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Unforgetting Ethnic Studies’ Radical Roots when Developing Curriculum on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Fri, April 10, 9:45 to 11:15am PDT (9:45 to 11:15am PDT), Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 308A

Session Type: Symposium

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This panel features scholar-educators and curriculum designers from Foundations and Futures: Asian American and Pacific Islander Multimedia Textbook, an open-access resource centering AA&PI histories, resistance, and critical consciousness. Rooted in the 1968 Third World Liberation Front and Black Student Union strikes, the project resists the sanitization of Ethnic Studies and promotes justice-centered curriculum. It uplifts marginalized AA&PI communities—Pacific Islanders, Southeast Asians, students with disabilities, and emerging bilinguals—through identity-affirming, critical pedagogy. Amid backlash against Ethnic Studies, CRT, and DEI, the textbook offers a transformative vision aligned with AERA 2026: using curriculum to “unforget” histories, foster empathy, and imagine equitable futures grounded in memory, resistance, and community-responsive education.

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