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
At API Equality – Northern California, we believe it is possible for our work to be driven and funded by our community, and true sustainability is our 2014 New Year’s resolution. In 2013, over 400 of you—volunteers and supporters–contributed to our work by giving what you could, when you could, whether that was $10, $100, or $1000. In the
Recently, the Indian Supreme Court reactivated Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, criminalizing LGBTQ individuals in the country. We stand with Indian LGBTQ activists and allies who work to oppose this oppressive section of the Constitution. Trikone, a non-profit working for LGBTQ people of South Asian Decent, has issued a statement, seen below. As
I would like, first of all, to express my profound gratitude to those who made the evening’s program possible. I felt the entire evening was as enjoyable as intense and powerful. My wife and I attended the event primarily because we wanted to show our support to our daughter who was part of the project
