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].

Happy Pride and Caribbean American Heritage Month!

Welcome to QCAP’s Summer 2025 newsletter!

📣 ANNOUNCEMENTS

The QCAP Space Is Closed for the Summer!

The QCAP Community Space in Powdermaker Hall 251 is currently closed for the summer and will reopen in the fall! We have plans to make our space even cuter and cozier, so follow us on Instagram @qcap.queens and be on the lookout for announcements about our Fall 2025 open hours and events!

Take an AACS Course in the Fall!

Attention, QC undergrads! Need to fulfill a Pathways W or Flexible Core course requirement, but want to take a class that’s actually engaging and relevant to your life and these times? Interested in learning more about the histories, cultures, and politics of Asian and Pacific Islander communities (with roots in Central, East, South, Southeast, and West Asia and the Pacific Islands, and including Asian diasporas like Indo-Caribbeans)? Then register now for an Asian American Community Studies (AACS) class in the fall!

AACS (pronounced “aches”) is also a minor! The AACS Minor is only 18 credits, offers exciting research and service-learning opportunities, and is open to students from all majors who want to pursue careers in the arts, business, education, government, healthcare, international affairs, the law, nonprofits, social services, and more! Learn more about the AACS Minor on their website, and email [email protected] with any questions.

⭐️ QCAP OPPORTUNITIES

QCAP Internship Program: Fall 2025 Applications Are Now Open!

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, etc. The Fall 2025 application is open now until Friday, September 12. Tip: the earlier you apply, the higher the chance of getting matched!

To learn more, check out the QCAP Internship Program page on our website or register for our next internship info session on Friday, September 5, at 12:00pm via Zoom. If you have any questions, please reach out to the QCAP Team at [email protected].

QCAP Is Hiring a Student Assistant!

QCAP is excited to announce that we are looking for a passionate and responsible student to join our team as a QCAP Student Assistant! This QCAP Student Assistant will be assisting our QCAP Program Coordinator and will be responsible for helping to plan and execute student events, providing administrative support for our collaboration with AACS, and engaging with our campus community, along with other duties. Ideal candidates should have basic graphic design experience, excellent communication skills, and an interest in supporting our AAPI community at QC. If you’re looking for an on-campus job where you can grow and make a difference, we’d love to hear from you! The pay is $18/hour for up to 10 hours a week, and the work schedule is flexible and hybrid. You can learn more about the position qualifications and responsibilities on our website. Applications are due Friday, September 5.

⏪ QCAP RECAP

AAPI Heritage Month Celebration with QCAP x AACS (May 5)

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our May AAPI Heritage Month Celebration, featuring keychain-making, a photobooth, and lots of fun! This event helped us celebrate our cultures and communities through crafting and enjoying yummy eats like falafel, kimbap, and buns from local Asian eateries in Queens. Congrats again to our AAPI graduates and all QC grads, and shoutout to Legend House DIY for assembling the keychain kits that made this event such a fun and meaningful experience!

QCAP End-of-Semester Celebration (May 12)

QCAP wrapped up a very busy spring with an end-of-semester lunch celebrating all the accomplishments of our QCAP Interns, Multilingual Tutors, Student Assistants, and the whole QCAP Team! After listening to our amazing students present and share about their experiences this past semester, we had a bittersweet moment to honor and bid farewell to two very special members of the QCAP Team who will be moving on this summer—Sal, one of our very first QCAP Student Assistants, and Annabelle, our QCAP Program Coordinator extraordinaire. We are going to miss them so much but are also so excited for their next chapters! We will always be rooting for you, Sal and Annabelle! Once QCAP, always QCAP!

🏫CAMPUS EVENTS

Knights Table Pantry Summer Hours, groceries and fresh produce (while supplies last), every Tue this summer, 12:00-2:00pm, Student Union LL 29

QC’s Day of Friendships, submit stories/photos by Wed 7/09, stories will be posted Wed 7/30

QC Welcome Day, Mon 8/25, the Quad, celebration for new QC students and free concert open to all QC students

💗COMMUNITY EVENTS IN NYC

Arts in the Parks, performances through August 2 in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens

Live at the Gantries, performances through August 12 at Gantry Plaza State Park, Long Island City, Queens

Queens Jazz Trail Concert Series, concerts through August 28 in community parks

Queensboro Dance Festival, performances, classes, and parties through September 13

Studio Ghibli Fest 2025, screenings every month through November

Advocacy & Civic Engagement Resource Fair, Thu 6/26, 11:00am-3:00pm, outside AAANY’s office, 6803 5th Ave, Brooklyn

The Moth Community StorySLAM, Thu 6/26, 6:00-8:30pm, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St, Flushing, Queens

Book Talk: Jeremy Tiang’s State of Emergency, Fri 6/27, 6:00-7:00pm, NYPL Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, 455 Fifth Ave, 7th floor, Manhattan

Pride Lime (Jahajee), Fri 6/27, 7:00-10:00pm, Space Bushwick, 839 Broadway, Brooklyn; RSVP here

Queens Poetry Symposium, Sat 6/28, 12:00-5:30pm, Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St, Flushing, Queens

Youth Pride, Sat 6/28, 12:00-6:00pm, South Street Seaport (Piers 16-17), Manhattan

Harlem Pride, Sat 6/28, 12:00-6:00pm, 12th Ave between 131st and 132nd Sts, Manhattan

Chhaya’s Housing Fair, Sat 6/28, 3:00-7:00pm, 37th Rd between 76th and 77th Sts, Jackson Heights, Queens

The Noise from Roosevelt Avenue Is Birdsong (multilingual reading group and art-making workshop), Sat 6/28, 3:00-6:00pm, World’s Borough Bookshop, 3406 73rd St, Jackson Heights, Queens

NYC Pride March + PrideFest, Sun 6/29, 11:00am, march starting at 26th St and 5th Ave, PrideFest in Greenwich Village, Manhattan

Color Me Queer Dance Party, Sun 6/29, 6:00pm-2:00am, The Delancey, 168 Delancey St, Manhattan; for queer and trans BIPOC ages 21+

Shoes Off Presents: The Pride Show & Jam, Sun 6/29, 7:00pm, The Second City New York Blackbox Theater, 64 N 9th St, Brooklyn

Celebrating Shirley Chisholm: CUNY Day at the Museum of the City of New York, Tue 7/01, MCNY, 1220 Fifth Ave, Manhattan; register here for a private guided tour for all CUNY students, faculty, staff, and alumni

Book Launch & Performance: Hot Girls with Balls by Benedict Nguyễn, Tue 7/01, 7:00pm, outdoor location TBA

Book Talk: A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart by Nishant Batsha, Wed 7/09, 6:00-8:00pm, Rizzoli Bookstore, 1133 Broadway, Manhattan

Asian American Authors in Conversation – The Chinatown Beatdown with Henry Chang, Thu 7/10, 6:30-8:00pm, Chatham Square Library, Community Room, 33 E Broadway, Manhattan

Beyond the Armor: Understanding & Navigating Healthy Masculinity (SQWM Mental Health Training), Thu 7/10, 6:30-8:00pm, via Zoom; register here

JAPAN CUTS 2025 Film Festival, Thu 7/10 through Sun 7/20, Japan Society, 333 E 47th St, Manhattan

SQWM Crochet 101 Workshop, Fri 7/11, 6:00-8:00pm, Lt. Frank McConnell Park, South Richmond Hill, Queens

New York Asian Film Festival 2025, Fri 7/11 through Sun 7/27, across four venues in Manhattan

Book Event: Nothing More of This Land by Joseph Lee with Katie Yee, Thu 7/17, 6:30pm, World’s Borough Bookshop, 3406 73rd St, Jackson Heights, Queens

Book Event: The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw with Nat Cassidy, Mon 7/21, 7:00pm, World’s Borough Bookshop, 3406 73rd St, Jackson Heights, Queens

A4 x AAWW Artists & Writers Summer Social, Tue 7/22, 6:00-9:00pm, Land to Sea, 402 Graham Ave, Brooklyn

Asian American Authors in Conversation: Katie Yee’s Maggie Book Launch, Tue 7/22, 6:30-8:00pm, Chatham Square Library, Community Room, 33 E Broadway, Manhattan

Stuy or Die play, Sat 7/26, 7:00pm, Flushing Town Hall Theatre, 37-35 Northern Blvd, Flushing

So You Want to Talk About Mental Health? (SQWM), Sun 7/27, 12:00-3:00pm, Shaanta Bhavan Mandir, 109-10 98th St, Ozone Park, Queens; register here

Complex Family Dynamics with Stephanie Foo, Jennifer Hope Choi, and Cathy Linh Che, Tue 7/29, 7:00-8:00pm, Welcome to Chinatown, 115 Bowery, Manhattan

Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival, Sat 8/09 and Sun 8/10, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens; to join the CUNY team, contact [email protected] or [email protected]

📌INTERNSHIPS & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

Civil Service Pathways Fellowship Program – 2-year fellowship for CUNY graduates; register for an info session; apply here by Mon 7/14

Rise Up & Lead: A Summer Youth Leadership Institute (South Queens Women’s March) – Wed/Fri from 7/09 through 8/08 for ages 14-21; apply here

Summer 2025 Youth Empowerment Program (MinKwon), Wed or Fri from 7/23 through 10/10 for ages 13-19; apply here by Thu 7/10 at 10am

Citywide 55-a Diversity Career Fair – Thu 7/17, register 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 and internship and job opportunities through CUNY

✨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. Check them out! 

And if you ever need any support or help accessing resources, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected]. 

Happy AAPI Heritage Month, International Workers’ Day, Golden Week, Vesak Day/Visakha Bucha, and Dragon Boat Festival to everyone celebrating throughout this month!

Welcome to QCAP’s May newsletter for the Spring 2025 semester!

Updating you on events and opportunities for our Queens College AAPI community.

📣ANNOUNCEMENTS

Free Honors Cords for Graduating Students!

QCAP would like to congratulate our AAPI students graduating in QC’s Class of 2025 with red-and-gold honor cords to wear at Commencement! Please stop by our AAPI Heritage Month Celebration on May 5 or during QCAP Study Hall the week before finals (May 13–15) to pick up your honors cord (while supplies last)!

QCAP Internship Program: Fall 2025 Application Opens Soon!

The QCAP Internship Program places students with Queens/NYC organizations that serve local AAPI communities and align with their personal, academic, and professional interests and goals. QCAP Interns gain professional experience in areas like civic engagement, education and youth development, gender justice, housing justice, social work, and more. Learn more about the QCAP Internship Program on our website, where the link to apply (via Google Form) will be posted soon. The Fall 2025 application will be open from Friday, May 16, to Friday, September 12. If you have any questions, please reach out to the QCAP Team at [email protected].

The QCAP Community Space’s Open Hours!

For the Spring 2025 semester, the QCAP Community Space in Powdermaker Hall 251 is open every Tuesday from 9:30am to 4:00pm! Stop by to study, take a break between classes, or learn more about QCAP’s programs and resources. We have snacks, a microwave, and an iMac available for student use!

The QCAP Space is also still available for reservation by students Monday through Thursday! If you would like to reserve the space for studying, meetings, etc., please book online at least 1 day in advance at https://qcapspacereservation.setmore.com/.

Note: The QCAP Community Space will be closed after May 15 for the summer and will reopen at the beginning of the Fall semester.

Deadline Extended for Summer 2025 QCAP Faculty Workshops Application!

QCAP invites applications for our 2025 summer faculty development workshops, scheduled for August 7, 8, and 14. The QCAP Faculty Workshops are designed to support QC faculty in teaching QC’s diverse AAPI students, in understanding local AAPI histories and issues, and in developing and implementing Asian American studies course content and pedagogies.

The QCAP Faculty Workshops are open to QC faculty across all disciplines and fields. We especially encourage part-time/contingent faculty to apply. QC faculty who complete all 3 workshop sessions, complete assigned readings and tasks, and submit a post-workshop reflection will receive $1,600.

⭐️UPCOMING EVENTS

Mon 5/05: AAPI Heritage Month Celebration

Come celebrate AAPI Heritage Month with QCAP and AACS on Monday, May 5, during free hour (12:15–1:30pm), in the Muyskens Conference Room at The Summit! We’ll make cute keychains (with kits courtesy of Legend House DIY) and enjoy yummy snacks from local Asian eateries like falafel, kimbap, and sweet and savory buns! Cultural clothing is optional but encouraged. Open to all members of our QC community! You don’t want to miss it!

