AVE updates: 2025 Q3
We are taking a moment to look back on the past few months, as we step into November. đ
From new campaign projects to collaboration, and even our very first grant, this season has been full of movement and growth. Hereâs a glimpse into what weâve been working on at AVE, and thank you to everyone whoâs continued walking this journey with us. đ
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đŁ At the Cultural Diversity, Migration and Education (CDME) Conference
Hyunjung from AVE presenting at the CDME conference 2025, Photo Courtesy of Hansun
On August 19, we joined the 5th Cultural Diversity, Migration and Education (CDME) Conference to present our work on racism in Education. Drawing from the podcast âBin ich sĂŒĂsauer?, âAm I sweetsourââ, we discuss how youth with Asian migrant backgrounds in Germany face racialized experiences in school. We claim that dominant narratives in schools reproduce racism rather than dismantle it. AVE emphasized that anti-racist education must move beyond surface-level âintercultural diversityâ rhetoric and instead center on civil society voices that build counter-narratives from lived experience.
đ«Launching the Stop Asian Hate Campaign Team
A poster made by @2020notok, Image courtesy of Ju Hyun Leh Hwang
This late summer, we kicked off a new working group, Stop Asian Hate campaign team! Weâre currently gathering first insights through a short questionnaire to understand how Asian diaspora communities in Europe experience racism in daily life. The campaign will lead to public awareness projects, policy briefs, and storytelling collaboration across Europe.
đ If you havenât joined the survey yet, the questionnaire is still available on our site.
đ„First-Ever Funding from filiaâs RISE program
A project logo for the program âResources for Intersectional Solidarity and Empowermentâ © filia.die frauenstiftung
Weâre thrilled to share some good news: for the first time, AVE has received funding! Through the RISE (Resources for intersectional Solidarity & Empowerment) Fund by filia die frauenstiftung, we secured âŹ6,000 per year for two years. The grant aims to support Germany-based FLINTA* people to strengthen Asian queer and feminist community spaces.
Our proposed activities include:
đEmpowerment through a Storytelling Book
đïžLegal Guidebook
đ»Digital Campaign
đšPoster Empowerment workshop
đExtending our research and dissemination
Our collaboration from the DAAD exchange continues and the migration policy group forum to grow.
This fall, we:
Presented at the MIM seminar at Malmö University, discussing intersectional approaches to understanding anti-Asian racism and cross-border solidarity in Europe;
Contributed to a seminar of developing teaching intervention at Universitat Duisburg-Essen, introducing frameworks for recognizing and addressing anti-Asian racism in Germany;
Delivered an online guest lecture at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, sharing perspectives on anti-Asian racism and activism in Europe to broaden Asian American studies and discussions.
Hyunjung giving an introductory class âSeminar: Selected Focus Areas in Intercultural Psychologyâ at the UniversitĂ€t Duisburg-Essen, Photo Courtesy of Philipp
Thank you Philipp, Rich and Sayaka for the opportunities to disseminate our research and activism.
𧥠Together, We Keep Building
Weâre proud of what weâve achieved together, but we know the road ahead is long and we need you with us. Whether itâs sharing our posts, forwarding our newsletter, joining AVE CLUB, making a donation, or just checking in! Youâre part of this story.
More updates to come soon. Until then, thank you for walking with us. â
â The AVE Team
Author: Hyunjung
Editor: Szilivia
Image: Hansun, Philipp, Leh
