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Asian American and Pacific Islander Well-Being & building culture

Below are the best resources we could find on Asian American and Pacific Islander Well-Being and building culture.

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Sea People: In Search of the Ancient Navigators of the Pacific

A blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got there, and how we know.

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Making Sense of Micronesia: The Logic of Pacific Island Culture

Why are islanders so lavishly generous with food and material possessions but so guarded with information? Why do these people, unfailingly polite for the most part, laugh openly when others embarrass themselves? What does a smile mean to an islander? What might a sudden lapse into silence signify?...

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This Actress Turned Entrepreneur Left Broadway to Bring Vietnam's Coffee Culture to America | Forbes

In June, Forbes covered the explosion of entrepreneurs that started businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. Among them was Jackie Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American stage actor who pivoted to running a coffee shop after her tour of Miss Saigon was cancelled due to the pandemic.

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Eastern Margins: A Family, Gathering

In the face of pandemic-related difficulties, a collective of East and Southeast Asian creatives comes together to create community and celebrate their various cultural expressions.

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Indigenous Literatures from Micronesia

For the first time, poetry, short stories, critical and creative essays, chants, and excerpts of plays by Indigenous Micronesian authors have been brought together to form a resounding―and distinctly Micronesian―voice.

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Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific

An award-winning scholar explores the sixty-thousand-year history of the Pacific islands in this dazzling, deeply researched account.

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Aleksa Manila: Drag. Culture. Activism.

Community activist and performer Aleksa Manila talks about the beginning of her drag persona and the affects of HIV/AIDS within Asian and API communities.

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We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World

In this significant collection, Indigenous writers and writers of color bear witness to one of the most unsettling years in the history of the United States.

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