Tue 5/13–Thu 5/15: QCAP Study Hall

Come by the QCAP Community Space (Powdermaker Hall 251, on the 2nd floor by the Urban Studies department office) anytime Tuesday, May 13 through Thursday, May 15, from 11:00am–4:00pm, for a Study Hall session before Finals Week! Whether you’re tackling assignments, preparing for exams, or just need a quiet space to focus, we’ve got you covered! Feel free to bring your friends and study together, or just stop by to grab a quick snack and recharge. It’s a great way to be productive and also connect and support each other during a stressful time.

⏪QCAP RECAP

AACS + QCAP Chai and Lassi Chat (4/01)

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our last Chai Chat of the semester! We loved seeing both familiar and new faces, chatting about the AACS minor and QCAP, and celebrating Eid. It was a wonderful opportunity to share culture, make memories, and enjoy each other’s company. We hope you had a great time trying mango lassi and doing henna! 

QCAP at APAHE 2025 (4/09–11)

Last month, members of the QCAP Team were proud to represent QCAP and Queens College at the annual Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education (APAHE) conference in Oakland, California! We especially loved being with and learning from fellow AANAPISI community members and leaders from across the country and beyond, and we came back energized and inspired!

🏫CAMPUS EVENTS

Spring Gala (NISA), Thu 5/01, 4:00-8:00pm, Dining Hall 114, RSVP required here

Christian Open Mic Night (First Love), Thu 5/01, 6:00-8:00pm, Faculty Lounge

Fashion N’ Fête (CSA x GSA), Thu 5/01, 6:00-10:00pm, Student Union LL50 Underground

Piñata Making (Relax & Craft x ALAS), Thu 5/01, 6:00-8:00pm, Student Union 310

Weekly Yoga with Exhale to Inhale, Mon 5/05 & Mon 5/12, 12:00-12:45pm, Muyskens Conference Room in The Summit (or sign up for on-demand yoga)

Springfest, Mon 5/05 (rain date 5/07), 12:00-4:00pm, on the Quad

A Wellness Crafternoon (Pokémon Club), Mon 5/05, 12:15-1:30pm, Powdermaker 116

Study & Sip (Women in STEM), Mon 5/05, 12:15-1:30pm, Student Union 126

Kamayan Night (TROPA), Mon 5/05, 6:00-9:00pm, Student Union LL50 Underground, RSVP here

Writers at Queens: Reading by Richard Prins, Mon 5/05, 7:00pm, Rosenthal Library, Tanenbaum Room 300i

Relax & Paint before Finals, Tue 5/06, 3:00-4:30pm, Student Union 126 (Faculty & Staff Lounge)

Encanto Movie Night (Creative Media Club x ALAS), Tue 5/06, 5:00-7:00pm, location TBA

Karaoke Night (ASA), Tue 5/06, 6:00-9:00pm, location TBA

Mother’s Day Pottery Sale (Ceramics Club), Wed 5/07, 12:00-3:00pm, Quad or Cafeteria

Wellness Walk (Wellness Society), Wed 5/07, 12:10-1:30pm, location TBA

Finals Decompression Session (BLASKLCD x NSSLHA), Wed 5/07, 12:15-1:30pm, Queens Hall 340

UBUNTU End of Semester Celebration, Wed 5/07, 12:30-1:30pm, Student Union 126 (Faculty & Staff Lounge)

Medical Kdrama Night (Korean Club), Wed 5/07, 5:00-9:00pm, location TBA

K-Pop Game & Trivia Night! (K-POP Club), Wed 5/07, 5:00-8:00pm, location TBA

Spring Bash (Hispanic Club), Wed 5/07, 6:00-9:00pm, Student Union 126 (Faculty & Staff Lounge)

Sonder (Student Choreography Showcase), playing Thu 5/08 through Sun 5/11, Goldstein Theatre, $7 tickets

Movie Night (GSA), Thu 5/08, 6:00-8:30pm, Student Union 310 or Student Union 115A

Noor-e-Punjab (QC Jalsa x ISA x SASA), Thu 5/08, 6:00-10:00pm, Student Union Underground LL50, $10 tickets for QC students

The Cypher: Karaoke Edition (BSU), Fri 5/09, 2:00-6:00pm, Dining Hall Patio Room

End of Year Celebration (QCBLASK x QCNSSLHA), Mon 5/12, 12:15-1:30pm, Queens Hall 340

Finals-Free Zone: A Destressor Event (NISA), Wed 5/14, 12:00-3:00pm, location TBA

End of Year Dinner (MSA), Thu 5/15, 4:00-9:00pm, location TBA

💗COMMUNITY EVENTS IN NYC

Rheology, playing now through 5/10, Bushwick Starr, 419 Eldert St, Brooklyn, $30 tickets

Goddess, playing now through 6/08, The Public, 425 Lafayette St, Manhattan, $40 tickets with code CUNY2425

Sondheim’s Old Friends, playing now through 6/15, $49 tickets with code MTCJL

Corky Lee’s Asian America Book Panel, Thu 5/01, 5:30-7:00pm, Queens Public Library at Flushing, 41-17 Main St, Flushing, Queens, and online via Zoom

CUNY x NYC Votes: NYC Ranked Choice Voting 101, Thu 5/01, 6:30-7:30pm, webinar via Zoom

Book Talk: To Have and Have More by Sanibel, with Eric Kim, Thu 5/01, 7:00-8:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan

Cathy Linh Che: Becoming Ghost, with Wo Chan, Thu 5/01, 7:00-8:00pm, Books Are Magic Montague, 122 Montague St, Brooklyn

All This Safety Is Killing Us with editors Ronica Mukerjee and Carlos Martínez, Thu 5/01, 7:00-8:00pm, World’s Borough Bookshop, 3406 73rd St, Jackson Heights, Queens

AAARI Symposium: Healing During Uncertainty: Asian American Mental Health, Fri 5/02, 8:30am-4:00pm, CUNY School of Law, 2 Court Sq, LIC, Queens

Writers’ Cafe with Bushra Rehman (ABI x HCAP), Fri 5/02, 1:00-3:30pm, BMCC Fiterman Hall, 245 Greenwich St, Manhattan, RSVP required for non-BMCC students

Author Talk with Derek Kirk Kim (The Last Mermaid), Fri 5/02, 3:30-4:30pm, online via Google Meet

Closing Ceremony: The Path Forward (Mekong NYC), Fri 5/02, 6:00-9:00pm, FPWA, 40 Broad St, Manhattan, RSVP required

From Hawaiʻi to Palestine: Sean Connelly, Nadine Fattaleh, Nour Joudah, and Brandy Nālani McDougall, Fri 5/02, 6:00-8:00pm, A/P/A Institute at NYU, 20 Cooper Sq, 3rd floor, Manhattan

Vietnamese Writers in the Diaspora, Fri 5/02, 6:30-8:00pm, Rizzoli Bookstore, 1133 Broadway, Manhattan

Celebrate Holi, Sat 5/03, 10:00am, 1:00pm, & 4:00pm, Brooklyn Children’s Museum, 145 Brooklyn Ave, Brooklyn, $15 adult tickets

SQWM Mother’s Day Sip N’ Shop, Sat 5/03, 11:00am-3:30pm, Regency Party Hall, 110-54 Springfield Blvd, Queens Village, Queens

Lahore Literary Festival in New York 2025, Sat 5/03, 11:00am-6:00pm, Asia Society, 725 Park Ave, Manhattan, $40 non-member tickets (student discount with code SENSTU)

Spring Book Swap, Sat 5/03, 5:30-7:30pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan

Apex for Youth x Chinatown Runners: Run through Sunset Park, Sun 5/04, 9:30am-12:30pm, 6th Ave & 41st St, Brooklyn

SQWM Pop-up Pantry for Vaisakhi, Sun 5/04, 1:00pm, Sikh Cultural Society Gurdwara, 95-30 118th St, Richmond Hill, Queens

Three Seasons: Screening and Talk on the Making of Modern Vietnam, Sun 5/04, 4:00-6:30pm, Asia Society, 725 Park Ave, Manhattan, $15 non-member tickets (student discount with code SENSTU)

3AF Impact Series: The Asian American Consumer, Tue 5/06, 11:55am-4:30pm, online via Zoom, register here

Boat Baby: Vicky Nguyen in Conversation with Ally Love, Tue 5/06, 6:00-7:00pm, Asia Society, 725 Park Ave, Manhattan, $25 non-member tickets (student discount with code SENSTU)

Book Launch: The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei, with Roxane Gay, Tue 5/06, 7:00-8:30pm, New Design HS, 350 Grand St, Manhattan

Asian Comedy Fest 2025, Tue 5/06 through Thu 5/08, shows at 7pm and 9pm, Sugar Mouse NYC, 47 3rd Ave, Manhattan

Book Launch: The Manor of Dreams by Christina Li, with Chloe Gong, Wed 5/07, 7:00-8:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan

Immigrant Wellness Resource Fair, Wed 5/07, 2:00-6:00pm, UnLocal, 45 W 29th St, Suite 203, Manhattan

Films to See Before You Die: Suzaku, Wed 5/07, 6:30-8:30pm, Asia Society, 725 Park Ave, Manhattan, limited free tickets for students with ID

An Evening with Guadalupe Nettel (The Accidentals), with Radha Vatsal, Wed 5/07, 7:00-8:00pm, World’s Borough Bookshop, 3406 73rd St, Jackson Heights, Queens

In Celebration of The Hollow Half by Sarah Aziza (AAWW), Thu 5/08, 7:00pm, livestreaming, RSVP here

Jennifer Hope Choi: The Wanderer’s Curse, with T Kira Madden, Thu 5/08, 7:00-8:00pm, Books Are Magic Montague, 122 Montague St, Brooklyn

Spring Community Fest (MinKwon Center), Sat 5/10, 12:00-3:00pm, Murray Hill LIRR Station, Queens

Love & Unity in May Concert & Resource Fair, Sat 5/10, 2:00pm, Glow Community Center, 133-29 41st Ave 1FL, Flushing, Queens

A4: Mothers in the Arts, Sat 5/10, 2:00-4:00pm, STORM Bookstore, 118 Norman Ave, Brooklyn

A4: Queens Poetry Symposium Reading, Mon 5/12, 5:00pm, Queens Public Library at Flushing, Lower Level conference room, 41-17 Main St, Flushing Queens

Meet n Greet: Incredible by Maia and Alex Shibutani, Tue 5/13, 5:30-7:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan

The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration with editors Frank Abe and Floyd Cheung, Tue 5/13, 6:00-8:00pm, Roosevelt House at Hunter College, 47-49 E 65th St, Manhattan, and online, RSVP here

Book Launch: Walk Like a Girl by Prabal Gurung, with Eva Chen, Tue 5/13, 7:00-8:30pm, New Design HS, 350 Grand St, Manhattan

Book Talk: The Anti-Ableist Manifesto by Tiffany Yu, with Nitika Chopra, Wed 5/14, 7:00-8:00pm, Welcome to Chinatown, 115 Bowery, Manhattan

Queens Borough President AAPI Heritage Month Celebration, Thu 5/15, 5:00pm, Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd, Kew Gardens, Queens

Reclaiming Vietnam: A One-Woman Show by Kim Chinh, Thu 5/15, 6:00-7:30pm, Queens Public Library at Flushing, 41-17 Main St, Flushing, Queens, and on Zoom

Love-Grief in Poetry (AAWW), Thu 5/15, 7:00-8:00pm, Liz’s Book Bar, 315 Smith St, Brooklyn

The Shakuhachi 5: Shakuhachi Vogue – A Visual Concert, Fri 5/16, 7:30-9:00pm, Japan Society, 333 E 47th St, Manhattan, $43 non-member tickets

KCLS Author Voices: Kiku Hughes, Sat 5/17, 5:00-6:30pm ET, online via Zoom

Night for Impossible Light: Mutual Aid for Gaza, Sun 5/18, 4:00-6:00pm, World’s Borough Bookshop, 3406 73rd St, Jackson Heights, Queens

Book Party: The Summers Between Us by Noreen Nanja, Mon 5/19, 7:00-8:00pm, World’s Borough Bookshop, 3406 73rd St, Jackson Heights, Queens

