Organizing Asian America

18MR Staff

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…

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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…

Image of a digital illustration of a rectangular mandala. Four tigers surround a pestle and mortar with star anise, mint, saffron, thai chilis, ginger, and green onions in the center. Around the tigers are lotus flowers and chrysanthemum flowers. Text at the top reads: Our Community. Text at the bottom reads: Is Our Remedy. Subtext reads: We hold sacred collective power. 18MR's logo in purple is under the mandala.

Our Community Is Our Remedy

Communities • February 27, 2024 • By 18MR Staff

You can support 18MR with our new merch, "Our Community Is Our Remedy". We believe deeply in the magic and power of ancestral healing, liberatory traditions, and our people to transform and end systems of oppression. We know that the best cures for these harms in society come from our…

Photo montage of floral print, red envelopes with cats on them, a table full of dim sum steamers, and a cut out image of Brenda Chi with fading teal hair, red lipstick, and a yellow dress. Main text reads: Did You Eat Yet? There is a cat peeking out of the D in Did. Subtext reads: With 18MR’s Communications Designer, Brenda Chi! She/Her.

Did You Eat Yet? Feb – CNY with Brenda Chi

Communities • February 26, 2024 • By 18MR Staff

Featuring 18MR's Communication Designer, Brenda Chi!🎨 Hey y'all, I’m Brenda Chi (she/her, Queer Chinese-Vietnamese), based in sunny Los Angeles, CA! I’m the Communications Designer for 18 Million Rising – so if you’ve seen any graphics or illustrations, I made it! Outside of 18MR, I am an illustrator, I run a…