AAPI Heritage Month

Who are Sikh Americans? Join Kiran Kaur Gill, Executive Director of the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, for a conversation on the contributions of Sikh’s in the United States — and educational programs offered to raise awareness and uplift the Sikh American voice.

Sue O’Connell sits down with Jennifer Wang of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum to discuss reaction from the AAPI community amid an increase in anti-Asian incidents.

Rep. Tram Nguyen currently serves the 18th Essex District and is the first Vietnamese-American woman to be elected to office in Massachusetts. She joined Kwani A. Lunis during APPI Heritage Month to share her story.

What if the pandemic and this past year actually made you a better person and, for some, a better actor? That’s what Chicago Med star Brian Tee is telling our Colton Bradford as we celebrate the heritage and voices of Asian American & Pacific Islanders all month long.

David Tran’s sriracha faces competition, not the least of which is a version of the chili sauce that a Thai company says is the original, first made in Si Racha, Thailand, 80 years ago.

At a time when few women became pilots, the Federal Aviation Administration credits Hazel Ying Lee as the first Chinese-American woman to fly for the military, blazing her own trail

Newly retired Patriots star Patrick Chung says of recent attacks against Asian Americans that it’s disheartening to see hate directed at people who look like his father.

Bruce Lee is considered to be the most influential martial artist of all time. Join Shannon Lee, daughter of Bruce Lee, for a conversation with host Tetiana Anderson on how she’s carrying on her father’s legacy of creativity, equality and innovation to inspire people around the world.

D.S. Saund became the first Asian American elected to the House of Representatives, despite facing discrimination around his ethnicity and religion

For AAPI Heritage Month, NECN features a Cambodian community who escaped Pol Pot’s geocide in the 1970s and 80s and made their way to Lowell, Massachusetts.

Bruce Lee is considered to be the most influential martial artist of all time. Join Shannon Lee, daughter of Bruce Lee, for a conversation with host Tetiana Anderson on how she’s carrying on her father’s legacy of creativity, equality and innovation to inspire people around the world.

Kicking off Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the Massachusetts House Asian Caucus is putting forward a social media challenge encouraging people to shop at Asian American and Pacific Islander-owned businesses. “Not only have these businesses been impacted by the rise in discrimination against Asian Americans, this investment in our local economy is integral in recovering from the pandemic,”…

Kicking off Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the Massachusetts House Asian Caucus is putting forward a social media challenge encouraging people to shop at Asian American and Pacific Islander-owned businesses. “Not only have these businesses been impacted by the rise in discrimination against Asian Americans, this investment in our local economy is integral in recovering from the pandemic,”…

NBC Bay Area’s Jessica Aguirre sits down with literary trailblazer Amy Tan to talk about the debut of “Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir,” a documentary about her life and career directed by Fairfax filmmaker James Redford.

The Chinatown walking tour in San Francisco is re-emerging after a year due to the coronavirus pandemic and organizers are excited to tell the neighborhood’s stories.

Asian American representation in media has made great strides, but the fight for more visibility on screen continues

Hanna Zhang is the owner of ICafe in San Francisco’s Chinatown, and she has weathered both the pandemic and the loss of her business partner.

After hearing about the increase in attacks on Asian-Americans, particularly in major cities like New York and San Francisco amid the pandemic, Jessica Sanchez felt compelled to do something, in the best way she knows how — by using her voice.