News and Events
Our media database will include the latest news footage and archives of past Asian Pacific American Council of Educators articles. Here you will find a collection of relevant publications and reports over the past year. Check out some of our featured articles below and learn more about our efforts.
APACE LI Meetings/Events 2023-2024
White House Initiative
April 11, 2023
We attended the April 11th, 2023 White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. The event provided for federal agencies, and local leaders, for the fourth in a series of summits, to connect AA and NHPI community members directly with federal leaders and resources.
ESBOCES Diversity Fair
March 25th, 2023
Sequoyah High School, Holtsville, NY- On Saturday, March 25, 2023 APACE-LI continued membership and community outreach efforts at the Eastern Suffolk BOCES Career Fair for Culturally and Ethnically Diverse Educators. Teachers, Student Support Professionals and Educational Leader candidates were warmly welcomed. The day provided an opportunity to network with members, discuss interview skills, review resumés, and learn more about APACE-LI. Attendees were provided an informational brochure (see it to the left) for future reference, which included contact information.
A full copy can be downloaded using the appropriate button on the top right.
ESBOCES Diversity Fair
March 25th, 2023
Sequoyah High School, Holtsville, NY- On Saturday, March 25, 2023 APACE-LI continued membership and community outreach efforts at the Eastern Suffolk BOCES Career Fair for Culturally and Ethnically Diverse Educators. Teachers, Student Support Professionals and Educational Leader candidates were warmly welcomed. The day provided an opportunity to network with members, discuss interview skills, review resumés, and learn more about APACE-LI. Attendees were provided an informational brochure (see it to the left) for future reference, which included contact information.
A full copy can be downloaded using the appropriate button on the top right.
NYSABE Holds Its 45th Annual Conference and we were there.....
This past month, our own Soh Young Lee-Segredo was invited to multiple events at the 45th NYSABE Conference which was held on March 16 to 18, 2023. She attended as:
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the leader of the Hempstead School District's Jackson Main Annex World School Choir's conference opening performance
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an educator teaching a session on "How to apply Multiple Intelligences Therory in the Classroom", and
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to receive NYSABE's "Bilingual Teacher of the Year"!!
NYSABE were planning a space in which they could come together as a learning community to focus on the unique needs of their multilingual learners (MLLs) and their families as a way of empowering them to ensure they reach their maximum potential. The conference featured workshops, speakers, and informational sessions highlighting current instructional, social-emotional, and education-related issues that we are facing. They also engaged in conversations on how, we as a learning community, are transforming education to ensure diversity, inclusivity, and equity.
The Beloved Community, an MLK Anti-Hate Event .....
This coming January 15th, in line with Martin Luther King's Birthday celebrations, Temple Beth Shalom of Roslyn will be holding an afternoon of presentations all exhibiting how our diversity help us attaining the 'Beloved Community' that MLK spoke about as an all inclusive sisterhood and brotherhood. Our members of Soh Young Lee-Segredo and her husband, Gustavo will both be bringing their talents to the event.
You are encouraged to register to attend the event at https://tbsroslyn.org/events/ . The event will also be live streamed.
Participating organizations include:
The MultiCultural Council of New York
Asian Pacific American Council of Educators
Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church
Assembly of Prayers Baptist Church of Roslyn Heights
Old Westbury Hebrew Congregation
Shelter Rock Jewish Center
Turkish Cultural Center of Long Island
NAACP Freeport/Roosevelt
Jewish Community Relations Council
East Williston Library
Shelter Rock Library
The Bryant Library
News12 INTERVIEWS OUR DR. MARY WARING ON HER HOPES FOR THE FUTURE .....
On May 23rd, Long Island's News12 station interviewed Dr. Mary Waring on how she hopes we will be able to inspire Asian American students to follow careers in education. Please go to the follow link to read and see the full interview:
MEMBERS HONORED BY SUFFOLK COUNTY...
Two of our members were honored on May 21st, at the 2022 Suffolk County Asian American Pacific Islanders Heritage Month Celebration. Randy K. Young, M.S. Ed. and Dr. Mary Waring were among the eight honorees celebrated by the Suffolk County Asian American Advisory Board (SCAAAB).
Further, our founder and President acted as the celebration's MC, as well as, performer.
Honorees received citations from Suffolk County officials for their work with AAPI communities across Long Island. Please enjoy video content from the event.
News Articles, Publications
Greetings to all of our fellow educators. We are publishing this sample listing of news articles, from either media outlets or educational sources that we believe are relevant to what we espouse. It is our hope to always act as a resource to our constituents. Please review the following sample, and as always, please give us back your feedback so that we can serve you better.
The Executive Board of APACE
Dear Educators, It Is Time to Fight for Asian America
By Wayne Au and Moé Yonamine
Although the recent increase in anti-Asian attacks has been hard for all of us, the murderous killing spree in Atlanta has our families, our youth, and our communities spiraling. From a Japanese teacher in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District being assaulted by a man wielding a sock filled with rocks, to the robbery and killing of....
https://rethinkingschools.org/2021/03/23/dear-educators-it-is-time-to-fight-for-asian-america/
Empowering Asian Educators in the Time of Crisis
CLARA HANEUL YOON
Teachers College, Columbia University (USA)
September 2022
Published in Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education 21 (2): 57–88 [pdf]
Abstract: In this article, I draw from my experience working as a Korean American music teacher in the US. I reflect on what it means to be Asian American and to bring Asian narratives to the forefront. I examine the distinct challenges of social justice in the context of Asians and Asian Americans’ lives—particularly through the lens of the “model minority.”
http://act.maydaygroup.org/empowering-asian-educators-in-the-time-of-crisis/
How Do We Get — and Keep — More Asian American Male Teachers?
New York City initiative co founded by alum finishes first year trying to do just this
In late 2020, when Tony DelaRosa, Ed.M.’18, got a call asking if he wanted to cofound New York City’s first affinity program for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) male teachers, he jumped at the opportunity.
At the forefront of his mind was the marked increase in racism.......
https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/ed/21/08/how-do-we-get-and-keep-more-asian-american-male-teachers