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Legislators, Educators, Students Push for Asian American Studies in Schools

Legislators, Educators, Students Push for Asian American Studies in Schools
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US legislators, students push for K-12 Asian American studies

US legislators, students push for K-12 Asian American studies The year of anti-Asian violence has led students and teachers to advocate for reexamining how Asian American studies and history are taught in public school By Annie Ma / AP, CHARLOTTE, North Carolina When the Asian American Student Union at a Connecticut high school organized a Zoom call following the killing of six Asian women in Atlanta, senior Lily Feng thought maybe 10 or 15 classmates would attend. When she logged on, more than 50 people from her school were online. By the call’s end, nearly 100 people had joined. Seeing her peers at Farmington High School turn out for the conversation one piece of a student-led effort to explore Asian American identity issues made her realize how much they wanted to listen and learn about a topic that is often absent from the curriculum.

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Fairport Canal Days is back for 2021: Things to do in Rochester NY

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Fairport Canal Days is back for 2021: Here are things to do this weekend

Fairport Canal Days is back for 2021: Here are things to do this weekend Rochester Democrat and Chronicle © Tina MacIntyre-Yee/Rochester Democrat and Chronicle file photo 2015 Fairport Canal Days attracts upwards of 200,000 people to this Erie Canal village. 1. One of the area s most popular festivals, canceled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, is back for 2021 but with modifications. Fairport Canal Days runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 5 and 6. Because of work being done to Fairport s lift bridge, the free event will confined to the north side of the village. Festival attendance, which normally approaches 200,000 over the weekend, will be capped at a little under 12,000 at any one time so 6 feet of distance can be maintained between people. Usually, there are 200 vendors; this year there are around 100. Masks are not required for vaccinated people. Anyone who is unvaccinated should wear a mask. For more, go to fair

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Beyond Performative Rainbows: How Businesses Can Support the LGBTQ+ Community for (and with) Pride

Data shows that in 2021, LGBTQ+ individuals continue to face discrimination. Here’s how corporate America can help.

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