Organizing Asian America
September marks 18 Million Rising’s anniversary! As we enter our 14th year of existence, we’re celebrating our work as a base building member-led organization. From organizing online, to on the streets, hear from our members about their journey with 18MR: Annie: Hi all! I'm Annie, and I live, work, and…
Hello! My name is Comrade Tripp. I'm a mixed-race stand-up comedian in Minneapolis and on the internet: two places that have both become more and more prominent in the last few years. In this day and age, being a comedian means taking on several adjacent titles. From comedian, to writer,…
By 18MR Member Ryan S Pride as we know it today started as a commemoration of the Stonewall Riots, a time when LGBTQ+ people took back their power from the police. This fighting spirit came from the founders of Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, who…
Hello everyone, my name is Nadia, or Na-di (나디) in Korean. I am a mixed race queer disabled artist and an officiated mudang apprentice on Dena’ina and Ahtna Lands, Alaska! People might recognize me for my art, which I have been professionally doing for nearly a decade. Since spring of 2025,…
Aloha mai kākou. My name is Kawenaʻulaokalā Kapahua, from the island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi. I’m a union organizer by trade and an organizer in the Hawaiian Independence movement. I’m one of many Hawaiians engaged in the struggle for our national independence from the United States. A national struggle born…
Hi friends, I’m Macy-Chau! I’m a Vietnamese-American organizer, writer, and restaurant kid of a 40+year Vietnamese food legacy in Minneapolis called Pho 79/Caravelle. I owe my love of food to the people who’ve raised me and taught me everything I know about good food, community, and cultural survival. Like many…
The Twin Cities have long been a safe haven for immigrants and refugees, resettling almost 300,000 new immigrants since 2010. It was one of the few cities to resettle the large waves of Southeast Asian immigrants following the end of the Vietnam War, welcoming Hmong, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laos, and later…
The reality is stark: since Trump’s return to office, the federal administration has accelerated an era of fascist violence against immigrant, refugee, and working class communities. We are facing daily attacks on our people, from increased ICE raids to expanded travel bans to the rapid militarization and surveillance of our…
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…
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,…
