Watch episodes of Take Out with Lisa Ling (HBO Max) or Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (Hulu).

Food Connections

NBC News: “NYC Schools to Celebrate Lunar New Year with Day Off for First Time” (2016)
PIX11: Push to add Diwali to NYC school holidays (2021)
ABC7: Diwali to be NYC public school holiday (2022)
PIX11: Diwali to be New York City school holiday in 2023 (2022)
The National News: At last, Eid is on New York’s public holiday calendar
LIHerald: Sewanhaka CHSD to give students day off for Eid al-Fitr (2021)

Our Schools, Our Holidays

NPR: “The Original DREAMer Recalls ‘All Pervasive’ Fear As An Undocumented Child”

Asia Society: “Tereza Lee: How 9/11 Changed Immigration” (video)
NYT: “Immigration Reform: The Fight to Pass the Dream Act” (video)
NYT: “What ‘Dreamers’ Gained From DACA, and Stand to Lose” (video)
Vox: “DACA, explained” (video)
NYT: ‘Beautiful Country,’ by Qian Julie Wang: An Excerpt
Medium: Muslim Faith Leaders Arrested Fighting for Undocumented Immigrants & a Clean Dream Act
Bridge: On the Intersections of DACA and Is by Bridge Initiative Team

KQED: “Ethnic Studies: Born in the Bay Area from History’s Biggest Student Strike”
UCLA: “Celebrating 40 Years of Ethnic Studies at UCLA, 1969-2009” (video)
CNN: “Ethnic studies banned in Arizona schools” (video)
TFA: “What is Ethnic Studies?” (video)
CUNY TV: “Asian American Studies in U.S. | Asian American Life” (video)
PIX11 News: “NYC adding Asian American history to school curriculum” (video)
Explore resources from The Asian American Education Project
Axios: “Here are some key cuts from the AP African American Studies curriculum”
CACF: REACH Coalition Forms to Fight for the Integration of AANHPI History into NYS Social Studies Curriculum Eid al-Fitr (2021)

BRIC TV: Photographer Corky Lee: Caught in the Act (video)
CUNY: Corky Lee Memorial (video)
Meow Wolf: Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya’s Findings (video)
Today: Artist Uses Bold Works To Amplify AAPI Voices and Stories (video)
Check out Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya’s public art campaigns on her website
The Cut: The Illustrator Throwing Queer Parties in Brooklyn: Meet Mohammed Fayaz
Center for Brooklyn History: Mohammed Fayaz’s oral history clips

Check out Mohammed Fayaz’s original artwork for Papi Juice and other works

DJ Rekha NYC: “Basement Bhangra Anthem” (listen)
Gothamist: “Basement Bhangra, NYC’s Longest-Running Dance Night, Blends Politics With Punjabi Beats”
WNYC: “After 20 Years, Basement Bhangra Says Bye to New York”
Read about the creators of Papi Juice and explore their mixes
Read about the creators of Bubble T and watch this NBC News profile.
Instagram: Basement Bhangra, Bubble T, Papi Juice

The Economist: The pandemic appears to have sparked a rise in anti-Asian bigotry
NBC: Anti-Asian Hate Dropped by Kimmy Yam and Sakshi Venkatraman
Humanity In Action: Islamophobia: The New Anti-Semitism?
CAIR: Islamophobia in the Classroom
Asian American Institute for Research and Engagement
CAIR: CAIR-NY Condemns Islamophobic, Anti-Palestinian, Anti-Immigrant Incidents Targeting Muslim Family at The Wheatley School Graduation
BC: Asian Americans and the Making of ‘American’
TIME: The Devastating Mental Health Effects of Islamophobia by Dr. RANIA AWAAD

MIA: Finally
Taiyo Na/Magnetic North: We Belong
Ruby Ibarra & the Balikbayans: Ruby Ibarra & The Balikbayans - Someday [2019 NPR Tiny Desk]
Kelly Tsai: “Black White Whatever”
Ishle Yi Park: Ishle Park -- "Sa-I-Gu"
MC Jin & Wyclef Jean: MC Jin & Wyclef Jean - Stop The Hatred (Official Music Video)
H.E.R.: H.E.R. - I Can't Breathe (Official Video)
Beau Sia: WE VOTING
Yuna: Yuna - Forevermore (Official Video)
Rina Sayama: Rina Sawayama, Elton John - Chosen Family (Performance Lyric Video)
Riz MC, K’Naan, Residente, & Snow Tha Product: The Hamilton Mixtape: Immigrants (We Get The Job Done)
Recommended: Turn on closed captions or look up the lyrics as you watch each video.
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Kamal Saleh: Ashamed to be Muslim
Nouri Sardar: SPOKEN WORD ON ISLAMOPHOBIA
Ted Talk: "My Name is Zainab, and I am NOT a Terrorist"

The Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship by Ibtihaj Muhammad and S.K. Ali
Sitti’s Olive Tree by Ndaa Hassan
Meet Yasmin by Saadia Faruqi
Yasmin the Scientist by Saadia Faruqi
The Most Powerful Night by Ndaa Hassan
Migo & Ali: A-Z of Islam by Zanib Mian
Ilyas & Duck - Ramadan Joy by Omar S. Khawaja
Tis The Night Before Eid by Yasmin Rashidi
Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns: A Muslim Book of Colors by Hena Khan
Train to Al-Aqsa by Dr. Wendy Booth & Kamal Ali
Under my Hijab by Hena Khan
Heaven is at Mama’s Feet by Shida Safadi
The Best Eid Ever by Asma Mobin Uddin
Hannah and the Ramadan Gift by Qasim Rashid
My grandma and Me by Mina Javaherbin
A Party in Ramadan by Asma Mobin-Uddin