Blog Archive: December 2014

Featured Poets and Writers Recommend Their Favorite APIA Writing

Karissa Chen - December 29, 2014

An Apology to Black Folks

Kai-Ming Ko - December 29, 2014

"As an Asian American, I apologize profusely to all the Black folks in
this country. I, like so many other Asian Americans, messed up."

Down to the Bone: The Need for API Bone Marrow Donors

Andrea Kim Taylor - December 29, 2014

Step up and get yourself to a bone marrow donor drive!

It's Now or Never for The Health Issue!

Abigail Licad - December 29, 2014

We're oh so close! Only three days left to help us raise the remaining $2,000 we need to make The Health Issue happen!

Showing Up for Black Lives Matter

Nadia Khastagir - December 18, 2014

Photos from Bay Area Solidarity

On December 15, Asian, white and Chicano allies answered the
call from the organizers of Black Lives Matter for non-black allies to step up
to challenge police violence and institutionalized racism against black people by
shutting down the Oakland Police Department #ShutdownOPD.

5 Shocking Things I Heard Pitching My Body Positive Story

Soojin Chung - December 15, 2014

Hungry for Love is a film about two people who meet in New
York City and fall in love over food.

December Lit: "Gate" by Lau Wai Shing

Lau Wai Shing - December 8, 2014

For December, we bring to you a translated poem from Hong Kong, addressing the ongoing "Umbrella Movement" protests in Hong Kong.

Umbrellas Unfolding in Hearts of Rain, or: Everyone Here is a Collapsible Umbrella

Hon Lai Chu - December 8, 2014

For December, we bring to you an essay from Hong Kong, addressing the ongoing "Umbrella Movement" protests in Hong Kong.

Hmong New Year When Grandma Was Alive

Kao Kalia Yang - December 3, 2014

My grandma was a medicine woman, a healer, and a shaman. Each Hmong New Year, the entire family came together to uphold our spiritual home, and appease the ancestral spirits. My grandma passed away in 2003.