The papers in this panel analyze the intersections of community formation, grassroots mobilization, and cultural representation in ethnic and racialized spaces. They analyze the dynamic urban and suburban spaces where Asian Americans are concentrated, covering multiple sites within the Los Angeles, New York City, Orange County, and Silicon Valley region. The papers address how immigration flows, socioeconomic inequalities, housing segregation, suburban/urban redevelopment, and technological transformations affect and determine the possibilities for organizing resistance and cultural change. These research projects are also attentive to the unprecedented geopolitical and structural forces that have realigned and altered ethnic formations and racial relations. The panel includes scholars trained as historians, political scientists, sociologists, and urban planners who will discuss the shifting resources and discourses that activists and groups use to mobilize, navigate collaborations, and shape public policies. These projects provide insights into future struggles of sustainability and cultural preservation and innovation as well as potential opportunities for communities to change the built and natural environment.