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May day!

Campaigns • May 1, 2025 • By 18MR Staff

Today marks the first day of May - the first day of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and May Day.  May Day has roots in commemorating the historic struggles of the working class and labor movement. Since 1899, working class and labor organizations have commemorated May 1st as a day…

Hot pink graphic with header text in black reads: Digital Security 101. Body text reads: bit.ly/DS_FEB Tues, Feb 25 2:30PM PT - 4:00 PM PT 5:30PM ET - 7:00PM ET. We keep us safe! Learn the basics of securing your devices, accounts, and communications while fighting for liberation. Photo in the center is by Molly Adams featuring protestors marching during the 2017 Los Angeles March for Immigrant Rights. Signs include slogans like “Full rights for all immigrants now!” and “Our dreams can’t wait.” Top right corner shows the 18MR logo.

Digital Security 101 – Feb 2025

Action • February 18, 2025 • By 18MR

Feeling overwhelmed in the face of rising fascism and attacks on our communities? Digital security is one way you can resist. Together, we can help protect ourselves and our loved ones from online threats. Join us for Digital Security 101 for activists, organizers, and anyone from a community that may…

Sepia graphic with header text: From Ireland to Palestine: Lessons in Anti-Imperialist Organizing. bit.ly/ireland2palestine WEDS OCT 30 5PM - 6:30PM ET. Red text box black text: Join us for a report back from a historic Palestinian delegation to the north of Ireland, where we learned from the Irish who have been on the frontlines of fighting colonization, about our internationalist anti-zionist movement and what it takes to win. Organization logos from Bloody Sunday Trust, our delegates included representatives from the Adalah Justice Project, Arab Resource and Organizing Project, Hospitality for Humanity, Healthcare Workers for Gaza, Honor the Earth, Community Movement Builders, Palestinian Youth Movement - both Britain and U.S. leaders, Palestinian Feminist Collective, National Students for Justice in Palestine and 18 Million Rising. Images of the delegation speaking on a panel and a banner that reads: The Bloody Sunday Trust supports a Free Palestine End Israeli Apartheid

From Ireland to Palestine: Lessons in Anti-Imperialist Organizing

Campaigns • October 24, 2024 • By 18MR

Wednesday, October 30 5-6:30PM ET / 2-3:30 PTRSVP: bit.ly/ireland2palestine (case sensitive) WATCH OUR VIDEO HERE Join us for a report back from a historic Palestinian delegation to the north of Ireland, where organizers got to share experiences of resisting colonization and state violence, strategies and tactics for the homeland and…

A bulky old computer is zoomed in to show the screen. The screen says, "Virtual Art Build", " Tues 8/20 4pm pt", "bit.ly/18MR_08ARTBUILD" .

Our 1st Virtual Art Build!

Action • August 8, 2024 • By 18MR Staff

Thank you so much for attending our first Virtual Art Build! We heard about the incredible Chicago-based organizing work from artist-organizer Cori Nakamura Lin and Tiffany Wong along with how they see art in organizing. Together, we gathered in a virtual community to create art that would tap into the…

Red background. At the top is a rectangular graphic with abstract shapes and in front says: "WED, AUG 7 | 10am PST / 1pm EST", "Digital Security 101", "BIT.LY/DIGISEC_DNC". Under it is a black and red graphic showing police and a banner that says "Welcome to Chicago, Democrats!" In front of it, in a black box, white text says, "This training will teach you the basics of staying protected while fighting for justice and liberation. We’ll cover tips and tools to protect your devices, accounts, personal data, and communications. " On the left in red says, "We keep us safe, online and in the streets!" Black 8-bit line of 3 fists are in the bottom left corner, 18mr logo in white, and in white, "ASL and captioning is provided."

Digital Security 101 – DNC

Communities • July 31, 2024 • By 18MR Staff

Around the world, millions of people use the internet to protest the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people. But in the U.S., the recent passing of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) in the Senate could change how we organize online. This bill pretends to protect kids, but it gives…

Philly Social

Communities • June 11, 2024 • By 18MR Staff

PHILADELPHIA! Are you a badass Asian who wants to organize with other rad Asians? Join 18 Million Rising for a Philadelphia Social! We’re hosting a meet and greet on June 27 so we can kick it with local organizers. There will be 🥟 snacks and drinks 🧋- bring a friend!…

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…

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…

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 • January 22, 2024 • 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…

Dark green background with dark circles in the middle, with olive branches in the corners, and a dove holding an olive branch on the bottom right. “A discussion on the 75+ years struggle for Palestinian freedom featuring Palestinian film clips.” is at the top in white, “Asians for Palestine Teach-In” is under that in red, “Nov 29 | 3pm PT | 6pm ET is in green, under that is “bit.ly/palteachin”. On the bottom left says, “with speakers Maisa Morrar (The Palestinian Feminist Collective), Rand (@officialJakeGyllenhalal)”. Underneath that has the 18MR logo, Asians for Palestine logo, and Asian American Advocacy Fund logo.

Asians for Palestine Teach-in

Campaigns • November 15, 2023 • By 18MR Staff

Join @18millionrising and @asianaaf, along with speakers Maisa Morrar from @palestinianfeministcollective and Rand, officially known as @officialjakegyllenhalal as we dive into a selection of film clips and discussion on Palestine, land, and liberation. This teach-in will include Mona Gazala’s short film “Closeness to the Land.” Asians for Palestine Film Teach-InWed,…