Condemning Anti-Asian Violence Requires More Than Words
During this spike in anti-AAPI violence, it is not enough for aspiring allies to say “we see you” and “we hear you” anymore. These words must be accompanied by real solidarity and accountability.
Soukprida Phetmisy
Senior Managing Director, TFA's Asian American & Pacific Islander Alliances
Heather Aquino
Illustrator
Diary of a Social Worker: Making Mental Health for Students a Priority During a Pandemic
Mobile mental health specialist Esther Kwak is adjusting to working from home while delivering urgent mental health services to Houston area students.
Paula Ann Solis
Love Story: From an Unrequited Love to an Unbreakable Bond
She liked him from afar for three years. Then he fell in love on date three.
Why Filipinx American Activism Deserves a Place in Our Textbooks
Four Filipino/a/x American Teach For America staff members share what FilAm activism means to them and why it needs and deserves to be taught in schools.
Tony DelaRosa
Bianca Nepales
Dan Santos
Monique Rae Valerio
Lessons From Disaggregating Data in Los Angeles Unified School District
Why should districts expand (by a lot) the ways students can identify who they are?
Joel Serin-Christ
Author
'Teaching is My Form of Activism': Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
This Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we highlight how Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders are playing a key role in the fight for educational equity for all.
The TFA Editorial Team
Leading with Cultural Competency in the Classroom
Alumna Sarah McManus (Indy ’17) discusses building coalitions with her students across lines of difference as an Asian American teacher.
Sarah McManus
How a Neighborhood Becomes a Classroom
Corps member Nushrat Jahan shares how she celebrates the diversity of her Rogers Park classroom.
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: Four Leaders Working to Meet Students' Unseen Needs
For Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we spoke to four organizations working to meet the pressing needs of AANHPI students in 2019.
How One Corps Member is Finding Her Place as an Asian American Educator
Read the story of one Greater Chicago-Northwest Indiana corps member's experience building community as an Asian American special education teacher.