Organizing Asian America
Dear Grace Lee Boggs, You’ve always articulated love as a continuous process of self-improvement and a reimagination of the world. Now more than ever, we need your vision of radical love, one that pushes us to support and affirm ourselves by breaking free of the old categories that have always…
Here are all 26 poems from Micropoems for #NoMuslimBanEver created in partnership with Kaya Press. The Trump administration’s Muslim Ban 3.0 was scheduled to go into effect on Oct 18th. In an effort to push back, we launched Micropoems for #NoMuslimBanEver to use poetry by Asian Americans as a form…
As we’ve been asking people to write in to protect Tule Lake, a National Historic Landmark in far northern California, we’ve gotten some questions about how Tule Lake is different than the monuments to Confederate military commanders being removed around the country. I wrote a response to a member who…
The First 100 Days are over. But the work of social and personal transformation never truly ends. It struck me, this week, that Trump’s first 100 days ended just before the start of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. A friend recently pointed out that one of the tasks at hand…
Today, Donald Trump is taking oath of office to become the 45th U.S. President. We are filled with worry about what the future might hold and we remain steadfast in our commitment to you. 18MillionRising.org has always worked to amplify the voices of our Asian American and Pacific Islander sisters…
Here at 18MR, we’re wrapping up for the year and taking a much needed breather, which also means taking a look back on all we’ve accomplished this year. It was my great honor to take the reins at 18MR in September, after four years of service on staff. I’m proud…
Five years ago, I finally graduated from high school and went on to start my first semester of college. It was a difficult time in college, trying to make new friends when my friends from high school went off to other colleges. Also struggling to keep up with course work,…
UPDATE: On September 9, 2016, the Department of Justice, Department of the Army, and the Department of the Interior issued a joint statement halting construction of the pipeline on U.S. Army Corps land bordering or under Lake Oahe pending review. Despite the statement, Energy Transfer Parterns, the corporation behind the…
This statement was originally published on Reappropriate, and is republished here with permission. Since 1990, the Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of New York (GAPIMNY) has provided a supportive space for our hundreds of queer and trans AAPI members who experience racism, homophobia and transphobia — from strangers, from other…
Image: Zahra Billoo welcomes over 600 California Muslims to the Capitol earlier this year, where they gathered to advocate for several key legislative priorities including the Safe Place to Learn Act. As a proud Californian, I am encouraged by California’s leadership in supporting American Muslim communities and students. August has…
