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
Every year, Stanford University holds the Listen to the Silence conference, a conference that brings together students from the Bay Area and provides a platform for exploring Asian Pacific Islander issues and activism. On January 18th, API Equality – Northern California was pleased to present our workshop, “Living and Leaving a Legacy: Intergenerational Conversations with
We’ve been at the edge of our seats with a pressing issue affecting transgender student rights in California. Our friends at the Support All Students Coalition sent out the following press release today regarding the AB 1266 Referendum, which if passed, would harm trangender students’ opportunity to fully participate in school and have a fair shot
