LINSANITY, the feature documentary about Jeremy Lin, the young Asian American basketball player whose stunning rise in the 2012 NBA season captured imaginations of basketball fans and non-fans around the globe, will be the Opening Night Presentation of the 36th annual Asian American International Film Festival. [Read More]

On June 25, college presidents, education leaders, students, policymakers, federal government officials and corporate executives from across the nation will gather in Washington, D.C. at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center for the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund’s (APIASF) fourth annual Higher Education Summit. This year’s event will to help increase college completion and student success among Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students and help strengthen the capacity for Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI). The event theme will be Moving Forward: Engaging the Changing Face of America and will build on new research presented by the National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education (CARE). [Read More]

In less than a week, NY-based artist Yazmany Arboleda and 130 volunteers will hand out 10,000 globally-crowdfunded pink balloons in Kabul, Afghanistan. [Read More]