This July, I had the honor of attending the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance’s California Leadership Summit. This summit brought together AAPI activists from Northern, Central and Southern California as well as Hawaii. It was a whirlwind of 14 organizations and 48 activists packed into one intensive weekend. In “Margins and Mainstreams” we unpacked
Last month, I went to the Old Lesbians Organizing for Change conference and spoke on the intergenerational panel. While I was very aware of being the youngest person, I was proud to impart some of my wisdom on the topic of “intergenerational work.” When we were asked, “What does intergenerational work actually entail?” I felt fully
As I was walking to API Equality – Northern California’s Dragon Fruit Transcribing Day (Special Edition), I was thinking in my head “Why am I doing this on my birthday?” I could have gone shopping, met up with some friends, or stayed home playing videogames. But after spending a few hours listening to an audio
Volunteers, Staff, and Interns at Trans March API Equality – Northern California showed up with purpose for the 2014 San Francisco Pride Weekend. We want to recognize and honor that the original Pride was a rally. It was a resistance, led by those most marginalized and excluded. We want to remember members of our community
For almost two years, the Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour has been traversing the streets of Berkeley, uncovering and recovering over 100 years of radical South Asian American history. The trek, led by Barnali Ghosh and Anirvan Chatterjee, is a two mile, three hour long tour where history meets storytelling and street theater.
Back in 2011, I attended my first QWOCMAP Film Festival, the annual film festival for the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project. I never identified as “queer” or even as “a person of color” before that. Working in the tech industry, living in the middle of San Francisco, I really had no clue what
API Equality – Northern California builds LGBTQ API power to amplify our voices and increase visibility of our communities. We inspire and train leaders, establish intergenerational connections, and document and disseminate our histories. Pride is the perfect time of the year to engage our LGBTQ API community! Friday, June 27th @ 6PM March with API
