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Vacant Building
A vacant building, with covered-up retail space on the main floor
Vacant Dragon Gate Market
A vacant Dragon Gate Market with empty stalls in Sara D. Roosevelt Park on the Lower East Side. Two people walk in the distance. In the back, there is a large mural painted on a brick building that features a dragon in front of a city skyline.…
Vests with protest messages written on them ready to be worn the next day during the manhattan bridge takeover.
CAAAV and NCPRR (National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights) took over the Manhattan Bridge entrance (the Chinatown side) during rush hour. They wore vests with messages protesting Mayor Giuliani’s oppressive police policies. Others took over the…
Vincent Chin Window Memorial
Injustice: Made in America — Remembering Vincent Chin 1955-1982. On display June 5–6, 1992. Mixed media installation was a joint effort by Godzilla Asian American Arts Network and CAAAV. Text and objects explain and symbolize the compounding layers…
Volunteers
Image showing CAAAV volunteers. One volunteer is holding a pen while another rests a hand on a table.
Walk-A-Thon for Mumia Abu-Jamal
A panoramic photo of the Asian American Walkathon for Mumia Abu-Jamal. The front of the group lines up in City Hall Park preparing to cross the street. Participants carry signs and banners including ones calling for Mumia Abu-Jamal's freedom, and a…
Walk-a-thon to free Mumia Abu-Jamal
These photos document a Walk-a-thon organized by an ad-hoc group of Asian organizations (including CAAAV and the Support Committees for David Wong and Yu Kikumura) to raise funds and support for the New York Free Mumia Coalition. 150 marchers holding…
Welfare Reform Hurts Asian Americans
A group of demonstrators outside an office building, holding signs that read, "SOUTHEAST ASIANS ARE HERE TO STAY" and "WELFARE 'REFORM' HURTS ASIAN AMERICANS" among other signs that are partially blocked.
Window memorial of Vincent Chin—close-up of Chin's photo
Injustice: Made in America — Remembering Vincent Chin 1955-1982. On display June 5–6, 1992. Mixed media installation was a joint effort by Godzilla Asian American Arts Network and CAAAV. Chin's photo at center of installation. Here, with script in…
Woman Assisting Elderly Man With Paperwork on a City Street
Black and white image of an Asian woman assisting an elderly man in signing forms while other individuals, including another Asian woman, watch. A sign detailing the cause is largely obstructed by people standing in front of it, so whatever they are…