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November 23, 2023 • By 18MR Staff

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  • A bold, colorful graphic with a purple background featuring floral designs and tigers in a textured style. The top reads “18MR” in white text. In large, bright green and 3D-style gothic font, the message says: “OUR COMMUNITY IS OUR REMEDY.” Below that, in a white pixel-style font, it reads: “IN SOLIDARITY WITH MOVEMENT POWER.” Digital-style raised fist icons appear along the sides, representing resistance and unity.

    Give today in solidarity of movement power.

    We’re calling on our community to help raise $25,000 in fierce, unwavering solidarity. 18 Million Rising lost $250,000 in funding for standing with Palestine. But we refuse to be silent in the face of genocide—and we know you do too. This moment calls for courage, care, and collective action. Your support means we can keep […]
  • Graphic with textured blue background. Header text reads: Stop HR 9495. Bit.ly/VOTENO9495. Body copy reads: This bill could be used to target groups working with Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim communities, reinforcing harmful stereotypes and further marginalizing these communities. It also could be used to target nonprofits that oppose the choices of the executive branch, undermining the autonomy of civil society organizations.

    STOP HR 9495

    Last week showed us that 2025 will be a tough political climate for us. But a proposed bill could make our organizing almost impossible: HR 9495 that would allow the incoming Trump administration to target and destroy pro-Palestine non-profits by claiming that the orgs support terrorism. The bill is set to be voted on by […]

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  • A digital press guide cover with a patterned green and blue background featuring floral designs and a tiger illustration. Bold white text at the top reads, "PRESS GUIDE APRIL 2025." Below, in a pixel-style white font, it says: "18MR, WELLSPRING PHILANTHROPIC FUND, MOVEMENT DEFENSE." Small pixel-style fists are scattered around the design, symbolizing activism and solidarity.

    Action • April 21, 2025 • By 18MR

    Press Guide: Movement Defense Fund

    In telling our story, we call on philanthropy to safeguard the vital work of movement groups like 18MR. Now is the time to move with courage together. CONTACT: INFO@18MILLIONRISING.ORG ATTN: 18MR Resource Team This press guide is regularly updated. Last updated: 9/15/2025. 18 Million Rising is a former grantee of Wellspring Philanthropic Fund. In January […]

  • Image reads "Did You Eat Yet??" "Asian Americans are Ready to Organize". Featuring a collage of 18MR staff and members posted with fists raised, 18MR members holding up an "Asians for Palestine banner", and 18MR members holding up signs opposing John Liu. Image features a light pink background and white starburst shapes.

    Action • December 18, 2025 • By 18MR Staff

    DID YOU EAT YET? WRAP UP

    Hello! Welcome to the last Did You Eat Yet? of 2025. Thanks for organizing with us during this tumultuous year.  This year, we launched our membership program, rapidly growing our membership to over 80 active members! From New York City to California, from Colorado to Florida, Asian Americans are ready to organize and build a […]

  • Purple textured graphic with montage of photos. Photos include Khokhoi, a femme Filipina person with short dark hair. She's smiling, next to an older Filipina woman wearing a white dress. Another photo of Rafi, a queer Filipino person with a slight stubble, smiling. They're next to two older Filipina women wearing glasses, and Khokhoi. There is a cut out photo Rafi, crouching low, and cutting up something a tropical vegetable? Text reads: Did you eat yet? With Khokhoi and Rafi of Baba Bisaya.

    Communities • November 27, 2025 • By 18MR Staff

    DID YOU EAT YET? NOV 2025 WITH Khokhoi & Rafi, Baba Bisaya

    Hello! We are Khokhoi and Rafi, co-founders of Bàbà Bisaya – a Visayan language learning school. Our vision is to connect diasporic and urbanized Filipino communities to local island roots through language. We dream of worlds where diaspora deepen relationships of care. From the motherlands to planetary histories of displacement, we make homes in our […]

  • Green and yellow graphic with a montage of photograph cut outs of Larry Itliong, Andres Bonifacio, Gabriela Silang, Silme Domingo, Gene Viernes, a protest banner with the words "Coalition Against the Marcos Dictatorship" and an illustration of Filipino organizers. Text reads: Celebrating Filipino American History Month. Did you eat yet? Organizing is in our blood.

    Communities • October 30, 2025 • By 18MR Staff

    DID YOU EAT YET? OCT 2025 WITH SUNEE KATE, 18MR

    We’re closing Filipino American History Month by honoring the legacy of our organizing! Despite living oceans away from our motherland, Filipino Americans are deeply connected to our roots both culturally and politically. Our rich legacy of organizing is one of the reasons why. From the Indigenous revolts waged against Spanish colonizers to the ongoing struggle […]

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