Book Launch: Gingko Season by Naomi Xu Elegant, with Gina Chung, Tue 5/20, 7:00-8:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan

Center for Fiction Presents Madeleine Thien on The Book of Records, with Maaza Mengiste, Tue 5/20, 7:00-8:15pm, Center for Fiction, 15 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, and livestreaming

Book Talk: Transplants by Daniel Tam-Claiborne, with Elysha Chang, Wed 5/21, 7:00-8:30pm, New Design HS, 350 Grand St, Manhattan

Queens Borough President Guyanese Independence Day Celebration, Thu 5/22, 6:00pm, Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd, Kew Gardens, Queens

Book Talk: Becoming Ghost by Cathy Linh Che, with Kyle Lucia Wu, Thu 5/22, 7:00-8:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan

Kevin Nguyen: Mỹ Documents, Thu 5/22, 7:00-8:00pm, NYPL Schwarzman Building, Celeste Auditorium, 42nd St & 5th Ave, Manhattan, and livestreaming

2025 NYC AAPI 5K, Sat 5/24, 12:00-5:00pm, Pier 45, Hudson River Greenway, Manhattan

The Queens Review Spring 2025 Launch Party, Sun 5/25, 7:00pm, Unnameable Books, 615 Vanderbilt, Brooklyn

AAPI Heritage Night: New York Liberty v. Golden State Valkyries WNBA Game (AAWW), Tue 5/27, 7:00pm, Barclays Center, 620 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, $51.94 tickets

No, YOU Tell It! “My Place,” Wed 5/28, 7:00-9:00pm, Grove 34, 31-83 34th St, Astoria, Queens

2025 CUNY Asian American Film Festival, Fri 5/30, 6:00-8:00pm, CUNY Graduate Center, Martin Segal Theatre, 365 Fifth Ave, Manhattan

Laughing Lassi: Desi Standup Comedy Show, Fri 5/30, 7:00-8:30pm, Broadway Comedy Club, 318 W 53rd St, Manhattan

2025 AAPI Mayoral Forum, Tue 6/03, 6:00-8:00pm, New York Law School, 185 W Broadway, Manhattan

Celebrating Poetry with Jenevieve Ting, Francisco Delgado and Taiyo Na, Wed 6/04, 6:00-7:00pm, Queens Public Library at Flushing, 41-17 Main St, Flushing, Queens, and on Zoom

Eid Al Adha Picnic (Malikah), Fri 6/06, 1:00-5:00pm, Astoria Park, Queens

Astoria Halal Fest (Malikah), Sat 6/21, 12:00-6:00pm, Steinway St, Astoria, Queens

AAARI 24th Annual Gala, Mon 6/16, 5:30-9:00pm, CUNY Graduate Center, Concourse Level, 365 Fifth Ave, Manhattan, $200 regular tickets, $50 student tickets with ID

📌INTERNSHIPS & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

Handshake – online platform for QC students to search & apply for internships & jobs

Saint George Society’s Scholarship – scholarship award up to $6,800, apply by 5/09

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) Program – applications now being accepted on a rolling basis

Volunteer with Apex for Youth – info session on 5/06 at 7:00pm via Zoom

Volunteer with SAADA – remote summer opportunity for the role of Community Historians

✨RESOURCES

In case you didn’t already know, we have a Resources section on our website, where you’ll find not just QC and CUNY resources but other AAPI-related resources as well. These resources range from scholarly journals to various podcasts and YouTube channels to local AAPI-serving community organizations. Check them out! We also encourage immigrant students to connect with QC’s Immigrant Student Support Initiative—see their recent Instagram post about CUNY immigration resources.
And as always, if you need any support or help accessing resources on or off campus, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected] or DM us on Instagram @qcap.queens.

Happy Arab American Heritage Month, Ramadan Mubarak, and Happy Vaisakhi, Songkran, Pohela Boishakh, Vishu, Puthandu, Aluth Avurudda, Chol Chnam Thmay, Pi Mai, Thingyan, and Easter to everyone celebrating later this month!

Welcome to QCAP’s April newsletter for the Spring 2025 semester!

Updating you on events and opportunities for our Queens College AAPI community.

📣ANNOUNCEMENTS

Fill Out an Important Survey for a Chance to Win a $50 Gift Card!

QCAP would like to learn more about the experiences and needs of QC’s Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students. If you, your parents, or any of your ancestors migrated from East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, West Asia, and/or the Pacific Islands, please check your email for an important survey! (And if you didn’t receive an email with the survey link, please reach out to us at [email protected] or DM us on Instagram @qcap.queens.) It should take less than 10 minutes, and if you complete the survey by Friday, April 18, you’ll be entered into a raffle to win one of five $50 Amazon gift cards. (If you completed this survey last year, we invite you to fill it out again for another chance to win the raffle.) Please help us learn more about you so we can better serve and support all QC students!

The QCAP Community Space Is Open!

For the Spring 2025 semester, the QCAP Community Space in Powdermaker Hall 251 is open every Tuesday from 9:30am to 4:00pm! Stop by to study, take a break between classes, or learn more about QCAP’s programs and resources. We have snacks, a microwave, and an iMac available for student use!

The QCAP Space is also still available for reservation by students Monday through Thursday! If you would like to reserve the space for studying, meetings, etc., please book online at least 1 day in advance at https://qcapspacereservation.setmore.com/.

Note: The QCAP Community Space will be closed from April 8–18 for Spring Break.

Summer 2025 QCAP Faculty Workshops Application Now Open!

QCAP invites applications for our 2025 summer faculty development workshops, scheduled for August 7, 8, and 14. The QCAP Faculty Workshops are designed to support QC faculty in teaching QC’s diverse AAPI students, in understanding local AAPI histories and issues, and in developing and implementing Asian American studies course content and pedagogies.

The QCAP Faculty Workshops are open to QC faculty across all disciplines and fields. We especially encourage part-time/contingent faculty to apply. QC faculty who complete all 3 workshop sessions, complete assigned readings and tasks, and submit a post-workshop reflection will receive $1,600.

⭐️UPCOMING EVENTS

Tue 4/01: AACS + QCAP Chai & Lassi Chat

Stop by the QCAP Community Space (Powdermaker Hall 251, on the 2nd floor by the Urban Studies department office) on Tuesday, April 1, anytime between 12:15–1:30pm, to celebrate Eid and be in community with AAPI faculty, students, and allies! In addition to our usual chai and snacks, we’ll have mango lassi and henna cones for you to do your own henna! It’s a chance to destress and connect and learn more about both Asian American Community Studies (AACS) and QCAP. QC students from ALL backgrounds are welcome, and no registration necessary!

Save the Date: Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month Celebration with us on 5/05!

Mark your calendars for our AACS + QCAP AAPI Heritage Month Celebration on Monday, May 5, during free hour (12:15–1:30pm)! We’ll have cute crafts and yummy snacks, so you don’t want to miss it! Keep an eye on our QCAP Instagram for more details soon!

🌈 GETTING TO KNOW QCAP

Meet the QCAP Tutors!

Get to know our wonderful QCAP Multilingual Tutors below! And then visit the QC Writing Center (QCWC) website to learn more about the multilingual writing support offered at the QCWC and to make an appointment.

⏪QCAP RECAP

QCAP Mental Health Workshop with Renee Floresca (3/05)

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our spring QCAP Mental Health Workshop, “Self-Proclamation: Declaring Our Needs and Wants”! Led by Filipina actor, writer, and educator Renee Floresca, this workshop helped us destress and gain clarity on who we are and what we need and want in the current moment. Through interactive writing exercises and open discussion, we created a safe and welcoming space to share our personal journeys and express what matters most to us. It was a great reminder that it’s important to declare our needs and take care of ourselves. A huge thank you to Renee for speaking from her truth and helping to make this workshop such a meaningful experience! 

Ride with Delivery Workers Screening and Q&A (3/18)

We had an insightful evening with AACS and QCAP at the screening of Ride with Delivery Workers! We learned a lot about the lives of Chinese immigrant food delivery workers and the challenges they face. After the screening, filmmaker Jing Wang and Urban Studies professor Dr. Do Lee had a Q&A session where they shared more about the making of the film and discussed the workers’ experiences and their ongoing fight for food delivery workers’ rights in greater detail. A big thank you to Jing Wang and Professor Lee for their time and expertise, and to everyone who joined us!

Career Pathways & Asian American Studies Panel (3/24)

We were so inspired by the speakers at last week’s “Career Pathways & Asian American Studies” panel, co-organized by AACS and QCAP! Carolyn Tran, Kevin Park, Nabila Chowdhury, and Nadia Saleh each shared about their journeys throughout and after college and how their different career and life pathways had been shaped by studying Asian American studies and/or engaging Asian American communities. We’re so grateful to Carolyn, Kevin, Nabila, and Nadia for their generous and generative remarks, and we hope to invite them back for another career panel in the future!

🏫CAMPUS EVENTS

Ride the Cyclone (play), playing through Sun 4/06, Goldstein Theater, $10 tickets for QC students

Create Vision Boards & Chill (GSSP), Tue 4/01, 12:00-2:00pm, King Hall 210

Eid Bazaar, Tue 4/01, 1:00-4:00pm, Student Union Underground/LL50

Bonds and Beyond (NISA), Wed 4/02, 12:00-2:30pm, sign in to UKnighted for location

Scratch Art & Snacks (GSSP), Wed 4/02, 12:00-2:00pm, KIng Hall 210

Just Dance Disco, Wed 4/02, 12:15-1:30pm, Student Union 403

Study and Chill (Girls Who Code), Wed 4/02, 12:15-1:30pm, Student Union 310

Spring 2025 Dance Workshops, Wed 4/02, 4/09, 4/23, and 4/30, 12:15-1:30pm, Rathaus Hall Studio 101B

A Roundtable on Careers in Media and Publishing, Wed 4/02, 7:00pm, in person QC Art Center (Rosenthal Library 6th Floor) and via Zoom

Holi Party (SASA), Thu 4/03, 5:00-8:00pm, Student Union Front Yard

Movie Night in the Pool, Fri 4/04, doors open 6:00pm, movie starts 6:30pm, Fitzgerald Gym Aquatics Center

Brooklyn Folk Festival in Queens, Sat 4/05, 8:00-9:30pm, LeFrak Concert Hall, $25 tickets

Weekly Yoga with Exhale to Inhale, Mon 4/07 (and every Monday through 5/12, except 4/14), 12:00-12:45pm, Muysken Conference Room in the Summit

NYC Men Teach Monday ft. Dr. Jonathan Paul Higgins, Mon 4/07, 12:00-1:30pm, Student Union Faculty & Staff Lounge (SU 126)

Knights Table – Fresh Food Bag Program, Mon 4/07 and 4/21, 12:15-1:30pm, Student Union Diner

Carnival Costume Workshops (CSA), Mon 4/07, Wed 4/09, Mon 4/21, and Wed 4/23, 12:15-1:30pm, Powdermaker Hall 115

April GBM: Filipino Crafts (TROPA), Mon 4/07, 12:15-1:30pm, sign in to UKnighted for location

Dance Battle, Mon 4/07, 12:15-1:30pm, Rathaus Hall Studio 101B

Prom Closet for Second Chance Prom Ticket Holders, Tue 4/08, 4:00-6:00pm, and Wed 4/09, 12:00-2:00pm, Student Union LL37

Movie Night (SSA), Tue 4/08, 6:00-10:00pm, sign in to UKnighted for location

Etiquette Dinner, Tue 4/08, 6:00-8:00pm, Student Union Faculty & Staff Club, RSVP by 4/03

Video Game Afternoon (Pokemon Club), Wed 4/09, 12:15-1:30pm, Powdermaker Hall 112

From Leadership to Resume: A Resume Workshop, Wed 4/09, 12:15-1:30pm, Student Union 310

COVID Memorial, Wed 4/09, 12:30-1:00pm, Cooperman Plaza

What’s Next? Preparing and Supporting Immigrant Students, Wed 4/09, 3pm, Patio Room (Dining Hall 114)

PSC-CUNY Film Screening: Union, Wed 4/09, 4:00pm, Rosenthal Library Room 230

ANAD Fashion Show, Wed 4/09, 6:30-9:30pm, Student Union 4th Floor Ballroom

MA Program in Urban Affairs Virtual Info Session, Wed 4/09, 6:30pm, via Zoom

Belladonna* Collaborative Reading: Elisa Gonzalez & Megan Pinto, Wed 4/09, 7:00pm, in person in Q-Side (Dining Hall) and via Zoom

