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May 10, 2014

API Heritage Day at the Seattle Center Armory

API Heritage Day was held on May 4th, 2014 at the Seattle Center Armory.

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APACEvotes condemns the racist and misogynistic ki

APACEvotes condemns the racist and misogynistic killings of eight massage parlor workers and customers in Atlanta, Georgia that occurred on March 16, 2021.

Six of the victims were Asian women. As a community, we grieve this tragedy and wish unconditional love and healing for the victims and their families. The intersections of race, class and gender cannot be ignored in this incident. We recognize the event to be part of the deeper issue of colonial white supremacy.

We call to action our local, state and national elected officials to openly condemn and recognize the Atlanta murders as anti-Asian hate violence, a byproduct of systemic racism. Sidestepping the issue will only encourage more violence against our Asian communities.

Additionally, we reject all calls to action that suggest increasing police power, presence, and surveillance. Such actions have historically acted as agents of harm toward Black communities, unhoused people, immigrants, and low-income families - the communities that were promised to be protected.

The oppression of Asians who face misogyny is the result of a legacy of orientalism, in which people from Asia (inappropriately named “the Orient”) are viewed as submissive and subservient. Feminine presenting Asians are often hypersexualized in the media, being represented as promiscuous and sexually submissive. This creates harmful narratives with dangerous consequences, ranging from catcalling and online harassment to sexual assault and death.

Many massage parlor workers across the United States are Asian immigrants, who work long hours with low pay to support their children and families. Low-income Asian community members are vulnerable to violence and abuse, but are often unable to seek assistance due to lack of available culturally competent in-language support and safety resources. Society’s devaluation of feminized care work, such as massage work and sex work, exacerbate this struggle. We urge everyone to extend their support to the Asian community, especially massage parlor workers during this time.

🌟 FEATURING performance by poet Hira Singh! @sh

🌟 FEATURING performance by poet Hira Singh! @shinebrightlikeaheera 🎙

APACE is hosting a text bank! Together we will text Asian and Pacific Islanders of Seattle to encourage them to use their democracy vouchers.

Sign up at bit.ly/apacetexts

Time/Date: March 11 @ 5:30pm-6:30pm PST
Location: Zoom

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SLIDE 1:
Event info appears as a pink color event notification.
In blue text: Important Reminder.
In bold black text: democracy voucher text bank.
Below in black text: Thursday March 11 5:30pm-6:30pm pacific standard time.
Below in italic black text: sign up at bit.ly/apacetexts

SLIDE 2:
In bold black font: What are democracy vouchers?
In black font: Democracy Vouchers are publicly funded vouchers that can be used to support candidates in the upcoming Seattle Elections.

Seattle residents no longer have to donate directly out of their pockets. They can financially support candidates with City funding!

SLIDE 3:
In bold black font: Why text about the vouchers?
in black font: We want to remind the ANHPI community in Seattle to use their Democracy Vouchers as soon as possible.

Textbanking is a form of outreach that accommodates busy individuals & politically neglected communities. We make civic engagement easier by providing real-time education & direct digital communication.

The 9th annual Seattle Asian American Film Festiva

The 9th annual Seattle Asian American Film Festival (SAAFF) presents our biggest film festival online from March 4-14, 2021. Most programs are available on-demand for the entire festival, but selected programmings are only available for a limited time. All films are only available to viewers in United States, while some films are geo-blocked to the US West Coast or Pacific Northwest regions. Please check each film program for viewing windows and geographic restrictions. To learn more about the festival schedule and live events, please visit www.seattleaaff.org. Purchase a Festival Pass or Ticket Package at bit.ly/saaffpass.

FROM HERE is a hopeful story of artists and activists based in Berlin and New York whose lives hang in the balance of immigration and integration debates. The protagonists move from their 20s into their 30s as they fight for citizenship, start families, and find room for creative expression. This sensitive and nuanced documentary captures their journeys to define what it means to “belong” in societies that are increasingly hostile to their existence. Filmed over a decade in two of the world’s largest immigration countries–the U.S. and Germany–their individual stories echo the millions of young people from immigrant families coming of age during this era of rising nationalism. FROM HERE showcases not only their struggles, but enormous power.

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