Sharmin Hossain is 18MR’s new Organizing Director!
News • October 14, 2022 • By 18MR StaffWe are so happy to welcome Sharmin Hossain to 18 Million Rising as our new Organizing Director!
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Celebrating 18MR’s 10 Year Anniversary
News • September 19, 2022 • By 18MR StaffThis September marks 18 Million Rising’s 10th anniversary! We are so grateful for the privilege to organize and build community over these last 10 years. We’d like to take a moment with you to look back on where we’ve been and dream a little about the future we’re working towards.…
Fertile Ground
Communities • July 2, 2021 • By 18MR Staff18MR has produced Fertile Ground, a beautiful illustrated botanical poster and accompanying essay that introduces the concept of abolition, provides analysis on our current moment in Asian America, the limits of #StopAsianHate, and examples of community resistance to police violence. When you purchase your Fertile Ground print today a portion…
These Zines Fund Community Safety in Chinatown and Ethnic Studies
Communities • February 18, 2021 • By 18MR StaffThis month 18 Million Rising is launching a solidarity fundraiser to fund two community-led efforts reimagining community safety and comprehensive ethnic studies. 100% of profits from a limited run of our Unmasking Yellow Peril and Call On Me, Not the Cops zines will support Oakland Chinatown Coalition’s Chinatown Ambassador Program,…
Call On Me, Not The Cops
Communities • June 3, 2020 • By 18MR Staff18 Million Rising knows that some of our family members and loved ones may not understand why we must stop calling the police, but now is the time to have these conversations with our families. We want to help support you through that conversation. So, we wrote a letter to…
Unmasking Yellow Peril
Communities • April 21, 2020 • By 18MR StaffNot only do Asian Americans worry about surviving the virus, we also fear for our lives. Our loved ones are experiencing skyrocketing levels of unchecked hate and violence – over 100 hundred hate crimes a day. This violence is the latest iteration of Yellow Peril. It is a form of…
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2019
News • May 2, 2019 • By 18MR StaffIt is finally May - and you know what that means - it’s time for another Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! This year 18MillionRising.org is trying something new and we have a month jam-packed full of digital content and programming! We hope you will stay tuned on all our 18MR…
Coalition of Asian American organizations opposes FBI request to exempt NGI biometrics database from Privacy Act requirements, cites civil rights concerns
Campaigns • July 6, 2016 • By 18MR StaffCoalition of Asian American organizations opposes FBI request to exempt NGI biometrics database from Privacy Act requirements, cites civil rights concerns July 6, 2016 – A coalition of Asian American advocacy groups has come out in opposition to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) request to exempt its Next Generation…
Remembrance as Resistance: ‘Comfort Women’ and the U.S. Pivot to Asia
Communities • June 27, 2016 • By 18MR StaffImage: The author (center) holds an image of Zainichi Korean “Comfort Woman” survivor Song Shing-do halmoni, with Yuri Kochiyama (bottom right) at a 2005 protest in front of the Japanese Consulate in San Francisco. Also pictured: renowned Zainichi human rights activist Shin Sugok and Zainichi scholar of Ethnic Studies Kyunghee…
