Organizing Asian America

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šŸŒˆNO PRIDE IN GENOCIDEšŸŒˆ

Campaigns ā€¢ June 13, 2024 ā€¢ By 18MR Staff

Illustration by Brenda Chi This month, we remember our queer lineages. We remember that pride began with a riot. We remember how our queer ancestors and elders fought to protect the spaces weā€™ve cultivated for ourselves. We bring that history of resistance to say No Pride in Genocide. From the…

TAAF: Drop the ADL! Community Letter

Action ā€¢ May 2, 2024 ā€¢ By 18MR Staff

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

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Celebrate Khmer New Year with APSC4!

Action ā€¢ April 16, 2024 ā€¢ By 18MR Staff

In honor of Cambodian New Year, 18MR collaborated with Asian Prisoner Support Committee and artist Tevy Khou to release a new ā€œKeeping Community Togetherā€ illustration featuring Peejay and Bun, two Cambodian members of APSC4. ā€œI drew my favorite Khmer food ā€“ 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 ā€¢ March 28, 2024 ā€¢ 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 ā€¢ March 25, 2024 ā€¢ By 18MR Staff

Feminism Upholds Radical Love as Liberation Maisa Morrar: Iā€™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. Iā€™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 ā€¢ March 4, 2024 ā€¢ 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…

Graphic shows a photo montage of Ke in various events, with different people, all smiling. Heā€™s wearing a cap in most of the photos. The main one, an image of him wearing the black APSC t-shirt and black cap. Another photo of him with APSC4 members Maria, Peejay, and Bun, each holding up a fist. A selfie-style photo of Ke and Bun, laughing broadly. Another photo of Ke decked out in protective gear while on a motorcycle. A group photo of APSC members, staff, volunteers, holding a sign that reads Stop Southeast Asian deportations. A smaller photo of him next to a pile of diapers that would be donated to those in need. Text read: Nghiep ā€œKeā€ Lam, Program and Facilities Coordinator. Asian Prisoner Support Committee (APSC). APSCā€™s logo is in the top right corner. 18MRā€™s logo is in the bottom right corner. Graphic shows bright green, deep purple indigo, black, and white colors.

How I broke the chains of generational trauma

Action ā€¢ February 19, 2024 ā€¢ By 18MR Staff

Nghiep "Ke" Lam is a formerly incarcerated refugee from Vietnam and currently works as a staff member at Asian Prisoner Support Committee. In a collaboration between 18 Million Risingā€™s Brenda Chi and APSCā€™s Ke for Lunar New Year, Keā€™s story about learning how to show affection to his dad and…

Greyscale comic cover of Ke, wearing a cap. He has his arms around his dad, who is also wearing a cap, and his daughter on his right. There are drawings of dragons in the background, lightly shaded. Title text reads: Breaking the chains of generational trauma. Copy reads: Hey, my name is Ke (like Key) and this is a story about how I overcame my familyā€™s generational trauma and how I could lose them again because I could be deported at any time. Credit: Drawn and written by Brenda Chi. @18millionrising.

Breaking the Chains of Generational Trauma

Campaigns ā€¢ February 2, 2024 ā€¢ By 18MR Staff

Nghiep ā€œKeā€ Lam might have just celebrated his last Lunar New Year with his family ā€“ along with three other staff members of @asianprisonersc, Peejay, Bun, and Maria ā€“ the #APSC4 members. In a collaboration between 18 Million Risingā€™s @brendachiart and APSCā€™s Ke, we highlight Keā€™s story about learning how to show affection to his…

Black and violet graphic with an illustration of APSC4 members, each person holding up a fist. The illustration is done by Havanah Tran. APSC's logo is on the left, a bird with spread wins. 18MR's logo is in the bottom right corner. There are white silhouettes of birds flying northeast. Top right corner text reads: Pardon #APSC4. Main text reads: Did you eat yet?

Did You Eat Yet? Jan – Happy New Year with APSC4

Action ā€¢ January 22, 2024 ā€¢ By 18MR Staff

Happy new year from the Asian Prisoner Support Committee and 18 Million Rising! And welcome to the first Did You Eat Yet? of the year!  Bun: My name is Chanthon Bun and I am a 1.5 generation Khmer community member. I was incarcerated for 23 years and now work as…

Red monochrome image of Joe Biden with a finger scratching his cheek and a look of confusion. Over his eyes is a red rectangle that says "Guilty" in black. Under that says in red, "WE CHARGE GENOCIDE!" At the top of the image, in white says "1/26" and "International Day of Action" in red.

International Day of Action

Action ā€¢ January 4, 2024 ā€¢ By 18MR Staff

Palestinian human rights organizations, together with Palestinians in Gaza and the U.S., filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court last November against President Biden, Secretary of State Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Austin for the U.S. officialsā€™ failure to prevent and complicity in the Israeli governmentā€™s unfolding genocide against them,…