Nia Winslow Artist Talk, Thu 4/10, 6:00pm, Klapper Hall 672

Breaking Barriers: A Conversation with Jim Hughes, Thu 4/10, 6:00pm, Kiely Hall 264 

Pronoun Party on the Quad!, Mon 4/21, 12:00-2:00pm, Quad (rain location is Dining Hall)

Intern to Return Offer, Mon 4/21, 12:15-1:30pm, location TBA

Qawwali Night (PSA), Mon 4/21, 6:00-10:00pm, sign in to UKnighted for location

Comedy Hour with Sunny Laprade, Wed 4/23, 12:00-1:15pm, Faculty & Staff Lounge (Student Union 126)

Enchanted Forest Second Chance Prom, Thu 4/24, 6:00-9:00pm, Student Union Underground

Yardies vs Yankees (CSA), Mon 4/28, 12:15-1:30pm, Faculty & Staff Lounge (Student Union 126)

A Life in the Arts with Evridiki Ladas, Mon 4/28, 12:15-1:30pm, Klapper Hall 4th Floor Student Gallery

Caribbean Dance Workshop (CSA), Tue 4/29, 5:00-8:30pm, Student Union LL50

Senior Class Toast 2025, Wed 4/30, 1:00-3:00pm, Patio Room (Dining Hall 114)

Spring Gala (NISA), Thu 5/01, 4:00-8:00pm, sign in to UKnighted for location

Fashion N’ Fete (CSA), Thu 5/01, 6:00-10:00pm, Student Union LL50

💗COMMUNITY EVENTS IN NYC

Amm(i)gone, playing through 4/07, limited number of $10 Theatre for Everyone tickets

Sondheim’s Old Friends, playing through 6/15, $49 tickets with code MTCJL

Book Launch: Boat Baby by Vicky Nguyen, with Hoda Kotb, Tue 4/01, 7:00-8:30pm, New Design HS Library, 350 Grand St, Manhattan

Teaching Japanese American Wartime Incarceration in Elementary Classrooms, Wed 4/02, 6:30-7:40pm, online via Zoom

“Mama, Are We Black or White?” and Other Intergenerational Conversations for Freedom by OiYan Poon, Thu 4/03, 12:30-1:30pm, Charles B. Wang Center Theatre, Stony Brook University

Marriage Equality and LGBTQ Rights in Taiwan, Thu 4/03, 1:00-3:00pm, BMCC N-451, 199 Chambers St, Manhattan

Andrew Ahn: A Director’s Talk, Thu 4/03, 6:30pm, Korea Society, 350 Madison Ave, 24th Floor, Manhattan

Book Launch: The Other Lata by Kirthana Ramisetti, with Kirstin Chen, Thu 4/03, 7:00-8:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan

CUNY Immigrant Advocacy Conference, Thu 4/03 and Fri 4/04, 9:00am-5:00pm, BMCC, 199 Chambers St, Manhattan

4th Annual CUNY LGBTQI+ Student Conference, Fri 4/04, 9:00am-6:00pm, Bronx Community College, 2155 University Ave, Bronx

Volunteer for Gaton Foundation’s Give & Go Grocery Project, Fri 4/04, 3:30-6:00pm, 109-59 Inwood St, Jamaica, NY, P.S. 160 Cafeteria

Creating Archives: Book Talk with Gaiutra Bahadur, Fri 4/04, 6:30-8:00pm, online via Zoom, and in person at AAARI, 25 W 43rd St, 10th Floor, Room 1000, Manhattan

Mystery Night: No. 10 Doyers Street by Radha Vatsal, Fri 4/04, 7:00pm, World’s Borough Bookshop, 3406 73rd St, Jackson Heights, Queens

The Hunger & the Haunt, Fri 4/04 and Sat 4/05, 7:00-9:00pm, Culture Lab LIC, 5-25 46th Ave, Queens

Nature & Us Writing Workshop, Sun 4/06, 10:00am-12:00pm, World’s Borough Bookshop, 3406 73rd St, Jackson Heights, Queens

Asian American Theatre Artists Collective – Directory Launch & Panels, Mon 4/07, 11:30am-4:30pm, Dramatists Guild Foundation, 520 8th Ave, Suite 2501, Manhattan

Queens Borough President’s Eid al-Fitr Celebration, Mon 4/07, 6:00pm, Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd, Kew Gardens, Queens

CUNY-IIE Policy Series: Supporting Immigrant-Origin Students in PK-12 New York State Schools, Mon 4/07, 6:30-7:30pm, online via Zoom

Louder Than the Lies by Ellie Yang Camp, in conversation with Hannah Bae, Mon 4/07, 7:00pm, World’s Borough Bookshop, 3406 73rd St, Jackson Heights, Queens

Queens Borough President’s Vaisakhi Celebration, Tue 4/08, 6:00pm, Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd, Kew Gardens, Queens

Re-imagining Tales from Historic New York Chinatown, Tue 4/08, 6:30-7:30pm, Think!Chinatown’s Studio, 1 Pike St, Manhattan

Asian Mental Health Bookclub Author Event with Teresa Wong, Tue 4/08, 8:00-9:00pm, online

How to Respond to Anti-Asian/American Harassment, Wed 4/09, 3:00pm, online via Zoom

Intersections: A Journalistic History of Asian Pacific America Book Launch, Wed 4/09, 6:00-8:00pm, NYU Journalism, 20 Cooper Sq, Room 7C, Manhattan

Kevin Nguyen’s My Documents, in conversation with Tracy O’Neill, Wed 4/09, 7:00-8:00pm, in person at Books Are Magic, 122 Montague St, Brooklyn, and on YouTube Live

Standing Above the Clouds: Screening & Discussion, Wed 4/09, 7:00-9:00pm, NYU Cantor Film Center, Theater 200, 36 E 8th Street, Manhattan

Book Launch: Don’t Sleep with the Dead by Nghi Vo, Thu 4/10, 7:00-8:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan

National (un)Belonging: Bengali American Women on Imagining and Contesting Culture and Identity, Fri 4/11, 6:00-7:30pm, online via Zoom, and in person at AAARI, 25 W 43rd St, 10th Floor, Room 1000, Manhattan

Family Movie Day: Mulan, Sat 4/12, 12:00-2:00pm, Jerome Park Library Community Room, 118 Eames Pl, Bronx

Blasian March Book Fair, Sat 4/12, 1:00-5:00pm, Immigrant Social Services, 137 Henry St, Manhattan

Self-Defense Workshop, Sat 4/12, 1:00-3:00pm, World’s Borough Bookshop, 3406 73rd St, Jackson Heights, Queens

Meet & Greet: In the Kusina by Woldy Reyes, Sun 4/13, 12:00-1:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan

Zine Making Workshop with Lisa Ko: Memory Piece Paperback Event, Sun 4/13, 2:00pm, World’s Borough Bookshop, 3406 73rd St, Jackson Heights, Queens

Resistance through Representation: Anna May Wong’s Daughter of Shanghai, Tue 4/15, 7:00-8:30pm, Think!Chinatown’s Studio, 1 Pike St, Manhattan

Meet & Greet: The Choi of Cooking by Roy Choi, Tue 4/15, 7:00-8:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan

Queens Borough President’s Bangladesh Independence Day Celebration, Wed 4/16, 6:00pm, Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd, Kew Gardens, Queens

Malikah’s National Muslim Women’s Summit, Sat 4/19, 1:00-8:00pm, Islamic Center at NYU, 238 Thompson St, Manhattan

José Andrés: Change the Recipe, Mon 4/21, 7:00-8:00pm, livestreaming and in person at NYU Schwarzman Building, Celeste Bartos Forum, 5th Ave and 42nd St, Manhattan

Book Talk: Caring for Caregivers by Valerie Francisco-Menchavez, Tue 4/22, 5:00-6:30pm, NYU Espacio de Culturas, 53 Washington Sq S, Manhattan

Mai Der Vang presents Primordial, in conversation with Monica Sok, Tue 4/22, 6:30pm, McNally Jackson Seaport, 4 Fulton St, Manhattan

Book Launch: Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse by Vinh Nguyen, with Monique Truong, Thu 4/24, 7:00-8:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan

AA/AS Brown Bag: A Refuge for Jae-in Doe and Other Fugues by Seo-Young Chu, Fri 4/25, 12:00-1:00pm, online via Zoom

Propaganda, Communication and Empire: Western Intervention in Afghanistan, Fri 4/25, 5:30-7:00pm, online via Zoom

Fifty Years from Now (part of Acts of Memory: Commemorating Cambodia’s Resilience & Celebrating Cultural Renaissance), Sat 4/26, 3:00-4:00pm, online via Zoom

Sham Al Naseem with Malikah, Sun 4/27, 12:00-4:00pm, Astoria Park

Queens Borough President’s Songkran Celebration, Mon 4/28, 5:00pm, Queens Borough Hall, 120-55 Queens Blvd, Kew Gardens, Queens

Book Launch: Bad Influence by Claire Ahn, with Ruth Chan, Tue 4/29, 7:00-8:30pm, New Design HS Library, 350 Grand St, Manhattan

Book Talk: To Have and Have More by Sanibel, with Eric Kim, Thu 5/01, 7:00-8:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan

📌INTERNSHIPS & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

Handshake – online platform for QC students to search & apply for internships & jobs

CUNY Cultural Corps – apply by March 31, 2025

CUNY Internship to Employment (I2E) Program – for recent CUNY alum (January 2023-January 2025); apply by April 2, 2025

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) Program – applications now being accepted on a rolling basis

APAICS Office Internships – for Summer 2025, apply by April 18, 2025

Chinatown Youth Initiatives (CYI) Program – interest form

✨RESOURCES

In case you didn’t already know, we have a Resources section on our website, where you’ll find not just QC and CUNY resources but other AAPI-related resources as well. These resources range from scholarly journals to various podcasts and YouTube channels to local AAPI-serving community organizations. Check them out!

And if you need any support or help accessing resources on or off campus, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected] or DM us on Instagram @qcap.queens. 

Happy Women’s History Month, Happy Holi, and a blessed Ramadan and Lent to everyone observing this month!

Welcome to QCAP’s March newsletter for the Spring 2025 semester!

Updating you on events and opportunities for our Queens College AAPI community.

📣ANNOUNCEMENTS

The QCAP Community Space Is Now Open!

For the Spring 2025 semester, the QCAP Community Space in Powdermaker Hall 251 is open every Tuesday from 9:30am to 4:00pm! Stop by to study, take a break between classes, or learn more about QCAP’s programs and resources for AAPI students. We have snacks, a microwave, and an iMac available for student use!

The QCAP Space is also still available for reservation by students Monday through Thursday! If you would like to reserve the space for studying, meetings, etc., please book online at least 1 day in advance at https://qcapspacereservation.setmore.com/.

⭐️UPCOMING EVENTS

Wed 3/05: QCAP Mental Health Workshop with Renee Floresca

Join us for our spring QCAP Mental Health Workshop, “Self-Proclamation: Declaring Our Needs and Wants” on Wednesday, March 5, during free hour (12:15–1:30pm) in the Dining Hall Patio Room (DH 114). We’re excited to welcome back Filipina actor, writer, and educator Renee Floresca to help us destress and get clear about who we are and what we need in this current moment! Through interactive writing exercises and open discussion, this workshop will be a safe, welcoming space to be ourselves and share what’s important to us. All are welcome, and snacks will be provided!

Tue 3/18: Ride with Delivery Workers: A Screening and Q&A with Filmmaker Jing Wang and Prof. Do Lee

Join AACS and QCAP for a screening of Ride with Delivery Workers and a Q&A session with filmmaker Jing Wang and Urban Studies professor Dr. Do Lee on Tuesday, March 18, from 5:00–7:00pm in Q-Side (Dining Hall 122). We’ll have the opportunity to dive into the lives of immigrant food delivery workers and explore the challenges they face. After the screening, in the Q&A, we’ll have a chance to learn more about the workers and the making of the film. This event is open to all QC students, faculty, and staff, and we encourage you to come with your questions. We hope to see you there!

