Register now for the People’s General Assembly Lecture Series! The series will feature lectures on different topics related to Black Studies from Drs. Akinyele Umoja, Joshua Myers, Ashley Smith-Purviance, Chrystel Oloukoï, Jamil Abdul-Qaadir, and Orisanmi Burton.

As part of a statewide effort, the New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies (NYSCRR) is gathering testimony from New Yorkers to examine the enduring legacy of slavery and systemic discrimination. Come share your story, offer recommendations, and listen as community voices help shape the future of New York.

NYC NAKBA 77: THE WORLD REJECTS ZIONISM, THE PEOPLE STAND WITH GAZA

Join PYM for a community gathering in commemoration of 77 years of the ongoing Nakba.

PACK THE COURTS FOR THE CUNY 8 ON MAY 7!

On April 30, 2024, hundreds across the city were arrested at protests and Gaza solidarity encampments. While the charges have been dropped for most, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, CUNY, and the NYPD continue to pursue felony charges for the CUNY 8…

EMERGENCY MOBILIZATION — TOMORROW, MAY 6! We stand with Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi!

AAPIP’s 35th Anniversary Conference is in Chicago next month and Akemi Kochiyama will be moderating the final plenary, “Activism & Organizing at the Intersections!”

Claiming Our Shared Histories and Struggles: Radical Solidarities in the Kochiyama Archives will be a 3-day interdisciplinary conference celebrating the official launch of the Yuri and Bill Kochiyama Papers at the Rare Book & Manuscripts Library. Learn more here.

Listen here to Akemi Kochiyama’s guest appearance on miseducAsian podcast!

Join Tsuru for Solidarity for a rally to demand that ICE halt the plan to detain hundreds of immigrants in Northern California at the infamous, abuse-ridden FCI Dublin federal prison!

See website for details!

Join panelists Jamal Joseph, Akemi Kochiyama, Tamara Payne, and Jaimee Swift for a conversation about the revolutionary friendship of Malcolm X and Yuri Kochiyama.

Akemi Kochiyama will be the guest speaker at the JACL Philadelphia Chapter Day of Remembrance lecture - in collaboration with Professor Rob Buscher’s Asian American Activism Course and the Asian American Across the Disciplines Speaker Series at the University of Pennsylvania.

On Monday, January 20, the entire greater New York Area will take the streets! Join us in NYC, Newark, NJ, and in Long Island! On Inauguration Day, Jan 20th, people will come together in cities and towns across the country in a nationwide mobilization to oppose Trump’s ultra-right, billionaire agenda.

This Thursday, January 9th, City Lights Bookstore will host a virtual event celebrating the publication of “The Bridges Yuri Built: How Yuri Kochiyama Marched Across Movements” with author Kai Naima Williams in conversation with artist Katie Yamasaki.

Join us in celebrating the life and revolutionary spirit of Bilal Sunni - Ali. See post for details about the Janazah for Sheikh Baba Bilal Sunni - Ali.

On November 15th, 2-3:30pm EST, join Dr. Orisanmi Burton at Red Emma’s bookstore in Baltimore, MD for a reading and discussion of Walid Daqqa’s essay, “Consciousness Molded or the Re-identification of Torture.”

EMERGENCY ACTION: END THE SIEGE ON JABALIA, ALL OUT FOR GAZA & LEBANON!

Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama (directed, produced, and edited by C.A. Griffith & H. L. T. Quan) is a historically rich and unique documentary about two formidable women who share a profound passion for justice: Angela Davis, an internationally renowned scholar, writer and activist, and Yuri Kochiyama, a revered grassroots community activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee. A talk with Yuri’s granddaughter, our very own Akemi Kochiyama, will follow the screening.

On September 12th, Claim Our Space NOW's Root to Rise Rally is boutta be a collectively throw that ass in a healing circle, FUBU, Black, queer, and global majority community harvest at Marcus Garvey Park. Pull up for a day of practicing community care and action through collective healing - unifying our revolution from Harlem to Haiti to Palestine.

Join us in Marcus Garvey to hear a speech from YKSP’s Akemi Kochiyama!