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
Today, we choose SOLIDARITY over COMPETITION with other queer and trans people of color. We choose ABUNDANCE over SCARCITY. We ALL deserve to get what we need, and API Equality – Northern California would not be able to do our work and build our communities without the existence and power of so many others, including
Back in March, I took part in a Dragon Fruit Project transcribing day, where folks spent a Sunday morning transcribing interviews of queer API activists. I had the opportunity to interview a queer API person of faith. Initially I was nervous, but my eagerness grew as I thought about the intersections of those three identities.
It’s the time of year again where we’re ramping up for our summer internship program! This year we’re proud to welcome our 5th cohort, and we’re kicking off the season by participating in Give OUT Day. Give OUT is a new national initiative to mobilize individual giving on a single day across the country to
At API Equality – Northern California, our work is powered by the heart and soul of community members who share our vision. Volunteers of all ages and backgrounds offer their time, energy, and skill to our programs and activities. This month, we are looking for new volunteers to help drive our work. Here are some
On February 24, 2014, the effort to repeal the School Success and Opportunity Act — California’s new law ensuring that all children have a fair opportunity to succeed in school — failed to qualify for the ballot. California’s School Success and Opportunity Act — also known as AB 1266 — went into effect on January ensuring that schools have
Our staff, interns, and volunteers at API Equality – Northern California are proud to uplift Alain Dang’s life work and legacy of activism. Alain was a community leader by example. He helped create API Equality – Northern California, served as a founding board of the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA), and worked as a