Mon 3/24: Career Pathways and Asian American Studies Panel

Save the date for “Career Pathways and Asian American Studies” on Monday, March 24, during free hour (12:15–1:30pm), in the Rosenthal Library’s President’s Conference Room #2 (RO 525). Cosponsored by AACS and QCAP, this event will feature a diverse panel of special guests who will share about their experiences studying Asian American studies and/or engaging Asian American communities and how these experiences have shaped their career and life pathways. Come learn about different career possibilities and what you can do with an Asian American Community Studies (AACS) Minor! All students are welcome, and stay tuned for more details soon via our QCAP Instagram!

⏪QCAP RECAP

QCAP Palentine’s Candygrams (2/10)

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our Candygram event! We loved seeing all the creativity and fun DIY cards you made. Whether you made one for a friend, a loved one, or yourself, we hope it brought a little extra joy to your day! Stay tuned for more exciting QCAP events and workshops. 💌🍬

AACS + QCAP Chai Chat (2/11)

Our first AACS + QCAP Chai Chat of this semester kicked off with a warm, welcoming atmosphere. Over chai and snacks, students and faculty had the chance to get to know each other and chat about the AACS Minor and QCAP. Thank you to everyone who joined us, and we hope to connect with more folks at our events in March (see above) and our next Chai Chat on Tuesday, April 1, from 12:15–1:30pm, in the QCAP Space (Powdermaker 251)!

🏫CAMPUS EVENTS

Daily Iftars (MSA), Monday through Thursday during Ramadan, around 5:15pm, pick up in Student Union 2nd Floor (unless announced otherwise)

Women’s History Month Paint Class, Tue 3/04, 3:00-4:30pm, Student Union 126 (Faculty & Staff Lounge), RSVP to secure a spot

Ceramics Club Mixer & Art Show, Tue 3/04, 6:00-9:00pm, location TBA

Journey through Islamic History (MSA), Wed 3/05, 12:00-2:00pm, location TBA

March GBM: Filipino Games (TROPA), Wed 3/05, 12:15-1:40pm, Student Union 301

Wellness Wednesday – Decorate Your Own Journal (BLASK-LCD), Wed 3/05, 12:15-1:30pm, QH 340

Pokémon TCG Tournament, Wed 3/05, 12:15-1:30pm, location TBA

Dance Workshops: Open Level K-POP Girl Group Dance, Wed 3/05 (and different workshops every Wednesday), 12:15-1:30pm, Rathaus Hall Studio 101B

Harvest Fest, Wed 3/05, 12:15-2:00pm, the Quad, free fresh produce while supplies last

Wed Night Study Hall: Quiet Writing Hours, Wed 3/05 (and every Wednesday), 5:00-8:00pm, Kiely Hall 229 (Writing Center)

Masjid Decor Workshop (NISA), Thu 3/06, 12:30-2:30pm, location TBA

Resume & LinkedIn Roasting Workshop (ColorStack), Thu 3/06, 12:15-1:30pm, Powdermaker Hall 121

Iftaar and Importance of Tawakkul (MSA), Thu 3/06, 4:00-8:00pm, location TBA

Ramadan Iftar, Thu 3/06, 5:45pm, Student Union 126 (Faculty & Staff Lounge)

South Asian Student Association Movie Night – Pushpa 2: The Rule, Thu 3/06, 6:30-10:30pm, Campbell Dome

Weekly Yoga with Exhale to Inhale, Mon 3/10 (and every Monday through May 12), 12:00-12:45pm, Muysken Conference Room in the Summit

Chill Out: Relax and Unwind (GSA), Mon 3/10, 12:15-1:30pm, Student Union 310

Care Package Workshop (Women in STEM, NISA, MSA, Girls Who Code), Mon 3/10, 12:15-1:30pm, location TBA

Knights Table – Fresh Food Bag Program, Mon 3/10 (and every Monday), 12:15-1:30pm, Student Union Diner

Chinese Christian Fellowship Weekly Gathering, Mon 3/10 (and every Monday), 12:00-1:30pm, Student Union 3rd Floor

Navigating Imposter Syndrome, Mon 3/10, 12:30-1:30pm, Student Union 307

Islamic Trivia + Video Lecture (NISA), Mon 3/10, 12:30-2:00pm, location TBA

First Iftar (MSA), Mon 3/10, 4:00-8:00pm, location TBA

A Reading by Edwidge Danticat (Writers at Queens), Mon 3/10, 7:00pm, LeFrak Concert Hall and also virtual via Zoom

Procrastination Group (Counseling Services), Wed 3/12 (and every Wednesday through May 16), 10:00-10:50am, location TBA

Korean Club Phone Charm Workshop, Wed 3/12, 12:15–1:30pm, location TBA

Tech Pathways Speed Networking Edition (ColorStack), Wed 3/12, 12:15-1:30pm, location TBA

Strengthening Leadership Development Skills, Wed 3/12, 12:15–1:15pm, Student Union 310

Iftar Event (MSA), Wed 3/12, 4:00-8:00pm, location TBA

Iftar and Ramadan Reflection (MSA), Thu 3/13, 4:00-8:00pm, location TBA

Career & Internship Fair, Mon 3/17, 12:00-2:00pm, Student Union Ballroom 4th Floor

Halaqah + Kahoot (NISA), Mon 3/17, 12:30-2:00pm, location TBA

Knights Giving Room, Wed 3/19, 11:00am-3:00pm, Student Union Underground

Slime and Rewind (Wellness Society, Relax and Crafts Club), Wed 3/19, 12:00-1:30pm, location TBA

Careers Across the Spectrum: A Women’s Panel, Wed 3/19, 12:15-1:30pm, location TBA

Date Making Event/Iftaar (NISA), Wed 3/19, 4:30-7:00pm, location TBA

Women’s History Month Panel (CSA), Thu 3/20, 4:00-6:00pm, Student Union 126 (Faculty & Staff Lounge)

Etiquette Dinner, Thu 3/20, 6:00-8:00pm, Dining Hall Patio Room

Carnival Costume Workshops (CSA), Mon 3/24, 12:15-1:30pm, Powdermaker Hall 115

Ramadan Reflections (NISA), Mon 3/24, 12:30-2:00pm, location TBA

Immigrant Student Career Success Workshop, Tuesday 3/25, 12:15-2:00pm, Muyskens Conference Room in the Summit

UNO Madness, Tue 3/25, 5:00-7:00pm, Student Union 307

How to Maintain Your Joy, Wed 3/26, 12:15-1:15pm, Student Union 310

Knights Day of Service, Fri 3/28, 1:00-4:00pm, check in at the Student Union Faculty & Staff Lounge then volunteer at one of three different sites, register to join waiting list

💗COMMUNITY EVENTS IN NYC

SUMO play, through 3/30 (AANHPI Community Night on Fri 3/07), Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St, Manhattan; $40 tickets with code CUNY2425

Dakar 2000 play, through March 23, Manhattan Theatre Club/New York City Center Stage 1, 131 W 55th St, Manhattan, $38 tickets with code MTCJL

Book Launch: The Scorpion and the Night Blossom by Amélie Wen Zhao, Tue 3/04, 7:00-8:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan

Iftar on the Go!, Wed 3/05 and 3/12, 4:30pm, Malikah Safety Center, 25-61 Steinway St, Astoria

Book Celebration: Worlds at the End: Los Angeles, Infrastructure, and the Apocalyptic Imagination by Pacharee Sudhinaraset, Wed 3/05, 5:30-7:30pm, NYU Social and Cultural Analysis Department Flex Space, 20 Cooper Square, 4th Floor, Manhattan

Immigrant’s Rights Info Session, Wed 3/06, 6:00pm, virtual; email [email protected] for Zoom link

For a Safe and Healthy World: Talk by a Nuclear-Bomb Survivor, Thu 3/06, 12:30-2:15pm, Brooklyn College, Student Center State Lounge (Room 502)

Book Launch: I Have Brought You a Severed Hand by Ghayath Almadhoun, Thu 3/06, 7:00-8:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan

Artist Talk: Leekyung Kang on Entombed in Static, Fri 3/07, 6:00-7:30pm, AAARI, 25 W 43rd St, 10th Floor, Room 1000, Manhattan

Angry Asian Womxn Annual Day of Remembrance, Sat 3/08, 1:30-4:00pm, Immigrant Social Services, 137 Henry St, Manhattan

An Evening with Du Yun featuring Ok Miss, NOMON, and DJ Rekha, Sat 3/08, 7:30pm, National Sawdust, 80 N 6th St, Brooklyn

Jess Lee Concert, Sat 3/08, 8:00-9:30pm, Queens College Colden Auditorium, 153-49 Reeves Avenue, Flushing

Ramadan Free Hot Halal Meals, Mon 3/10 and every Monday during Ramadan, 4:30pm, Malikah Center, 25-61 Steinway St, Astoria

A Reading by Edwidge Danticat (Writers at Queens), Mon 3/10, 7:00pm, Queens College LeFrak Concert Hall and virtual via Zoom

Ready for the Fight: Labor Law, Unions, and Social Movements! colloquium, Tue 3/11, 1:30-8:00pm, and Wed 3/12, 12:00-6:30pm, NYU School of Law, 40 Washington Square S, Manhattan

Book Launch: Luminous by Silvia Park, Tue 3/11, 6:00-7:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan

Pen Parentis: From Page to Screen panel, Tue 3/11, 7:00-8:00pm, virtual, RSVP here

Cooking Across Borders with the League of Kitchens, Tue 3/11, 7:00-8:00pm, NYPL Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 476 Fifth Ave, Manhattan

Etoki (Picture-Storytellers) from Japan, Tue 3/11, 5:00-7:30pm, The Forum at Columbia University, 605 W 125th St, Manhattan

NYC Ramadan Night Market, Thu 3/13, 7:00-11:30pm, Steinway Street between 28th and 25th Aves, Astoria, Queens

Morning Mist Night Thunder: Du Yun and Friends, Thu 3/13, 7:30-10:0pm, Asia Society, 725 Park Ave, Manhattan

Book Talk: I Leave It Up to You by Jinwoo Chong, Thu 3/13, 7:00-8:30pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan

NYC Women’s Iftar for International Women’s Day, Sat 3/15, 5:00-8:00pm, Lava Shawarma NYC, Manhattan

Brooklyn Raga Massive: Tradition to Innovation, Sat 3/15, 8:00-9:30pm, Queens College LeFrak Concert Hall, 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing

A National Landscape of AANAPISI: Exploring Historical Foundations and Current Dilemmas in Higher Education, Mon 3/17, 11:00am-12:30pm, virtual via Zoom and in person at AAARI, 24 W 43rd St, 10th Floor, Room 1000, Manhattan

Faux Feminism: Why We Fall for White Feminism and How We Can Stop by Serene Khader, Tue 3/18, 6:00-7:15pm, virtual, register for Zoom here

Book Launch: I’ll Love You Forever by Giaae Kwon, Tue 3/18, 7:00-8:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan

Changes to Immigration Policy Under the Trump Administration: Implications and Consequences, Wed 3/19, 5:30-6:30 pm, NYU Law School, Lipton Hall, 108 West Third St, Manhattan

Home Court: Screening and Talk, Wed 3/19, 6:00-8:00pm, 259 Convent Ave, Shepard Hall 291

Book Launch: No. 10 Doyers Street by Radha Vatsal, Wed 3/19, 7:00-8:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan

In Celebration of Wenzhou Street Sonnets by Mila Jao Barry, Thu 3/20, 7:00-9:00pm, The World’s Borough Bookshop, 3406 73rd St, Jackson Heights

Book Talk: Love Can’t Feed You by Cherry Lou Sy, Fri 3/21, 5:30-7:00pm, AAARI, 25 W 43rd St, 10th Floor, Room 1000, Manhattan

Holi, Phagwa: A Celebration of Colors, Spring, and Unity!, Sat 3/22, 2:15pm, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd, Flushing

Indian Dance Celebration with the Ajna Dance Company, Sun 3/23, 3:00-4:30pm, Bayside Historical Society, 208 Totten Ave, Bayside

Indo-Constellations: Rāginī Festival x Flushing Town Hall’s First Mini-Global Mashup Festival, Sun 3/23, 5:00pm, Flushing Town Hall Theater, 137-35 Northern Blvd, Flushing

Virtual Workshop: Schooling in the Camps: The Effects of Wartime Incarceration on Japanese American Youth, Mon 3/24, 7:00-8:30pm, virtual via Zoom

Empowering Women in STEM, Tue 3/25, 5:30-8:30pm, Nippon Club Rose Room 145 West 57th St, Manhattan

Trans Day of Visibility: Love on Us, Fri 3/28, 5:00-8:00pm, Jamaica Performing Arts Center, 153-10 Jamaica Ave, Jamaica

Sonic Histories with Chinatown Records, Fri 3/28, 7:00-9:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan

Laughing Lassi – Desi Standup Comedy Show, Fri 3/28, 7:00-8:30pm, Broadway Comedy Club, 318 West 53rd St, Manhattan

Xiaobei’s Guide, Sun 3/30, 8:00pm, Queens College Colden Auditorium

Book Launch: Boat Baby by Vicky Nguyen, Tue 4/01, 7:00-8:30pm, New Design HS Library, 350 Grand St, Manhattan

Creating Archives: Book Talk with Gaiutra Bahadur, Fri 4/04, 6:30-8:00pm, AAARI, 25 W 43rd St, 10th Floor, Room 1000, Manhattan

📌INTERNSHIPS & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

Handshake – Online platform for QC students to search & apply for internships & jobs

College & Career Readiness Bridge Coach – Applications due 3/14

Times Square Alliance Fellow – Applications due 3/14

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) Program – Applications due 3/15

Chinatown Youth Initiatives Program – Interest form

✨RESOURCES

In case you didn’t already know, we have a Resources section on our website, where you’ll 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. Check them out!
And if you need any support or help accessing resources, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected].

