest Fest, Wed 10/01 (and every first Wed of the month), 12:15-1:30pm, free fresh produce while supplies last
Knights Table Pantry and Armory, Mondays 12-2pm, Tuesdays 3-6pm, Wednesdays 12-3pm, Thursdays 3-6pm, Student Union LL29
💗COMMUNITY EVENTS IN NYC
Studio Ghibli Fest 2025, screenings every month through November
Our Journeys: 50 Years After The Fall, exhibition running through September 28, Think!Chinatown, 1 Pike St, Manhattan; free
CRAASH in Focus: Revitalizing Asian American Studies, exhibition running through September 30, Hunter College, Cooperman Library, 695 Park Ave, East Building, 3rd floor, Manhattan; free
Jaipur Literature Festival, September 8-10, various locations; student discount for tickets with code SENSTU
Panel: Filmmaking Is Resistance, Wed 9/10, 7:00-8:00pm, Brooklyn Community Pride Center, 1561 Bedford Ave, Crown Heights, Brooklyn; free
Feel Good Fridays: Status of Safety in Our Communities & Self Defense Frameworks (SQWM x Malikah), Fri 9/12, 5:30-7:00pm, Yogashakti Yoga Studio, 114-41 Lefferts Blvd, South Ozone Park, Queens; free but registration required
Papermoon Puppet Theatre: Puno, Sewing Memories, Fri 9/12, 7:30-9:00pm, Asia Society, 725 Park Ave, Manhattan; $5 off general admission tickets with code SENSTU
Book Launch: Introducing Đàn Tranh Techniques & Expressions: Tablatures, Illustrations, Tales, and Songs, Sat 9/13, 11:00am-2:00pm, CPC One, 45 Suffolk St, Manhattan; free but registration required
Sound Bath & Meditation for Healing (SQWM), Sat 9/13, 1:00-3:00pm, Bhuvaneshwar Mandir, 86-06 101st Ave, Ozone Park, Queens; free but registration required
Lewis Latimer 177th Birthday Celebration, Sat 9/13, 1:00-4:00pm, Lewis Latimer House, 34-41 137th St, Flushing, Queens; free
QPL Culture Bridge: Rhythms in North Indian Dance & Music, Sat 9/13, 2:00-3:00pm, Queens Public Library Flushing Branch, 41-17 Main St, Flushing, Queens, and virtual; free
Garba Around the Globe, Sat 9/13, 4:00-9:00pm, Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Corona, Queens; $15 tickets
Fall Bird Walk with NYC Bird Alliance, Sun 9/14, 9:30-10:30am, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St, Flushing, Queens; tickets are $10 for non-members, $4 for members
Book Launch: The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli by Karina Yan Glaser, Sun 9/14, 2:00-4:00pm, Welcome to Chinatown HUB, 115 Bowery, Manhattan; free
Printmaking Session: A New New Yorkers Program, Sun 9/14, 2:00-4:00pm, Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; free
Flood Sensor Aunty play, upcoming performances on Sun 9/14, 3:00pm, Edgemere Farm, 385 Beach 45th St, Far Rockaway, Queens; Mon 9/15, 6:30pm, South Street Seaport Museum, aboard the tall ship Wavertree at Pier 16, Manhattan; Sat 9/20, 2:00pm, Elmhurst Public Library, 86-07 Broadway, Elmhurst, Queens; RSVP here for free
Brooklyn Book Festival, September 14-22, various locations
Reparations and the Human, Mon 9/15, 6:30pm, virtual; free registration here
This Moment in Immigration: What’s at Stake and What Can Be Done, Mon 9/15, 6:30-8:00pm, Center for Brooklyn History, 128 Pierrepont St, Brooklyn; free
Book Launch: For the Sun After Long Nights by Nilo Tabrizy, Tue 9/16, 7:00-8:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan; free
Teaching Digital Literacy with Densho, Wed 9/17, 5:30pm, free Zoom webinar
In Celebration of Seabeast by Rajiv Mohabir, Wed 9/17, 6:30pm, Asian American Writers’ Workshop, 18 W 21st St, Suite 900, Manhattan; free registration here
Queens Poets on Renegade (part of BKBF Bookends), Wed 9/17, 7:00-8:30pm, World’s Borough Bookshop, 3406 73rd St, Jackson Heights, Queens; free
ÁCCENTED #48 “Ghost Wars: The Intimate Afterlives of Conflict” with Cathy Linh Che and Chris Santiago, Wed 9/17, 9:00pm, virtual; free registration here
Indigenous Equinox Gatherings NYC, Wed 9/17 & Thu 9/18, various locations
Ctrl+Alt+Lit: Fan Fiction, Zines, and Independent Literature, Thu 9/18, 6:00pm, Asian American Writers’ Workshop, 18 W 21st St, Suite 900, Manhattan; free registration here
QPL Literary Thursdays: Sanibel, author of To Have and Have More, Thu 9/18, 6:00-7:00pm, virtual
Pacific Island Film Festival, September 18-21, various locations; tickets starting at $20
Radical Histories: A Roundtable of Korean/American Authors, Fri 9/19, 7:00pm, Asian American Writers’ Workshop, 18 W 21st St, Suite 900, Manhattan; free registration here
VITALS Health + Wellness Music Festival, Sat 9/20, 11:00am-3:00pm, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, 161-4 Jamaica Ave, Jamaica, Queens; free
SearchPakistan.net: Panel Discussion with Nora N. Khan, Umber Majeed, Sa’dia Rehman, and Murtaza Vali, Sat 9/20, 12:00-1:30pm, virtual; free registration here
SQWM Art x Youth Healing Series: School Year Vision Board + Art Activism Workshop, Sat 9/20, 1:00-2:30pm, SQWM Office, 130-01 Liberty Ave, Unit 1R, South Richmond Hill, Queens; free but registration required
