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The movement for AAPI studies
For years, Asian American history has been missing from many U.S. classrooms and was rarely represented in textbooks and lesson plans. Now, a total of 19 states teach some form of AAPI studies in schools, with seven states mandating the curricula and 15 more states considering such requirements.
- The latest: Two Kennesaw State University professors received a $50,000 grant to develop an Asian American history curriculum for Georgia public schools, 13WMAZ’s Gabriella Nunez reports.
- “We want to connect the common themes in experience from people we have talked to within local Asian American communities to include in the larger collections of literature detailing the experience of Asian American families living in the U.S.,” Theresa Alviar-Martin, one of the two professors tasked with developing the curriculum, told 13WMAZ.
- Yes, but: Activists in Georgia have faced pushback from state lawmakers and school boards who say teachers and students should not be made to feel uncomfortable by focusing on their race.
- Worth noting: In August, New York state Sen. John Liu introduced a bill that would require the integration of AANHPI history into social studies curriculum in public schools across New York.
- The proposed pilot curriculum would teach the histories and cultures of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and is set to roll out in all New York City public schools by the fall of 2024.
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That’s the percentage of reporters who self-identified as Asian in Pew Research Center’s survey of 12,000 journalists in the U.S. Across most coverage areas—such as politics, business, health, entertainment, and sports—reporters were least likely to be Asian.
Guam averts a total abortion ban: A judge has denied Guam Attorney General Douglas Moylan’s request to lift a decades-old block on a law that would bar doctors from performing abortions and make it a felony to access the procedure, writes The Guam Daily Post’s John O’Connor.
- Moylan, a Republican, moved to lift the block after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which protected a person’s right to an abortion. He is already appealing the ruling.
- Yes, but: While abortion remains legal in Guam for now, the nearest clinic that performs abortions is 4,000 miles away.
Cybercrime targeting Pacific Islanders has become a critical threat, Pacific Island Forum Director for Policy Paki Ormsby said last week. Ormsby, who works under the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, warned that “cyber-enabled crimes will continue to negatively impact the peace and prosperity of the Pacific people, and continued effort is required by all members and partners to mitigate the threat,” FBC News’ Sainiani Boila reports.
Asian Americans are undercounted in the U.S. Census, especially in rural areas, according to a new analysis by Asian Americans Advancing Justice. The undercounting can limit access to federal funding and political representation for Asian populations. An earlier report from the Census Bureau revealed that Asian Americans were among the least likely to participate in the Census due to language and outreach barriers.
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