Happy Black History (and Futures) Month, and Happy Lunar New Year / Tết / Seollal / Losar, Lantern Festival, Maha Shivaratri, and Mashramani to everyone celebrating this month!

Welcome to QCAP’s February newsletter for the Spring 2025 semester!

Updating you on events and opportunities for our Queens College AAPI community.

📣ANNOUNCEMENTS

The QCAP Community Space Is Now Open!

For the Spring 2025 semester, the QCAP Community Space will be open every Tuesday from 9:30am to 4pm, starting on Feb. 4! Stop by to study, take a break between classes, or learn more about QCAP’s programs and resources for AAPI students. We have snacks and a microwave and computer available for student use.

The QCAP Space is also still available for students Monday through Thursday by reservation! If you would like to reserve the space for studying, meetings, etc., please book online at least 1 day in advance at https://qcapspacereservation.setmore.com/.

Learn More about Asian American Community Studies (AACS)!

We are excited to help revitalize Asian American Community Studies (AACS, pronounced “aches”) on our campus! AACS is an interdisciplinary academic program at QC, housed in the Urban Studies department, that collaborates with QCAP to support AAPI students, faculty, staff, and allies across campus. AACS courses and programming are open to anyone interested in learning more about AAPI communities (with roots in Central, East, South, Southeast, and West Asia and the Pacific Islands, and including Asian diasporas like Indo-Caribbeans) and the field of Asian American studies.

AACS is also a minor! The AACS Minor provides opportunities for students from all majors to learn about the complex histories, cultures, and politics of Asian America; to connect critical inquiry and action for social change; and to engage in research and service learning here in Queens/NYC. The minor is ideal for students who want to pursue careers in the arts, business, education, government, healthcare, international affairs, the law, nonprofits, social services, and more.

The minor is 18 credits and consists of THREE required courses (AACS 107: Immigrant Communities in Queens, ENGL 369: Asian American Literature, and AACS 370: Capstone, Fieldwork in Asian American Communities) and THREE additional elective courses.

Prerequisites for AACS minor courses may be waived upon request, and there is a lot of flexibility with the electives. If you have any questions or would like to learn more, please reach out to AACS at [email protected] or the AACS Faculty Advisor, Dr. Soniya Munshi, at [email protected]. And please join us for our first Chai Chat of the semester—see announcement below!

⭐️UPCOMING EVENTS

Tue 2/11: AACS + QCAP Chai Chat

Stop by the QCAP Community Space (Powdermaker Hall 251, on the 2nd floor by the Urban Studies department office) on Tuesday, February 11, during free hour (12:15–1:30pm), for some chai and snacks and the chance to be in community with AAPI faculty, students, and allies! This is a great opportunity to learn more about Asian American Community Studies (AACS) and about QCAP and to ask any questions you might have! This is part of a series of regular free-hour Chai Chats that AACS and QCAP host throughout the academic year, so please join us! No registration necessary!

Save the Date: QCAP Mental Health Workshop with Renee Floresca on Wed 3/05

Mark your calendars for the first QCAP Mental Health Workshop of the spring semester! Filipina actor, artist, writer, and educator Renee Floresca will be returning on Wednesday, March 5, during free hour (12:15–1:30pm) to help us destress! Keep an eye on our QCAP Instagram for more details soon! 

🌈 GETTING TO KNOW QCAP

Meet Our Research Partners!

As many of you already know, QCAP aims to support the academic success, mental health, and community engagement of QC’s diverse and underserved AAPI students, and we’re funded by a federal grant from the US Department of Education’s AANAPISI Program. What you may not know is that the QCAP Team has been collaborating with a group of awesome educational researchers who are studying our work and helping us figure out how to best serve and support our students. Together we formed something called a Research-Practice Partnership (RPP). Learn more about our research partners below, and please say hi next time you see them at one of our events!

Hello there! This is Mike Hoa Nguyen. I’m an Assistant Professor of Education at New York University. For our RPP, I’m an AANAPISI researcher, where I focus on how AANAPISIs like QCAP can use its federal funds to build capacity to serve students like you. I’m excited to be a part of this RPP and grateful for the opportunity to work with so many wonderful people at Queens College. And as you can tell from my picture, I really like Star Wars.

Hello! My name is Ung-Sang Lee, and I am an Assistant Professor of Qualitative Methods at University of Nevada, Las Vegas’s College of Education. To our RPP, I bring expertise in participatory research methods, which seeks to make research more collaborative, grounded in everyday problems, and justice-focused. I am honored to be part of this RPP, which aligns with the absolute priority in my research, which is to advance racial justice and equity in educational institutions. In my spare time, I enjoy gardening and cooking.

Hello! I’m Federick Ngo and I am an Associate Professor of Higher Education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. I study the effects of education policy and practice on student outcomes, and I am excited to be supporting the RPP team with quantitative data analysis. Here’s a photo of me from the perspective of a bench. Why? You’ll have to ask the photographer about that! Fun Fact: I spent the first decade of my life in Syracuse, NY. Go Orange!

Håfa adai! My name is Odorico San Nicolas. I am an indigenous Chamorro scholar who was born and raised on the island of Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands, and I am a PhD candidate at New York University studying higher and postsecondary education. My research focuses on examining the role of academic institutions in supporting Asian and Pacific Islander college student success. As a member of this RPP, I support the data collection, management, and analysis processes as we work to better understand how AANAPISI institutions, like Queens College, serve its Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AA&NHPI) communities. Outside of academia, I enjoy frequenting local coffee shops, parks, and museums.

Hello! This is Toby Wu, and I’m a 3rd year PhD candidate in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at NYU. My role as a research assistant is to support different aspects of the research project, especially qualitative data collection and analysis. I’m a proud Brooklynite, and I love to talk about food in New York City. Here’s a photo of me carving my first jack-o-lantern!

⏪QCAP RECAP

QCAP Mental Health Workshop with Tyler Yin (12/04)

We had an amazing time at QCAP’s final Art + Mental Health Workshop of the Fall 2024 semester with artist, designer, and creative technologist Tyler Yin! Through collage-zine making, we explored how creating rules and instructions can guide us through uncertainty, helping us reflect on boundaries and discover new perspectives. The workshop offered a creative and relaxing way to unwind, connect, and think differently about the role of rules in our daily lives. Thank you to Tyler for an engaging presentation and session and to everyone who joined us! This was a great way to end the semester on a creative and thoughtful note.

🏫CAMPUS EVENTS

Club Day Spring 2025, Wed 2/05, 12:15-1:30pm, Student Union Ballroom (SU 4th Floor)

Know Your Rights: Empowerment Workshops for Immigrant Students, Wed 2/05, 12:15-2:00pm, virtual, & Tue 2/18, 12:15-2:00pm, Q-Side Lounge (Dining Hall)

Career Conversations: Media Studies QC Alum Will Sammon, Wed 2/05, 12:15-1:30pm, Powdermaker Hall 113

Harvest Fest, Wed 2/05, 12:30-2:00pm, free fresh produce while supplies last

Smoke ft. Ashlee Haze: Poetry Performance, Mon 2/10, 12:15-1:30pm, Student Union 301

Chinese Christian Fellowship, Mon 2/10 (and every Monday), 11:00am-2:00pm, Student Union 304

Nacho Tappo: Bhangra Workshop, Wed 2/12, 12:00-2:00pm, Dining Hall Patio Room

Lunar New Year Celebration, Thu 2/13, 12:15-1:40pm, Dining hall (Midway cafe)

QC Caribbean Student Association Presents Sweet Talk, Thu 2/13, 5:30-9:30pm, Student Union 126 (Faculty & Staff Lounge)

Pakistani Student Association Meet and Greet, Thu 2/13, 6:00-10:00pm, location TBA

Cupid’s Ball, Thu 2/13, 7:00-11:00pm, Ball Room

QC Jalsa Spring Auditions, Tue 2/18, 6:00-8:00pm, Fitzgerald Gym 313

Black History Month Trivia, Wed 2/19, 12:15-1:30pm, Student Union 126 (Faculty & Staff Lounge)

Mash Up Yuh Mask Mashramani Celebration, Wed 2/19, 12:15-1:30pm, Powdermaker Hall 132

Squid Games Survival Race, Wed 2/19, 12:15–1:30pm, Student Union LL-50 (underground)

Technology and AI Tools for Justice, Thu 2/20, 12:15-1:15pm, Student Union 310

Building Harmony Among Diversity, Wed 2/26, 12:15-1:15pm, Student Union 310

Collaging Workshop, Wed 2/26, 12:15-1:30pm, location TBA

💗COMMUNITY EVENTS IN NYC

Cymbeline, through 2/15, Angelson Theater, 136 E 13th St, Manhattan; $25 student tickets

Rice Cake as Offerings: A Nian Gao Cooking Workshop, Wed 2/05, 6:00-8:00pm, Think!Chinatown Studio, 1 Pike Street, Manhattan

English Community Night Performance, Thu 2/06, 6:00-8:30pm, $20 tickets with code ENGLISH25CN

Book Launch: Fragments of Wasted Devotion by Mia Arias Tsang, Thu 2/06, 6:30pm, World’s Borough Bookshop, 34-06 73rd St, Jackson Heights, Queens

First Person: Writing Black Activist Lives from the Inside, Thu 2/06, 6:30pm, online

In Celebration of The Magnificent Ruins by Nayantara Roy, Thu 2/06, 7:00pm, online & in person at Asian American Writers’ Workshop, 112 W 27th St Ste 600, Manhattan

Super Saturday Lion Dance Parades, Sat 2/08, 10:30am-5:00pm, Chinatown, Manhattan

Roots and Rise: A NYC Black History Celebration, Sat 2/08, 11:00am, Museum of the City of New York, 1220 5th Ave, Manhattan

Wellness Strategies during Ramadan, Sat 2/08, 1:00-2:30pm, NYC Muslim Center, 90-20 191st St, Queens

Leekyung Kang’s Solo Exhibition, open 2/11-2/26, opening reception Tue 2/11, 6:00-8:00pm, Queens College, Klapper Hall Student Gallery (4th Floor)

Book Launch: The Riveter by Jack Wang, Tue 2/11, 7:00-8:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan

Author Conversation with Mimi Khúc, Tue 2/11, 8:00pm, via Zoom; register here

Book Talk: Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-Zi, Wed 2/12, 7:00-8:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan

Shades of Truth Theatre Presents Mothers of the Movement, Thu 2/13, 5:30-7:30pm, Queens Public Library at Flushing, 41-17 Main St, Flushing, Queens

Touring the Abyss with dear elia by Mimi Khúc: Unwellness and Care in the University, Fri 2/14, 12:00-1:00pm, via Zoom; register here

Beena Kamlani: The English Problem, Fri 2/14, 2:00-3:00pm, NYPL Schwarzman Building, Lenox and Astor Room 216, 42nd St & 5th Ave, Manhattan

Chinese Theatre Works Presents: Hao Bang Ah! Snake!, Sat 2/15, 1:00pm, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd, Flushing

Stuy or Die Workshop Production, Sat 2/15, 2:30-5:00pm, Glow Cultural Center, 133-29 41st Ave FL1, Flushing, Queens

26th Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade & Festival, Sun 2/16, 11:30am-3:30pm, Bayard St between Mulberry and Mott Sts, Manhattan

Skin as Technology in Asian/America, Wed 2/19, 4:00-5:15pm, via Zoom; register here

A Revolutionary Friendship: Malcolm X and Yuri Kochiyama, Wed 2/19, 6:30-8:30pm, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd, Manhattan

SUMO, 2/20-3/23, Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St, Manhattan; $45 tickets with code SUMO45

Campu: An American Story – Honoring Day of Remembrance, Thu 2/20, 9:30pm, via Zoom; register here

Book Readings: Artists from Bulgilhan Press, Thu 2/20, 7:00-8:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan

A Transformative Look at the Lives of Filipina Care Workers and Their Mutual Aid Practices, Fri 2/21, 5:30-7:00pm, via Zoom; register here

Sangjaru: Korean Folk Fusion, Fri 2/21, 8:00-10:00pm, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd, Flushing; buy tickets here

Literary Thursdays: Prithi Kanakamedala, Brooklynites, Thu 2/27, 6:00-7:00pm, online via Microsoft Teams; register here

Book Talk: The League of Kitchens Cookbook by Lisa Kyung Gross, Thu 2/27, 7:00-8:00pm, Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St, Manhattan

📌INTERNSHIPS & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

Please note that the Queens College website is under construction, so some of the links below may not currently be working.

