Organizing Asian America
Hi Friend, We at 18MR are devastated to hear that the Supreme Court chose to destroy over 50 years of racial justice protections. Today’s decision gutting affirmative action denies students an equal opportunity to access higher education. Its grave impact will be felt across the economic, political and social conditions…
Hi Friend, My name is Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and I am the gracelessly aging warrior queer auncle of your dreams. I’m also a writer and longtime disability justice and transformative justice organizer. I’m the author or co-editor of ten books. My latest book documents the last few years of disabled…
Happy Pride Month Friend, Every pride, corporations and organizations put up their rainbow flags in an attempt at solidarity. But we know corporations are only in it for the money [1]. Despite a growing number of people celebrating pride, states across the country continue to target bodily autonomy and creative…
Hi Friend, This is Jenny Zhang, API PA’s Philadelphia organizer, and Katrina Eames, API PA’s digital organizer, from the Asian Pacific Islander Political Alliance (API PA), Pennsylvania’s first and only statewide political organization directly advocating for the needs of Asian Pacific Islanders in Pennsylvania led by and for our communities.…
We’re teaming up with Persuasians, the first Asian drag house from the South, along with drag performers in Texas to celebrate trans liberation. Join us for a virtual drag night of celebration and FUN-raising for The Knights & Orchids Society: Dragging Transphobia!
"We contain multitudes as Asian Americans and our lives are not linear, neat, or monolithic. There is so much diversity, brilliance, and nuance within the umbrella of Asian Americans that most people still do not know or understand." - Alice Wong @disability_visibility The 18MR team just got our copies of "Year…
Mehlam and Kiran of HEART To Grow join us to talk Ramadan, reproductive justice, and gender-affirming, non-judgemental, and faith-inspired approach to sex education.
18 Million Rising partnered with Liquor Store Dreams to host a discussion panel and created a resource guide.
bit.ly/18MRSTOPCOPCITY to send a letter to tell cop city contractors Brassfield & Gorrie, LS3P Architects, Atlas Technical Consultants, Specialty Finishes Incorporated, Brent Scarborough & Company, and Trammell Crow Company to cut ties with police violence and #StopCopCity
Yin Q & LOVE Queen Layla, core members & organizers of Red Canary Song join 18MR this month as guest editors to talk about massage and sex worker mutual aid, art activism, the Massage License Decriminalization Act, and remembering the loss of our sisters two years after the Atlanta-area shooting.
