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KASonline | Korean American Ethnic Studies Materials

Korean American Studies (KAS) Online is a resource hub for providing online educational materials to anyone interested in teaching Korean & Korean American Studies.

It is established by the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Los Angeles and managed by the Korea American Studies Education Foundation.

On this webpage, you will find Korean American Ethnic Studies (KAES) teaching resource materials. KAES lessons have been categorized in chronological order from the Korean Diaspora & Early Korean Immigrants to Korean Americans in the 21st Century. The lessons are aligned with various California state-adopted content standards since ethnic studies is an interdisciplinary curriculum. Also included are a teacher guide, up to three lesson activities, assessment tools, extension/follow-up activities, and additional resources for in-depth exploration of each lesson and for easier implementation of these lessons.

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Zinn Education Project | Erasing the Black Freedom Struggle: How State Standards Fail to Teach the Truth About Reconstruction

This national report was released on January 2022 as a part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach Reconstruction Campaign. It represents a comprehensive effort by the Zinn Education Project to understand Reconstruction’s place in state social studies standards across the United States, examine the nature and extent of the barriers to teaching effective Reconstruction history, and make focused recommendations for improvement.

Using its Reconstruction standards as a guide, the Zinn Education Project examined course requirements, frameworks, and support for teachers from 2019 to 2021. It also included stories about creative efforts by districts and/or individual teachers in each state to teach outside the textbook about Reconstruction.

A 44-page PDF of the report is available for download at this link. Visit the website for archival materials, additional links to education materials, and an interactive web version of the report.

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UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute | Latino Data Hub

Developed by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute the Latino Data Hub was launched in 2023 as a fully bilingual user-friendly data platform. It offers customizable visualizations across key indicators, including demographics, health care access, education, income, and employment. Users can further dig into the data by exploring factors such as Latino descent, race, sex, citizenship, and English proficiency, spanning national, state, and county levels.

Learn more through the video below, and visit the Latino Data Hub at this link.

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NCAAT | Mental Health Resources

As a part of North Carolina Asian American Together‘s intern program, their summer intern Ollie created this resource guide because they had previously been unable to find mental health, AANHPI, and other resources geared specifically towards queer and trans BIPOC.

Resources, ranging from organizations focusing on mental health to therapist directories to mental health websites and tools, are separated into the following categories:

  • QTBIPOC (Queer POC and/or LGBTQIA+ resources)
  • AANHPI
  • Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander
  • Southeast Asian
  • South Asian

Visit the Resource Guide at this link.

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LA Times | Writings on The Chicano Moratorium

On Aug. 29, 1970, more than 20,000 demonstrators marched through East Los Angeles for the National Chicano Moratorium Against the Vietnam War. But the protest for peace devolved into conflict between demonstrators and sheriff’s deputies. By day’s end, hundreds were arrested and trailblazing Latino journalist Ruben Salazar was dead.

To commemorate the march’s 50th anniversary, the LA Times has launched a website to house stories and articles which give context to the movement and its still reverberating effects.

Click here for more details.

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A4 and MoCADA | Bandung Residency Program

During the COVID-19 pandemic, a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes and renewed attention on the state-sanctioned violence against the Black community gave a renewed urgency to the legacy of Black and Asian American solidarity.

Asian American Arts Alliance (A4) and The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) launched the Bandung Residency Program, the first NYC-based residency intended to foster understanding and allyship between the Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Black communities. This four-month long residency is an opportunity to cultivate a dynamic safe space for changemakers interested in engaging in social justice discourse, restorative healing, location-based cultural activities, and expanding the narrative between communities. Click here to see projects from their inaugural cohort.

Turning the Page: Oklahoma's Criminal Justice Reform Story

FWD.us Education Fund | Interactive Report

This report is the result of months of qualitative and quantitative research on the effect of five years of reforms, the ongoing drivers of Oklahoma’s stubbornly high incarceration rates, and the personal stories of people who have been impacted by the criminal justice system. FWD.us and its partners in Oklahoma conducted interviews and focus groups with nearly 100 practitioners, experts, advocates, and directly impacted people, reviewed dozens of written submissions from currently incarcerated people, and analyzed several years of local and state corrections data as part of this research.

Please view this interactive report here.

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Densho | Map of Japanese Incarceration Sites

In 2005, Densho launched Sites of Shame, which immediately became one of the most visited sections of its website. But after a decade or so, due to both changes in the technology and new information about the sites, it became clear that the original website had become increasingly outdated. In 2017, Densho received a federal Japanese American Confinement Sites grant through the National Park Service to update the site. This was followed by grants from California Civil Liberties Public Education Program and the Kip Tokuda Memorial Washington Civil Liberties Public Education Program.

This new version of Sites of Shame launched in 2021. The interactive map contains information, locations, and ephemera pertaining to sites of incarceration. Users can also trace the journeys of specific families. For more information on the map and data sources, visit this link.

Learn more about the history of the incarceration at Densho.org

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NC State | Historical Timeline of Asian Americans

North Carolina State University Library has a publicly available historical timeline of Asian & Asian American Community in the state from as early as the 1890s, when the first international student was enrolled at the school. The timeline, along with photographs and other digitized materials, can be viewed on the website at this link.