Come celebrate with us at our upcoming Dragon Fruit Project Digital Portal Launch Party! Dragon Fruit Project is an intergenerational oral history project that documents queer and trans Asians and Pacific Islanders and their experiences with love and activism from the 1960s to present. Since 2013, volunteers have engaged with our queer and trans Asian
Speaking from this year of growth since our last Berkeley Run, we’ve been astounded by the abundance of our communities and strongly stand by our core belief that “our communities have everything we need to support ourselves and each other.” This fall, we are placing an emphasis on holistic wellness and providing opportunities for community
This summer, Team APIENC was busy. During the past few months, our team has been working hard to support summer interns, march in the streets, launch new projects, highlight community artists, and build a thriving LGBTQ API community. Here’s a recap of some of the most amazing things we have been able to do: 1.
Happening now! APIENC’s first Artist Collective Exhibit is up for viewing at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center (OACC), located in Oakland’s Chinatown. This exhibit, which features art from multiple LGBTQ+ API artists, showcases the lives and narratives of our community. Working in different mediums, artists share their hxstories and lessons from existing projects such as
Give OUT Day: Celebrate the Summer with APIENC! In 2016, individual giving will make up more than 60% of API Equality – Northern California (APIENC)’s Program Budget. This means that our work IS community driven and powered. This year, we’re participating in Give OUT Day, a 24 hour national day of giving to support LGBTQ organizations. From
Dear community, This last month has been quite a whirlwind, and we at APIENC have been reeling from the mix of events that have sent us into tailspins of disappointment, fear, sadness, and anger. From the horrific violence against LGBTQ black and brown folks in Orlando, to the attacks in Baghdad, Istanbul, and Dhaka, to
Hello, my name is Maria, one of the API Equality-Northern California interns this summer. It is a honor for me to be coordinating this Artist Collective. This artist collective seeks to bring community members together to work on an art gallery for our 1st ever exhibit, held at Oakland Asian Cultural Center from August 7th
