Organizing Asian America

18MR Staff

Orange background with a hand drawn tiger with white belly, over a circle of South Asian lotus flower motifs, in orange and white. Under that, a bowl full of green leaves, red, and orange herbs. At the top, a purple box that says "Our Community is our Remedy" in white. Below, a dark green box that says in white, "DID YOU EAT YET?" Bottom right is a portrait of Jen Soriano, her left arm folded to hold her face, black short hair, with medium-fair skin, in a white blouse. Below that in dark green, says in white, "Jen Soriano".

Did You Eat Yet? May 2024 – APAHM with Jen Soriano

Communities • May 20, 2024 • By 18MR Staff

Hello fellow freedom lovers! My name is Jen Soriano – some people call me JenSo – and I’m an author, musician, and former board member of 18MR. I’m excited to be guest editing this month’s newsletter for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month! I’ve dedicated most of…

Mostly green textured graphic with an illustration of a dark-skinned hand holding a red 1940s style house key. There are three of them staggered down. In the background is an overexposed photo of a crowd. Text reads: Al-Nakba: Resistance Until Return! Liberated Palestine Within Our Lifetime!

Nakba Day

Communities • May 14, 2024 • By 18MR Staff

On May 15, 1948, over 700,000 Palestinians were displaced in the Nakba - Arabic for “catastrophe.” This May 15, we’re remembering the 76 years of the ongoing ethnic cleansing and genocide, demanding all of us to #Escalate4Gaza. In the same year as the first Nakba, the U.N. released a Universal…

orange background with leaves, in white says, "OUR COMMUNITY IS OUR REMEDY". Below, an aqua ractangle with black text, "RSVP: BIT.LY/18MR_COMMUNITY". Then an orange tiger (hand drawn) rotate facing the Aqua rectangle, over drawings of South Asian Lotus, in orange and green. In purple on the center says, "May 30, 1pm pt/ 4pm et, "Learn how Asian Americans and Palestinians are building power through community care and cultural resistance." Below, in a green bow, white text says, "Featuring Speakers, Jen Soriano, Mawal Rashid, Spenta Kandawalla."

Our Community Is Our Remedy Event

Communities • May 9, 2024 • By 18MR Staff

Learn how Asian Americans and Palestinians are building power through solidarity, community care, and cultural resistance❤️🍉Co-sponsored by @aroc_bayarea Our Community Is Our RemedyMay 30, 20241 pm PTRSVP: bit.ly/18MR_COMMUNITY(case sensitive) Hear from guest speakers:✦ Jen Soriano @jensorianowrites✦ Nawal Rashid @nawal340✦ Spenta Kandawalla @spentawalla It is only through building community power that we can dismantle systems…

TAAF: Drop the ADL! Community Letter

Action • May 2, 2024 • By 18MR Staff

Board of DirectorsThe Asian American FoundationAttention: Joseph Bae, Norman Chen, Jonathan Greenblatt, Li Lu, Sheila Lirio Marcelo, Joe Tsai, Jerry Yang, Peng Zhao An Open Letter to The Asian American Foundation We recognize The Asian American Foundation’s leadership as one of the only Asian-led philanthropic organizations that convenes, incubates and connects…

Did You Eat Yet? April 2024 – Khmer New Year with Tevy Khou

Communities • April 18, 2024 • By 18MR Staff

Hi, I’m Tevy, a multimedia artist originally from Long Beach, CA. I also enjoy weight lifting and collecting the best pieces of clothing. Long Beach is full of creative people making music, art, and dance. Not to mention the massive amounts of skaters. It’s the most diverse place I know…

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Celebrate Khmer New Year with APSC4!

Action • April 16, 2024 • By 18MR Staff

In honor of Cambodian New Year, 18MR collaborated with Asian Prisoner Support Committee and artist Tevy Khou to release a new “Keeping Community Together” illustration featuring Peejay and Bun, two Cambodian members of APSC4. “I drew my favorite Khmer food – foods I love to eat during new years and…

purple texture background with diverse group of 5 people chanting. Green header text says "NO ARENA IN PHILLY CHINATOWN". Bottom has red block with white texts that says: "Philadelphia residents have been organizing to stop billionaires from developing an arena in the heart of our city."

Tell Civic Design Review: NO ARENA in Chinatown Philly

Action • March 28, 2024 • By 18MR Staff

The city is hosting their second Civic Design Review meeting NEXT WEEK. This is the opportunity to share our opposition to the 76 Place Arena. Please send this automated email END OF DAY to support!

ID: Pink monochrome header with images of Palestinian protesters. Maisa, founding member of the Palestinian Feminist Collective, is pictured in more color on the left side. She's wearing glasses and her hand is up, one finger pointed up. Text reads: Did you eat yet? With Maisa Morrar from Palestinian Feminist Collective.

Did You Eat Yet? March 2023 – PFC with Maisa Morrar

Campaigns • March 25, 2024 • By 18MR Staff

Feminism Upholds Radical Love as Liberation Maisa Morrar: I’m a founding member of the Palestinian Feminist Collective, a body of Palestinian and Arab feminists committed to Palestinian social and political liberation by confronting systemic gendered, sexual, and colonial violence, oppression, and dispossession. I’m a long-time organizer and activist in the…

Photo of a protest against the sending of funds to Israel in a green monochrome, Main text reads: The People's State of the Union. Body text reads: Thursday, March 7th at 6PM ET. IRL: Lafayette Square, Washington D.C. Sign up to join nationwide: peopledemand.org.

The People’s State of the Union

Action • March 4, 2024 • By 18MR Staff

Washington D.C.! Come out on March 7 to make it known where the people are: no genocide with our tax dollars, no more funding for weapons and death, no more complicity, and no business as usual! This moment requires critical action from all of us to keep up the pressure…