9:15 AM PST : Today’s the day, y’all! Wiki Edit-a-thon starts now! #WikiAPA #DragonFruit 9:30 AM PST: Check in Question: Why are you here today?#ourhistorymatters 9:30 AM PST: Our happy dedicated wiki-hackers. 9:35 AM PST: “By the end of the day, all 17 of us will leave this building armed with the tools to accurately document our stories on a
This past weekend API Activists from HYPHEN Magazine, the Network on Religion and Justice (NRJ), Asian Prisoner Support Committee (APSC), Chinese for Affirmative Action, APEX Express, and API Equality – Northern California gathered to support the work of the Alliance of South Asians Taking Action (ASATA) and the folks from the Berkeley South Asian Radical
Wikipedia is one of the most visible and widely used resources for information. However, there is a sparsity of queer API histories on Wikipedia, limited both in detail and in the number of entries. Thus, we are thrilled to invite you to Dragon Fruit Project’s first ever Wiki Hack! For the past year and a
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
