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 either. She shared her grief for the renewed, historic onslaught of violence trans folks
Hello community, What a year this has been! I joined the Lavender Phoenix staff team in January this year, and it’s been a whirlwind journey. We have honored LavNix’s 20 year history through a sweet community celebration. We have built power with young people organizing against the ongoing genocide in Palestine. We have supported our
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 the most impacted people, rather than caring for their basic needs. I knew it was
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 from the SFPD budget back to care for our people. We mobilized over 150
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 me through Zoom. eri asked: “At our core, Lavender Phoenix is a base-building, political organization.
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 Lavender Phoenix (then APIENC) through a partner, Red Envelope Giving Circle, and found out I would be joining that summer’s cohort a week
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 Phoenix’s Summer Organizer Program is OPEN! Applications are due February 28th, 2024! PURPOSE: Every