Handshake – Online platform for QC students to search & apply for internships & jobs

CUNY  Career Launch – Sign up for an info session on 2/06 or 2/11 via Zoom here; apply here by 2/17

Apex for Youth Volunteer Opportunities – Apply here; currently recruiting volunteers for their elementary basketball program in Flushing

Jahajee Volunteer Training – Virtual training via Zoom on Thu 2/06, 6:00-7:30pm; sign up here

NYCPS Human Resources Paid Summer Internship – Apply here by 2/28

NYC Summer Youth Employment Program – Apply here by 2/28

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) Program – Applications due 3/15

✨RESOURCES

In case you didn’t already know, we have a Resources section on our website, where you’ll 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. Check them out!

And if you need any support or help accessing resources, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected]. 

Happy Bodhi Day, Dongzhi Festival, Winter Solstice, Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa to everyone celebrating this month!

Welcome to QCAP’s December newsletter of the Fall 2024 semester!

Updating you on events and opportunities for our Queens College AAPI community.

📣ANNOUNCEMENTS

Request to Reserve the QCAP Community Space!

The QCAP Community Space in Powdermaker Hall 251 is still not open for regular hours till further notice. However, our space is available for reservation by students! If you would like to reserve the space for studying, meetings, etc., please book online at least 1 day in advance at https://qcapspacereservation.setmore.com/. 

QCAP Internship Program: Spring 2025 Applications Are Now Open!

The QCAP Internship Program provides opportunities for experiential learning, leadership, and mentoring for QC’s AAPI students. The program matches students with local AAPI-serving community organizations for internships that align with their personal, academic, and professional interests and goals. In previous semesters, QCAP Interns have been matched with community organizations such as Chhaya CDC, Jahajee Sisters, MinKwon Center for Community Action, the Queens Borough President’s Office, and South Queens Women’s March. Info sessions will be held Tuesday, December 10, and Monday, January 13, at 12:30pm. The Spring 2025 application deadline is Friday, January 17. 

Minor in Asian American Community Studies (AACS)!

Asian American Community Studies (AACS) is an interdisciplinary academic program at Queens College, housed in the Urban Studies department, that collaborates with QCAP to support AAPI students, faculty, staff, and allies across campus. AACS courses and programming are open to anyone interested in learning more about AAPI communities (with roots in Central, East, South, Southeast, and West Asia and the Pacific Islands, and including Asian diasporas like Indo-Caribbeans) and the field of Asian American studies.

We are excited to revitalize AACS at QC, especially the relaunch of our AACS Minor! The AACS Minor provides opportunities for students from all majors to learn about the complex histories, cultures, and politics of Asian America; to connect critical inquiry and action for social change; and to engage in research and service learning here in Queens/NYC. The minor is ideal for students who want to pursue careers in the arts, business, education, government, healthcare, international affairs, the law, nonprofits, social services, and more.

The minor is 18 credits and consists of THREE required courses and THREE additional elective courses. AACS minor courses offered in Spring 2025 include:

Two of the three required courses:

• AACS/URBST 107: Immigrant Communities in Queens (with Dr. Madhulika Khandelwal)
• ENGL 369: Asian American Literature (with Dr. Caroline K. Hong)

Electives:

• AACS/URBST 200: The Making of Asian American History
• ANTH 208W: Peoples of South Asia
• HIST 190: The Partition of India
• SOC 210: Modern Urban Community
• SOC 211: Ethnic and Racial Relations
• URBST 273: Labor and Globalization

Prerequisites for AACS minor courses may be waived upon request, and there is a lot of flexibility with the electives. If you have any questions or would like to learn more, please reach out to the AACS Faculty Advisor, Dr. Soniya Munshi, at [email protected]. 

⭐️UPCOMING EVENTS

Wed 12/04: QCAP’s Art + Mental Health Workshop with Tyler Yin

Join us for QCAP’s last Art + Mental Health Workshop of the semester, “Instructional Art: The Creative and Healing Potential of Making Rules,” on Wednesday, December 4, from 12:15–1:30pm in the Dining Hall Patio Room (DH 114), with artist, designer, and creative technologist Tyler Yin! Bringing together art, poetry, and technology, this interactive collage-zine-making workshop will help us think creatively about how instructions and rules can help us navigate through uncertainty and uncover new perspectives and ideas. Snacks will be provided, and no prior experience or skills are required. Everyone is welcome! 

12/16–12/19: QCAP Study Hall

Come by the QCAP Community Space (Powdermaker Hall 251, on the 2nd floor by the Urban Studies department office) anytime Monday, December 16, through Thursday, December 19, from 11:00am–4:00pm, for a Study Hall session during Finals Week! Whether you’re tackling assignments, preparing for exams, or just need a quiet space to focus, we’ve got you covered! Feel free to bring your friends and study together, or just stop by to grab a quick snack and recharge. It’s a great way to be productive and also connect and support each other during a stressful time. So come on through!

⏪QCAP RECAP

QCAP’s Mental Health Workshop with Renee Floresca (11/05)

We had an amazing turnout for QCAP’s second fall Mental Health Workshop, “EVERYTHING IS (NOT) FINE!” led by Filipina actor, artist, writer, and educator Renee Floresca! Through writing exercises and mindfulness practices, we explored how to release what no longer serves us and made space for healing and relaxation. The workshop was a great reminder that it’s okay to not be okay and that we’re not alone in feeling overwhelmed. With laughs, open discussions, and shared experiences, we left feeling lighter and more grounded. Thank you to Renee for creating such a warm and welcoming space and to everyone who joined us! This was a wonderful way to take a break and focus on our well-being!

AACS + QCAP Chai & Cocoa Chat (11/20)

We had a warm and cozy time at our second AACS + QCAP Chai & Cocoa Chat of the semester! Over chai, hot cocoa, and snacks, students and faculty had the chance to get to know each other and chat about the AACS Minor and QCAP. Thank you to everyone who joined us, and we hope to connect with more folks at our Chai Chats in the spring semester!

🏫CAMPUS EVENTS

Chinese Christian Fellowship, Mon 12/02 & Mon 12/09, 11:00am-1:30pm, location TBA

Korean Club Study Hangout, Mon 12/02, 12:15-1:30pm, location TBA

Yoga & Meditation, Mon 12/02, 12:15-1:30pm, location TBA

Monday Masterpiece with Angelina!, Mon 12/02, 3:30-5:00pm, Dining Hall 114 (Patio Room)

Knights Table Fresh Food Bag Program, free fresh food bags, Mon 12/02 & Mon 12/09, free hour (12:15-2:00pm) while supplies last, Student Union Diner

QC Jalsa Dance Practices, Tue 12/03 & Tue 12/10, 6:00-8:00pm, Fitzgerald Gym Room 313

Harvest Fest, free fresh produce, Wed 12/04, free hour (12:15-1:30pm) while supplies last

Parang N’ Chill Caribbean Christmas Celebration, Wed 12/04, 12:15-1:30pm, Powdermaker Hall 115

Study Hacks for Finals Success, Wed 12/04, 12:15-1:30pm, Muyskens Conference Room in the Summit; RSVP here by 12/02

Queeribbean Crossings: Solidarity as Resistance, Thu 12/05, 9:00am-5:00pm, Student Union; register here

Destressor: Slime Workshop (NISA), Thu 12/05, 12:00-3:00pm, sign in for location

Pokemon Painting Event (Creative Media Club), Thu 12/05, 12:15-1:30pm, Student Union Fishbowl

Holiday Fun Christmas Edition (CSA), Thu 12/05, 5:00-8:30pm, Student Union 301

Mock Wedding (BSA), Thu 12/05, 6:00-11:00pm, Queens Palace, 37-11 57th Street, Woodside, Queens; buy tickets here

QC Care Days, Fri 12/06, 2:00-4:00pm, volunteer at the Pomonok Community Center

Rangeela Mela (PSA x JALSA), Fri 12/06, 6:00-10:00pm, Dining Hall 800, buy tickets here

Rest & Relaxation Before Finals, Mon 12/09, 11:00am-3:00pm, Dining Hall 400 (Midway Court)

PCRF Bake Sale Fundraiser, Mon 12/09, 12:15-6:00pm, Student Union 1st Floor

Color to De-Stress Before Finals!, Tue 12/10, 12:00-2:00pm, Student Union Diner

Finals Stressing? Make a Stress Ball!, Wed 12/11, 12:15-1:30pm, Student Union Diner

Paint-a-Cookie American Heart Association Fundraiser, Wed 12/11, 12:15-1:30pm, Dining Hall

💗COMMUNITY EVENTS IN NYC

Exhibition: Legacies: Asian American Art Movements in New York City (1969-2001), on view through 12/20, 80WSE, 80 Washington Square East, Manhattan

Book Talk: Masquerade by Mike Fu, Tue 12/03, 6:00pm, Yu and Me Books, 44 Mulberry Street, Manhattan

A Benefit Reading for Gaza, Wed 12/04, 6:00-7:00pm, Yu and Me Books, 44 Mulberry Street, Manhattan; register here

Seoul: Tale of a Smart City, Wed 12/04, 6:00-7:00pm, in person at The Korea Society, 350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor, Manhattan, and online

Nadine Fattaleh & Josh MacPhee: A Conversation on Archiving Student Movements, Wed 12/04, 6:00-8:00pm, A/P/A Institute at NYU, 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor, Manhattan

A Poetry Reading for Gaza II, Thu 12/05, 5:00-6:15pm, on Zoom; register here

Book Talk: The Rivals by Jane Pek, Thu 12/05, 7:00pm, Yu and Me Books, 44 Mulberry Street, Manhattan

Holiday Boundary Setting & Stress Reduction (SQWM), Fri 12/06, 6:00-7:00pm, on Zoom; register here

Crazy Talented Asians & Friends: 5th Animation Festival, Fri 12/06, 6:00-7:30pm, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd, Flushing; buy tickets here

Author Event: Badass Bonita with Kim Guerra, Fri 12/06, 6:30pm, World’s Borough Bookshop, 3406 73rd Street, Jackson Heights

Past Continuous: Reading Darwish in a Time of Genocide, Sat 12/07, 12:30-2:30pm, on Zoom; register here

Author Event: Lady Without Land with Krystal Vazquez & Daphne Palasi Andreades, Sat 12/07, 3:00pm, World’s Borough Bookshop, 3406 73rd Street, Jackson Heights

Global Mashup: Taktouka Band (Futuristic Arabic Folk) Meets Spanglish Fly (Latin Boogaloo), Sat 12/07, 7:00pm, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd, Flushing; buy tickets here

Author Event: Brooklynites with Prithi Kanakamedala & Lauraberth Lima, Sun 12/08, 3:00pm, World’s Borough Bookshop, 3406 73rd Street, Jackson Heights

Jahajee Volunteer Training, Tue 12/10, 7:00-9:00pm, on Zoom; register here

CUNY-wide Masquerade Vogue Ball (CUNY LGBTQI+ Council), Thu 12/12, 3:00-8:00pm, Brooklyn College Student Center 6th Floor; buy tickets here

How to Read, Honey, Fri 12/13, 7:00-9:00pm, on Zoom; register here

Comics & Crafts Holiday Market, Sat 12/14, 11:00am-4:00pm, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd, Flushing

Apex for Youth’s Holiday Market, Sun 12/15, 12:00-6:00pm, Calligaris Chelsea, 144 W 14th Street, Manhattan; free but registration required

Belonging in Higher Education: Perspectives & Lessons from Diverse Faculty (AAARI), Fri 12/20, 6:00-7:30pm, in-person at AAARI, Manhattan, and via Zoom

📌INTERNSHIPS & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

Handshake – Online platform for QC students to search & apply for internships & jobs

2024 CUNY Ethics and Morality Essay Contest – Submission deadline extended to 12/06

2024 CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship – Application deadline extended to 12/06

2025 AAWW Open City & Margins Fellowships – Apply here by 12/15; fellowships for NYC and tristate-area Asian American and Asian diasporic writers

LifeSci NYC Internship Program – Applications reviewed year-round; suggested early deadline for summer applications is 12/31

Apex for Youth Volunteer Opportunities – Apply here; currently recruiting volunteers for their elementary basketball program in Flushing

Unilever Marketing Internship – Summer 2025 applications due 1/01/2025

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) Program – Applications due 3/15/2025

✨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. Check them out! 

