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The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) and Coalition of Partners Launch See Us Unite Cultural Campaign to Drive Awareness and Understanding of the AAPI Experience Campaign to Feature Leading Asian American Public Figures Including Daniel Dae Kim, Naomi Osaka, Lisa Ling, Jeremy Lin, Fareed Zakaria and Michelle Kwan Among Many Others MTV Entertainment brands, as well as BET and Nickelodeon to Air and Facebook Watch to Exclusively Stream "See Us Unite for Change" Special Hosted by Ken Jeong with Performances by Jhene Aiko, Saweetie, Sting and More on Friday, May 21st at 8PM EDT/PDT News provided b...

'I feel like I was meant to do this': Asian American activists reflect on their work in the last year CNBC 5/6/2021 © Provided by CNBC A man holds a sign that reads Manjusha Kulkarni describes the March 16 Atlanta-area shooting of eight people, including the killing of six Asian women, as "beyond our worst nightmares." Kulkarni, 51, is South Asian American and executive director of the Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council. In February 2020, she co-founded Stop AAPI Hate, the national coalition working to document and address rising anti-Asian hate incidents during the coronavirus p...

"It was very hard that week," she says, adding that being in community with other AAPI justice leaders that week was crucial for her to remain resilient. She remembers being on a call with the Asian American Leaders Table and processing what an Atlanta-area sheriff's office said was the result of one man having a "bad day," instead of what many advocates say was an act fueled by racism and sexism. "The fact that we could be together right after what happened was really important," Kulkarni says. Though anti-Asian racism in the U.S. has gained more attention in the last few months, coinciding ...

Daniel Dae Kim, Sting join See Us Unite benefit By (0) Daniel Dae Kim is part of the See Us Unite for Change campaign. File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI | License Photo Sting will perform at the See Us Unite for Change broadcast benefit on May 21. File Photo by David Silpa/UPI | License Photo Sting is one of the performers confirmed for the See Us Unite For Change benefit on May 21. File Photo by Ian Halperin/UPI | License Photo Naomi Osaka is part of The Asian American Foundation's See Us Unite For Change campaign. File Photo by Gary I Rothstein/UPI | License Photo

WORLD Channel, which shares the best of public media in news, documentaries and programming, will celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a series of featured documentary films in May sharing the culturally significant stories that represent the more than 20 million Asian or Pacific Islander Americans in the United States, according to the U.S. Census. The films will be broadcast on WORLD Channel and stream on WORLDChannel.org.