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Graphic with teal and purple textured background. Kites with the palestinian flag illustrations. Article screenshot from Convergence mag reads: “Wikipedia Banned the ADL. Why Hasn’t The Asian American Foundation? By Sharmin Hossain July 5, 2024” Image of a lion dance from a rally. Text box below: media update

Convergence Mag – Wikipedia Banned the ADL. Why Hasn’t The Asian American Foundation?

Action • July 17, 2024 • By 18MR Staff

“At its core, the struggle over TAAF’s ties to the ADL reflects a deeper question confronting our movements. Will we allow Zionism and Islamophobia to fester in progressive spaces, or will we double down on our solidarity with the struggle for Palestine and all movements against colonialism, occupation, and imperialism?”Read…

Graphic with textured green background. Header text: From Asian American to Palestine: A Teach-In on Zionism, Empire, & Hindutva Green text box below July 25 4 - 5:30PM ET Green text box below: Featuring: Karamvir Bhatti, Asians for Palestine NYC, Nikhil Arur, Hindus for Human Rights, Sharmin Hossain, 18MR. White text box below: RSVP: BIT.LY/AA2PALI Image of a pro-palestine rally with Palestine flags and signs that read “Protect Rafah”. Bottom left logos of Asians 4 Palestine NYC, 18MR & Hindu’s for Human Rights.

From Asian America to Palestine: A Teach-In on Zionism, Empire, and Hindutva

Campaigns • July 17, 2024 • By 18MR Staff

From Philly to the Philippines to Palestine, our struggles for liberation are interconnected. Join us to hear from Asian Americans organizing locally, nationally, and internationally against Zionism, US imperialism, and Hindu Fascism (Hindutva)!  Thurs, July 251-2:30 pm PT / 4-5:30 pm ETRSVP: bit.ly/AA2PALI  Prominent Asian American elected officials like New…

Green staticky background with black bix in front of it, with a screenshot of an article that says, "The Asian Foundation's ADL Partnership is a betrayal to Asian American communities". In the article shows protesters with masks, holding signs, and a large banner that says "Drop Greenblatt, Stop Zionism & Islamophobia". On the top right corner in pink shows the Mondoweiss logo, on the top left, is the 18MR logo.

Mondoweiss – The Asian American Foundation’s ADL Partnership is a Betrayal to Asian American Communities

Action • June 25, 2024 • By 18MR Staff

“The Asian American Foundation’s partnership with the Anti-Defamation League legitimizes the ADL’s attacks on marginalized communities and betrays the Foundation’s own commitment to building a more inclusive future.” Read the full @mondoweiss article atbit.ly/DROPTHEADL_TAAF Sign the letter to demand taaf.org to #DropTheADL: bit.ly/No2Zionism

🌈NO PRIDE IN GENOCIDE🌈

Campaigns • June 13, 2024 • 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 we’ve cultivated for ourselves. We bring that history of resistance to say No Pride in Genocide. From the…

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!…

Photo collage of red flowers, fruit, and the Asians for a Liberated Palestine banner. There is a grainy overlay. There are multiple Microsoft Windows style pop-up windows. The main one, in the middle, says: Hey, we’re hiring for a Field Organizer! Location: East Coast (New York or D.C.). The next pop-up says: $70,000 to $80,000. Full-time remote + 4 day work week, generous vacation and wellness stipend. Health, dental, vision, and flex benefits. The top pop-up says: Join us to build an Asian American movement for a more just world. IRL and online! There is an 8-bit icon of a megaphone.

WE’RE HIRING a field organizer (East Coast)!

Communities • May 29, 2024 • By 18MR Staff

About 18 Million Rising 18MR builds Asian American political power that contributes to movements for racial justice, abolition, anti-militarism, and democracy through political education, base building, and strengthening movements that address these issues head on. Our commitment is to dismantle systems of oppression, fight white supremacy, and work towards a…

Orange background with a hand drawn tiger with white belly, over a circle of South Asian lotus flower motifs, in orange and white. Under that, a bowl full of green leaves, red, and orange herbs. At the top, a purple box that says "Our Community is our Remedy" in white. Below, a dark green box that says in white, "DID YOU EAT YET?" Bottom right is a portrait of Jen Soriano, her left arm folded to hold her face, black short hair, with medium-fair skin, in a white blouse. Below that in dark green, says in white, "Jen Soriano".

Did You Eat Yet? May 2024 – APAHM with Jen Soriano

Communities • May 20, 2024 • By 18MR Staff

Hello fellow freedom lovers! My name is Jen Soriano – some people call me JenSo – and I’m an author, musician, and former board member of 18MR. I’m excited to be guest editing this month’s newsletter for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month! I’ve dedicated most of…

Mostly green textured graphic with an illustration of a dark-skinned hand holding a red 1940s style house key. There are three of them staggered down. In the background is an overexposed photo of a crowd. Text reads: Al-Nakba: Resistance Until Return! Liberated Palestine Within Our Lifetime!

Nakba Day

Communities • May 14, 2024 • By 18MR Staff

On May 15, 1948, over 700,000 Palestinians were displaced in the Nakba - Arabic for “catastrophe.” This May 15, we’re remembering the 76 years of the ongoing ethnic cleansing and genocide, demanding all of us to #Escalate4Gaza. In the same year as the first Nakba, the U.N. released a Universal…

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…