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 APIAs in the Heartland 2006
News, opinions, and feature articles focusing on
Asian-Pacific Americans' lives between the Coasts
IMDiversity.com Asian-American
Village Annual Special Section
EDUCATION
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Building Asian American and Ethnic Studies in the Midwest
By Sharon S. Lee, U.
Illinois-Urbana Champaign AAS
Challenges, growth prospects, and new opportunities in the Heartland
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Overview: Asian American Studies in the Big Ten Universities
Prepared by the Committee
on Institutional Cooperation
An overview of the field's development in the Midwest, with contacts for
information about AAS
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The Movement to Institute an Asian American Studies Program at the
University of Illinois at Chicago
By Alec MacDonald, IMDiversity
Special Contributor
Background commentary to the 2006 demonstrations
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UI-Chicago Students Fight for Asian American Studies
By Caroline Aoyagi-Stom, Executive Editor, Pacific
Citizen
More than 16 years after students demand the establishment of an AA Studies
program, UIC students are still waiting
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Reflections from
UIC Asian American
Student Leaders
By Alexandra Nam and Corinne Kodama, University of Illinois at Chicago
AARCConnections
An online chat with Brandon Mita, Chair of Asian American Coalition
Committee and Marc Blancada, President of Asian American Students in
Alliance
- Lan
Samantha Chang Will Direct the Famed University of Iowa Writers' Workshop
News release by
University of Iowa
Fiction writer selected from among top authors for prestigious post
- An
Open Letter to U-Michigan Administration by APIA Faculty
Multiple Contributors
Letter submitted to AAV with notice of related blog,
"Reaction to Hate Crime at the University of Michigan," following student
harassment incident in fall 2005
- U. Missouri Student
Selected Winner in AAV/Blacklava MAASU Promotion
By Staff of IMDiversity, with Blacklava.net
Annie Guo (Journalism/International Studies) wins 2005 drawing to recognize
student leadership and the contributions of Midwestern Asian American
Student Union
Heartland Asians
By percentage of population
Nevada: 4.5%
Illinois: 3.4%
Minnesota: 2.9%
Michigan: 1.8%
Wisconsin: 1.7%
Kansas: 1.7%
Utah: 1.7%
Oklahoma: 1.5%
Nebraska: 1.3%
Iowa: 1.3%
Ohio: 1.2%
Missouri: 1.2%
Indiana: 1%
Arkansas: 0.8%
North Dakota: 0.6%
South Dakota: 0.6%
Wyoming: 0.6%
Montana: 0.5%
Sources: Census Bureau - 2000 figures -
"Asian alone" category,
plus "NHOP" where
available
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COMMUNITY AND IDENTITY
- New Life, New Eyes: Adoptees,
Immigration, Refugees, & Diaspora
By Alexandra Nam and Corinne Kodama, University of Illinois at Chicago
AARCConnections
An interview with Dr. Richard Lee, Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Minnesota
- Immigration
Goes Nationwide, Heightening Public Interest
By the University of Michigan
News Service
University of Michigan Institute for Social Research study focuses on
immigrant boom in the U.S. South, Heartland states
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Life and School in a Foreign Country
By Pa Lee, FutureHmong Magazine
A recent University of Wisconsin graduate details her
enriching, final senior semester
spent studying in Thailand
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Becoming an Immigrant "Again" in the Midwest
By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, AAV Contributing Editor
In Part 3 of "A Personal Journey" series, the author
returns from her time in Nepal only to find her sense of identity and
belonging challenged again with her move to Michigan
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Young Hmong Professionals Giving Back
By FutureHmong Magazine
Kids can earn scholarship money,
participate in professional job shadowing programs and internships,
and find mentors who want nothing more than to see kids succeed
- Chai
Vang and Relationships in the Wisconsin Northwoods
By Paul DeMain,
News From Indian Country
Editor
A Native American editor shares local insights into other
interactions, tensions in the Wisconsin community where the high-profile
Vang shooting case closed in fall 2005
Heartland APA Populations
% of state pop. - electoral points
Illinois: 3.4% - 21
Ohio: 1.2% - 20
Michigan: 1.8% - 17
Missouri: 1.2% - 11
Indiana: 1% - 11
Minnesota: 2.9% - 10
Wisconsin: 1.7% - 10
Oklahoma: 1.5% - 7
Iowa: 1.3% - 7
Kansas: 1.7% - 6
Arkansas: 0.8% - 6
Nevada: 4.5% - 5
Utah: 1.7% - 5
Nebraska: 1.3% - 5
North Dakota: 0.6% - 3
South Dakota: 0.6% - 3
Wyoming: 0.6% - 3
Montana: 0.5% - 3
Sources: Census 2000 "Asian alone"
category, plus "NHOP" where available;
NAR electoral math calculator
Midwesterners in 2002 were more likely to register (69%) and
to vote (49%) than their countrymen. Voting rates in the
Northeast, South and West were about 45% each.
Census
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POLITICS
- Tammy
Duckworth Prevails by 200 Votes; Moves to Battle for Hyde's Seat
By
Stewart David Ikeda, IMDiversity
March primary victory sends Iraq veteran on her way to historic
campaign battle in Illinois' Sixth District in November 2006 midterm
elections
- Q&A:
The Passion of Iowa State Rep. Swati Dandekar
By Stewart David Ikeda, IMDiversity.com
Facing a hard 2004 re-election race, Dandekar
talks about her passion for education, for John Kerry, and for the state
that made her the first Indian-born American to serve in a state legislature
- In Ann Arbor, an
Unlikely Candidate, but Passionate for Change
By Lynda Lin, Assistant Editor, Pacific Citizen
Win or lose, a 21 year old Michigan senior is impressive as he sets his
sights beyond exams to civic duty in a run for city council
PREVIOUS EDITIONS
- APAS in the
Heartland 2004
Multiple Contributors
Edition focused on the impact of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in
the Heartland "Battleground" during the 2004 national elections. [Note: Some
of the links to a companion series from the Associated Press have since been
removed by our agreement with the AP]
News Round-Up
All this month, AAV will run articles every day
emphasizing news from the Heartland in our
Village Headlines from the Associated Press.
Rather than post them here as in years past, we encourage readers to visit our
headlines section, updated a few times a week.
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