South Jersey AAPIs Find Strength in Each Other and Inspiration from Youth Activists

The threat of snow didn’t deter people from huddling into the Cherry Hill Public Library for the Asian American Coalition of New Jersey’s (AACNJ) South Jersey convening on Saturday, January […]
AAPI New Jerseyans Make their Voices Heard at the State House

Volunteers, advocates and students from towns across New Jersey—including Fort Lee, Livingston, Princeton, and East Brunswick—convened at the State House in Trenton for the second annual Asian American Advocacy Day […]
TAAS Fellowship Program Graduates Fellows and Welcomes New Cohort

Congratulations are in order for the second cohort of fellows to graduate from AAPI New Jersey’s Teach Asian American Stories Fellowship Program. On May 15, an intimate graduation ceremony was […]
AAPI community leaders connect and collaborate at Central New Jersey convening

The Asian American Coalition of New Jersey (AACNJ) met for its first convening in Central New Jersey on April 13. The event, which was held at the East Brunswick Community […]
Youth Leadership Program inspires AAPI high school students to find their voices

A supportive audience looked on as 22 students from schools across Bergen, Essex, Passaic, and Somerset Counties eagerly presented their visions for the future upon graduating from AAPI New Jersey’s […]
Community members and advocates gather to honor Victoria Lee’s memory and demand justice

The faint singing of Happy Birthday echoed through Hudson Lights Park in Fort Lee, NJ on Saturday, October 12, but there was no cake, no party. Instead, on what would […]