Watch the full webinar on our Youtube HERE or at the video below! After a weekend of historic snow in NYC, we were delighted to enjoy the warm of a community gathering on February 24 for Serica Storytellers: Poetry, Memory, and Remembrance ! In partnership with our friends at Potluck Asian America , AAPI community leader Julie Azuma welcomed us into her home to commemorate the Japanese American Day of Remembrance for a special evening of joyful community sharing, overflowi

With the new year blazing ahead, we have new events, webinars, and programs that we are so excited to share with you. We can't wait to show you our impactful and intriguing developments! Keep reading to look at our events for this and next month. 2.24 Serica Storytellers: Poetry, Memory, and Remembrance The Matsumoto Family, in Seattle A couple months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order that displaced and reloc

From L-R: Dr. S. David Wu, Joan Kaufman, Frank Wu, Anla Cheng On December 2, 2025, The Serica Initiative hosted Serica Storytellers: The Presidents , a timely conversation on AAPI students, higher education, and AAPI leadership, featuring Frank H. Wu  (President, Queens College) and S. David Wu  (President, Baruch College). Co-presented with AAARI and the Asian American Studies Program at Hunter College , the event focused on how visa revocations and immigration policy chang

On October 21, 2025, The Serica Initiative’s  Emmy-nominated series Voices Rising  returned to the stage with Asian Americans in Motion , a vibrant live showcase celebrating movement, storytelling, and the evolving visibility of AAPI performers in dance and sports. Hosted at the Asia Society in New York City, the evening brought together over 100 guests, performers, and thought leaders for an evening of connection, creativity, and reflection. Guests arrived to enjoy sponsor-p