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  • Update on the 2026 Summer Organizer Program February 5, 2026
    An update on the 2026 Summer Organizer Program.
  • We are the ones we have been waiting for. January 29, 2026We are the ones we have been waiting for.
    Dear LavNix Community, I am sending my most heartfelt greetings to you. As many of you already know, my name is Tina, and I’m humbled to officially step into the Executive Director role of LavNix.  First, I’d like to acknowledge what’s happening ...
  • 📣 Apply to Rise Up 2025 – Lavender Phoenix’s New Member Cohort – by 10/23! October 1, 2025📣 Apply to Rise Up 2025 – Lavender Phoenix’s New Member Cohort – by 10/23!
    This fall, Lavender Phoenix will launch our third Rise Up cohort — a training series designed to prepare a new cohort of transgender and queer Asian and Pacific Islanders living in the Bay Area to join our membership as rising ...
  • Apply to become LavNix’s future Executive Director! March 10, 2025Apply to become LavNix’s future Executive Director!
    Hi LavNix community! 👋 I’m excited to announce Lavender Phoenix is officially opening applications to identify our  future Executive Director! Please read on to learn more about the role, the expectations, & the application process. Please also share this email with ...
  • First Look Into New Transitions March 3, 2025First Look Into New Transitions
    Dear beloved community, One of the first things I did as LavNix’s Executive Director was speak to a small group of our elders—Vince Crisostomo, Lori Lai, Doreena Wong, Dino Duazo, & Gisele Pohan—about what it meant to them for us to ...
  • The more relationships we build, the stronger we are. February 22, 2025The more relationships we build, the stronger we are.
    .stk-9e6c436 .stk-button-group{flex-direction:row !important;}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px){.stk-9e6c436 .stk-button-group{flex-direction:row !important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px){.stk-9e6c436 .stk-button-group{flex-direction:row !important;}} .stk-9a8b67c .stk-button{background:#5e5ee7 !important;border-radius:0px !important;}.stk-9a8b67c .stk-button:before{box-shadow:none !important;}.stk-9a8b67c .stk-button__inner-text{font-weight:bold !important;font-family:"Poppins", Sans-serif !important;} 🎉Apply to the Summer Organizer Program today! Every year, LavNix embarks on a paid intensive summer fellowship to ...
  • 2025 Summer Organizer Program – Apply by 2/24! February 3, 20252025 Summer Organizer Program – Apply by 2/24!
    Do you want to work with trans, non-binary, and queer Asian and Pasifika communities?Do you have a commitment to social justice, liberation, and collective transformation?Are you ready to learn concrete organizing skills and build movements for change? The APPLICATION for Lavender ...
  • The future we want needs us. January 24, 2025The future we want needs us.
    Dear community, In August, when Lavender Phoenix celebrated our organization’s 20th birthday, we watched a personal video sent from Cecilia Chung, one of our beloved elders. She said 20 years is not a short time—but, apparently it’s not a long time ...
  • Our fight is far from over December 20, 2024Our fight is far from over
    Hello community, Image description: a group of masked QTAPI people raising a fist in front of a brick wall with colorful graffiti What a year this has been! I joined the Lavender Phoenix staff team in January this year, and it’s been ...
  • A Movement That Holds Us: Jasmin’s Sabbatical Reflections December 10, 2024A Movement That Holds Us: Jasmin’s Sabbatical Reflections
    On November 6th—just after returning from my three months of sabbatical—I woke up early to the news. Donald Trump would be our President. California voted to keep slavery in prisons. San Francisco elected a Mayor who spoke about locking up ...
  • Now I know I belong, and I know you do too 💜 August 12, 2024Now I know I belong, and I know you do too 💜
    Reflecting On Our “Care Not Cops” Campaign This spring, LavNix launched a new budget advocacy campaign: Care Not Cops! We organized actions, petitioned elected officials, & led public education in the city of San Francisco to demand the redirection of $400M ...
  • I’m learning to fight with all of me. April 23, 2024I’m learning to fight with all of me.
    I sat at a small desk in my parent’s home in Phoenix, Arizona. Cool desert air floated in through the window, and rays of the midday sunlight peeked through the tree branches. Yuan’s and eri’s kind faces gazed back at ...
  • Building a community rooted in compassion and curiosity. February 24, 2024Building a community rooted in compassion and curiosity.
    .stk-9a8b67c .stk-button{background:#5e5ee7 !important}.stk-9a8b67c .stk-button{border-radius:0px !important}.stk-9a8b67c .stk-button:before{box-shadow:none !important}.stk-9a8b67c .stk-button__inner-text{font-weight:bold !important;font-family:"Poppins",Sans-serif !important} Apply to the Summer Organizer Program today! I joined the Summer Organizer Program in 2016 when I knew very little about organizing and even less about Lavender Phoenix. I was placed at ...
  • 2024 Summer Organizer Program – Apply by 2/28! February 1, 20242024 Summer Organizer Program – Apply by 2/28!
    Do you want to work with trans, non-binary, and queer Asian and Pasifika communities?Do you have a commitment to social justice, liberation, and collective transformation?Are you ready to learn concrete organizing skills and build movements for change? The APPLICATION for Lavender ...
  • Lavender Phoenix’s 2023 In-Review January 11, 2024Lavender Phoenix’s 2023 In-Review
    “When your hope shrinksyou might feel the hopeof someone far away lifting you up.” Naomi Shihab NyePalestinian American Poet Dear beloved community, We began last year by grieving the shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay. Now, less than a year later, ...
  • Rise Up: Building Foundations for Lavender Phoenix Membership – Apply by Wednesday, 8/9!  July 12, 2023Rise Up: Building Foundations for Lavender Phoenix Membership – Apply by Wednesday, 8/9! 
    Do you want to organize with trans, non-binary, and queer Asian and Pasifika communities? Are you committed to social justice, liberation, and collective transformation? Are you ready to learn concrete organizing skills and build movements for change? The APPLICATION for Lavender Phoenix’s Inaugural ...
  • how we win is with a love ethic. June 1, 2023how we win is with a love ethic.
    Hey there, Lavender Phoenix Community! 🌈 My name is bisma/phul; I’m LavNix’s Cultural Strategy Organizer, and writer of many newsletters that you may have received since June 2022.  I am coming to you live—soaking the warm sun while sitting on my ...
  • Introducing: 2023 Rise Up May 25, 2023Introducing: 2023 Rise Up
    We have an exciting announcement! In June 2023, we will temporarily pause accepting new members into our membership, as we prepare to welcome our first-ever cohort of new members. As our base, power, and responsibility grows, we need time to ...
  • From hopelessness to revolutionary optimism. February 15, 2023From hopelessness to revolutionary optimism.
    .stk-9a8b67c .stk-button{background:#5e5ee7 !important}.stk-9a8b67c .stk-button{border-radius:0px !important}.stk-9a8b67c .stk-button:before{box-shadow:none !important}.stk-9a8b67c .stk-button__inner-text{font-weight:bold !important;font-family:"Poppins",Sans-serif !important} Apply Today! I want to build a world where we are safe to be our fullest selves. Where we are liberated from the shame and guilt forced upon us by oppressive systems. ...
  • 2023 Summer Organizer Program – Apply by 2/28! February 1, 20232023 Summer Organizer Program – Apply by 2/28!
    Do you want to work with trans, non-binary, and queer Asian and Pasifika communities?Do you have a commitment to social justice, liberation, and collective transformation?Are you ready to learn concrete organizing skills and build movements for change? The APPLICATION for Lavender ...