QPL Culture Bridge: Featuring Quazi Islam, Sat 9/20, 2:00-3:00pm, Queens Public Library Flushing Branch, 41-17 Main St, Flushing, Queens, and virtual; free
NYC Gallery Art Walk, Sat 9/20, 3:00-5:30pm, Tribeca/SoHo, Manhattan; $25 tickets
Book Launch: Fablemaker by Mandy Tu, Sat 9/20, 5:00pm, World’s Borough Bookshop, 3406 73rd St, Jackson Heights, Queens; $3 tickets
Street Works Earth, Sun 9/21, 11:00am-6:00pm, Travers Park, 34th Ave & 77th St, Jackson Heights, Queens; free registration here
Meet & Greet: The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon by Grace Lin, Sun 9/21, 12:00-1:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan; free
Erasing Borders Dance Festival, Sun 9/21, 6:00-8:00pm, Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 W 55th St, Manhattan; tickets starting at $25
Planting Seeds of Peace in America, Sun 9/21, 7:00-8:30pm, Center for Performance Research, 361 Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn; $20 tickets
imUnsure: A Multi-Disciplinary Piano+ Performance on Young East Asian Women’s Silence, Resistance, and Sense of Belonging, Mon 9/22, 7:30PM, Ades Performance Space at Manhattan School of Music, 130 Claremont Ave, Manhattan, or watch live online; free
Book Launch: Underspin by EY Zhao, Tue 9/23, 7:00-8:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan; free
Two Dragons in Hollywood: Bruce Lee, Anna May Wong, and the Past and Future of Asian American Representation, Wed 9/24, 6:30-8:00pm, Center for Brooklyn History, 129 Pierrepont St, Brooklyn; free
In Celebration of Where Are You Really From by Elaine Hsieh Chou, Thu 9/25, 6:00pm, virtual; free registration here
Literary Thursdays: Ria Sim, Author of Dear New York, I Love You, Thu 9/25, 6:00-7:00pm, virtual
Book Launch Party: Water Mirror Echo by Jeff Chang, Fri 9/26, 7:00-8:30pm, New Design HS, 350 Grand St, Manhattan; free
New York Film Festival, September 26-October 13, Lincoln Center, Manhattan
Jackson Heights 4 Gaza Street Fair, Sat 9/27, 12:00-5:00pm, World’s Borough Bookshop, 3406 73rd St, Jackson Heights, Queens
La Galería Del Mundo pop-up gallery, Sun 9/28, 12:00-6:00pm, World’s Borough Bookshop, 3406 73rd St, Jackson Heights, Queens; free
Apples and Honey Day, Sun 9/28, 12:00-4:00pm, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St, Flushing, Queens; included with QBG admission, registration encouraged
China Now Music Festival, Sun 9/28, 3:00-5:00pm, Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Broadway & W 60th St, Manhattan; tickets starting at $15
Book Launch: Pick a Color by Souvankham Thammavongsa, Tue 9/30, 7:00-8:00pm, New Design HS, 350 Grand St, Manhattan; free
Tatou Festival, September 30-October 5, various locations
Action, Climate Awareness, Activism (part of Tatou Festival), Wed 10/01, 6:00-8:30pm, NYU A/P/A Institute, 20 Cooper Sq, 3rd floor, Manhattan; free but registration required
Book Launch: All the Way Around the Sun by XiXi Tian, Wed 10/01, 7:00-8:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan; free
Preserving Community Histories Panel Discussion with FANHS and Little Manila Rising, Thu 10/02, 7:00-8:00pm, virtual; free registration here
📌INTERNSHIPS & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
CUNY Spring Forward internships – applications open September 9; priority deadline is October 7; register for an info session here
Social Media Intern for QC School of Arts – apply by emailing [email protected] with your resume and social media work samples; deadline is September 11
Internship at The Met – placements vary based on students’ majors; Spring 2026 deadline is September 17; apply here
QC Scholarships Portal – deadline for multiple scholarships is October 22
QC Study Abroad Program – Winter 2026 application deadline is October 24
CUNY South & Southeast Asian American Equity Scholarship – deadline is November 7; apply here
Handshake – online platform for QC students to search and apply for internships and jobs; see also upcoming events/workshops from QC’s Center for Career Engagement and Internships, jobs and other opportunities through CUNY, and CUNY’s Office of Careers and Industry Partnerships
✨RESOURCES
In case you didn’t already know, we have a Resources section on our website, where you will find not just QC- or CUNY-related resources but other Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) resources as well. These resources range from scholarly journals to various podcasts and YouTube channels to local AAPI-serving community organizations, and we try to update these lists regularly. Check them out!
And if you ever need any support or help accessing resources, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the QCAP Team at [email protected].