And if you need any support or help accessing resources, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected]. 

Happy Native American Heritage Month, Happy First-Generation College Week, and Happy Diwali / Deepavali / Tihar / Swanti / Kali Puja / Bandi Chhor Divas to everyone celebrating!

Welcome to QCAP’s November newsletter of the Fall 2024 semester!

Updating you on events and opportunities for our Queens College AAPI community.

📣ANNOUNCEMENTS

Request to Reserve the QCAP Community Space!

The QCAP Community Space in Powdermaker Hall 251 is still being reorganized and not open for regular hours till further notice. However, our space is available for reservation by students! If you would like to reserve the space for studying, meetings, etc., please book online at least 1 day in advance at https://qcapspacereservation.setmore.com/. 

⭐️UPCOMING EVENTS

Tue 11/05: QCAP’s Mental Health Workshop with Renee Floresca

Join us for our second fall QCAP Mental Health Workshop, “EVERYTHING IS (NOT) FINE!,” on Tuesday, November 5, from 12:00–1:30pm in the President’s Lounge/Q-Side (Dining Hall 120 & 122), facilitated by Filipina actor, artist, writer, and educator Renee Floresca! This will be a fun, interactive storytelling/writing workshop designed for students looking to unwind and destress. Through writing and theater practices, mindfulness exercises, and open discussion, this workshop will help us “let go” and “release” that which does not serve us. Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed or just need a break, this workshop is a safe space to share, laugh, and discover that it’s okay not to be okay. Come as you are, and leave a little lighter! And snacks will be provided!

Wed 11/20: AACS + QCAP Chai (& Cocoa) Chat

Stop by the QCAP Community Space (Powdermaker Hall 251, on the 2nd floor by the Urban Studies department office) on Wednesday, November 20, during free hour (12:15–1:30pm), for some chai, cocoa, and snacks and the chance to be in community with AAPI faculty, students, and allies! This is a great opportunity to learn more about QC’s Asian American Community Studies (AACS) Minor and about QCAP and to ask any questions you might have! This is part of a series of monthly, free-hour Chai Chats that AACS and QCAP plan to host throughout the academic year—please join us! No registration necessary!

⏪QCAP RECAP

AACS + QCAP Chai Chat (10/30)

The first AACS + QCAP Chai Chat of this semester kicked off with a warm, welcoming atmosphere. Over chai and snacks, students and faculty gathered to connect and learn more about the exciting relaunch of the AACS Minor and QCAP’s journey into its third year. We chatted about the AAPI experience at QC, answered questions, and learned about the AACS Minor. Thank you to everyone who joined us! We are excited to continue our Chai Chats throughout the academic year and hope to see you at our next one in November!

🏫CAMPUS EVENTS

Monday Masterpiece Painting, Mon 11/04, 12:15-1:15pm, Student Union Diner

Knights Table Fresh Food Bag Program, free fresh food bags, Mon 11/04 & every Monday through 12/09, free hour (12:15-1:30pm), Student Union Diner

Weekly Yoga with Exhale to Inhale, Mon 11/04 & every Monday through 12/02, 12:00-12:45pm, James Muysken Conference Room in The Summit, register here

First-Generation Celebration Luncheon & Panel: Alumni Edition, Mon 11/04, 12:15-1:30pm, Dining Hall Patio Room, RSVP here

Initiating Conversations with Professionals, Mon 11/04, 12:15-1:30pm, Campbell Dome

Trick or Eat Food Drive, Mon 11/04, 5:00-7:30pm, Student Union LL 36, RSVP here

Career Conversations: Making Money Moves (for first-gen students & immigrants), Wed 11/06, 1:00-2:40pm, Rosenthal Library 230, RSVP here

Americares Thrift Shop Fundraiser, Wed 11/06, 12:15-1:30pm, location TBA

Harvest Fest, free fresh produce while it lasts, Wed 11/06 & first Wednesday of every month, free hour (12:30-2:00pm)

Hang Out with the GSSP Student Ambassadors, every Thursday, 12:00-2:00pm, Student Union Lower Level (lounge area next to the pantry)

Deepawali Utsav (QC SASA), Fri 11/08, 7:00-11:00pm, Dining Hall 800, tickets at QR code

QC Care Days, Fri 11/08 & biweekly Fridays through 12/06, 2:00-4:00pm, volunteer at the Pomonok Community Center

Island Feva 7 🌴, Wed 11/06, 6:00-10:00pm, Student Union Underground (SU LL50)

World Kindness Day, Wed 11/13, 12:00-2:00pm, Student Union Diner

Square Dance Bonanza, Thu 11/14, 6:00-10:00pm, Student Union Ballroom

Present Your Pet, Mon 11/18, 12:30-1:30pm, location provided with registration

Urban Affairs MA Info Session, Mon 11/18, 6:00pm, virtual, RSVP via QR code

A Life in the Arts, Wed 11/20, free hour (12:15-1:30pm), Rathaus Hall 101B (Dance Studio)

Giving Back Dance / Charity Drive, Thu 11/21, 7:00-11:00pm, Student Union Ballroom

Friendsgiving Dinner, Mon 11/25, 7:00-11:00pm, Student Union Ballroom

Friendsgiving (GSA), Tue 11/26, 6:00-8:00pm, location provided with registration

💗COMMUNITY EVENTS IN NYC

Virtual Arab Film Festival, on-demand screenings through 11/03

Palestinian Fashion Show: A Love Letter to Teta, Sat 11/02, 6:00pm, The People’s Forum, 320 W 37th Street, Manhattan, RSVP here

Icons of Culture Festival, multiple events through Sat 11/02, Perelman Performing Arts Center, 251 Fulton Street, Manhattan

Book Talk: Family Amnesia by Betty Yu (AAARI), Fri 11/01, 6:00-7:30pm, in-person at AAARI, Manhattan, and via Zoom

Online Reading & Conversation: Poetry as Consciousness (AAWW), Fri 11/01, 7:00-9:00pm, virtual

Run Amok: Asian Americans in Hardcore Punk, Fri 11/01, 7:30-10:00pm, Lincoln Center’s David Rubenstein Atrium, Manhattan

New York Japan CineFest 2024, Fri 11/01, 6:30-9:00pm, Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue, Manhattan

10th Annual Diwali Festival, Sat 11/02, 12:00-4:00pm, Flushing Town Hall Theater

Diwali Celebration: Let’s Light Up Liberty Avenue, Sat 11/02, 3:00-8:00pm, Liberty Avenue & Lefferts Blvd (Little Guyana Avenue), Queens

K-Pop Dance Academy, multiple free classes Sun 11/03, Sat 11/09, & Sun 11/10, Korean Cultural Center New York, 122 E 32nd Street, Manhattan

Online Book Talk: Closing the Golden Door: Asian Migration and the Hidden History of Exclusion at Ellis Island, Thu 11/07, 12:00-1:00pm, virtual

Reading with Jennifer Chang and Maureen Sun, Thu 11/07, 7:00-8:30pm, Yu and Me Books, 44 Mulberry Street, Manhattan

The World’s Borough Art Exhibition Opening Reception, Thu 11/07, 7:00-9:00pm, Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd, Queens, exhibition on view 11/07-11/25

Mindful Moments: A Creative Experience with Literature & Connection, Fri 11/08, 5:30-7:00pm, Yu and Me Books, 44 Mulberry Street, Manhattan

Writers for Palestine Fundraiser, Sat 11/09, 6:00-8:00pm, The People’s Forum, 320 W 37th Street, Manhattan

I’m Possible by Omnium Circus, multiple shows Sat 11/09 & Sun 11/10, Queens Theatre, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens

Book Launch: The Other Side of Tomorrow by Deb JJ Lee, Tue 11/12, 6:00-8:00pm, Yu and Me Books, 44 Mulberry Street, Manhattan

Book Discussion: Growing Up Under a Red Flag with artists Xinmei Liu & Yao Xiao, Wed 11/13, 6:00-7:30pm, Yu and Me Books, 44 Mulberry Street, Manhattan

Free Film Screening & Q&A with Filmmaker: All We Imagine As Light, Wed 11/13, 7:00-9:30pm, Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue, Manhattan, register here

Korean American Film Festival New York (KAFFNY), Wed 11/13-Fri 11/15, details TBA

Book Release Party: Haruki Murakami’s The City and Its Uncertain Walls, Mon 11/18, 10:00pm-12:00am, Yu and Me Books, 44 Mulberry Street, Manhattan

On Performance, Poetics, and Authoritarianism with Christine Balance, Tue 11/19, 4:00-6:00pm, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Avenue, Room 9207, Manhattan

Dogeaters: Jessica Hagedorn with Patrick Rosal and Lucy Yu, Tue 11/19, 7:00-9:00pm, New Design High School Library, 350 Grand Street, 4th Floor, Manhattan

Book Talk: Something Close to Nothing by Tom Pyun, Thu 11/21, 6:00-7:00pm, Yu and Me Books, 44 Mulberry Street, Manhattan

Materials of Solidarity: A Tour with Nadine Fattaleh (NYU A/P/A Institute), Fri 11/22, 5:00-6:30pm, 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor Gallery, Manhattan, exhibition on view through 12/06

No/Pen Mic, Fri 11/22, 8:00-9:30pm, Yu and Me Books, 44 Mulberry Street, Manhattan

Workshop: Collage for Liberation with Ashley Lagrange, Sat 11/23, 1:00-4:00pm, The People’s Forum, 320 W 37th Street, Manhattan, register here

Yellow Face, performances through 11/24, Todd Haimes Theatre, 227 W 42nd Street, Manhattan, use code AANHPI for 30% of tickets

Maybe Happy Ending, performances through 2025, Belasco Theatre, 111 W 44th Street, Manhattan, rush & lottery tickets available

Exhibition: Legacies: Asian American Art Movements in New York City (1969-2001), on view through 12/20, 80WSE, 80 Washington Square East, Manhattan

📌INTERNSHIPS & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

Scholarship Opportunities at Queens College and CUNY

Handshake – online platform for QC students to search & apply for internships & jobs

Northwell Health Healthcare Management Program Internship – Summer 2025 applications due 11/01

2024 CUNY Ethics and Morality Essay Contest – submissions due 11/01

2024 CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship – applications due 11/01

LifeSci NYC Internship Program – applications reviewed year-round; suggested early deadline for summer applications is 12/31

CUNY Cultural Corps – Internship opportunities. Fill out an interest form for Spring 2025.

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) Program – applications due 3/15/2025

Unilever Marketing Internship – Summer 2025 applications due 1/01/25

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) Program – applications due 3/15/25

✨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. Check them out! 

And if you need any support or help accessing resources, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected].