No meek Asians here. Whether in grassroots organizations, nonprofit groups, or government positions, Asian American women are making our voices heard.
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Along with mass panic and toilet paper buyouts, COVID-19 brought waves of anti-Asian prejudice: first through the uncontextualized image of an Asian woman eating a bat, widely shared on the internet, and then through the violent confrontations Asian Americans...
“I’m at a loss for how to talk to him,” she said to me. I sat cross-legged in the passenger seat of a friend’s car, listening to her vent about her Asian parents’ apathy at any mention of the Black Lives Matter movement. Although she was feeling disheartened,...
In 2016, the back-to-back police shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile triggered sorrow and outrage throughout the United States. Shortly after, Donald Trump was elected into office. Like millions of Americans devastated by the outcome of the election,...
For the women of GABRIELA, resistance and community are one. On March 7, 2020, the Los Angeles chapter of GABRIELA joined the International Women’s Day event held at the LA Memorial Coliseum. The event coincides with the International Women’s Strike, which...
In the weeks after George Floyd’s murder, you might have noticed the number of racial justice posts in your social media feed swell and then subside. Some continue to do the work in less visible ways, but others have burned out. We are trying to undo the knot of...
Growing up in the culturally diverse San Francisco Bay Area, I was raised to be “colorblind.” My mother instilled in me a hope that I would look beyond race when engaging with others. She would tell me that it didn’t matter what color the person’s skin was, but that...
We caught up with the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) to discuss the health implications of COVID-19, specifically for Asian American women. NAPAWF’s mission is to produce systemic and policy changes “to gain full agency over our lives, our...
Last month, we discussed what it means to be an ally in thought, education and action. Being an active ally is at the heart of our work as Asian Americans in the Black liberation movement. This means that we must not only support the call for justice for those...
Pride Month, celebrated annually throughout June, commemorates the Stonewall Riots of 1969 and celebrates the LGBTQ+ community. However, Pride Month 2020 feels different; between COVID-19 and the protests against police brutality, it may seem like LGBTQ+ issues have...
