Thriving Together: Queer apis Building Community, Solidarity, & Movement
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- Supporting Our Communities: Managing and Running Support Groups - continued
- Presenters Aneesa Sen, SALGA-NYC, New York, NY
- LGBTQ AAPI Legacies: A Timeline of Resilience - continued
- More $$$, More Power - continued
- Movie: Qahaaniyan
- Youth/Student Caucus
- Facilitators
PresentersMolly Kiran Girton, Founder, FLY Project, and member, MASALA, Boston, MA Tower 713 Hanau Ka Mauna: Utilizing Hawaiian Epistemologies to Inspire and (Re)connect Ourselves to Place - Part II Among indigenous peoples, place is a critical part of inspiring and informing our work for social justice. In this workshop, we utilize Hawaiian epistemologies of place to help participants gain a deeper understanding of their piko (center, place) and the connections to their social justice work. By sharing our stories of place - places of birth, work, inspiration - through talking story and writing, our workshop will help participants learn how to use Hawaiian epistemologies of place to gain unique insight into the ways in which they can envision and implement their work. PresentersErin Kahunawaika ‘ala Wright, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI Una Aeon Kalani Narvaez Flux, First-Generation College Student, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI NOTE: This is a two-part workshop covering two time slots. Tower 605 Supporting Our Communities: Managing and Running Support Groups - continuedThis is a 3-hour introduction to support groups. This session will include many different aspects of support group work such as proper introductions, establishing safe-space guidelines, and raising awareness of the various issues facing LGBTQ API populations. There will be a mock-support group to give participants an idea of the many facets of support groups. We will also discuss available resources for individuals/groups interested in setting up their own support groups.PresentersAneesa Sen, SALGA-NYC, New York, NYMashuq Deen, SALGA-NYC, New York, NYNOTE: This is a 3-hour workshop covering two time slots. All participants are asked to stay for the entire time.SCE MonarchLGBTQ AAPI Legacies: A Timeline of Resilience - continuedWhat is the "LGBTQ AAPI movement"? Where have we been and where are we going? This workshop will discuss the Dragon Fruit Project, an intergenerational, oral history project that explores queer Asian Pacific Islanders and their experiences with activism during the 60s through 90s. We'll actively engage in the LGBTQ API narrative through a graphic timeline. By uplifting our community histories, we’re breaking through the silence that is a byproduct of systematic and institutionalized oppression. Participants will also learn how to upload our histories onto the free internet encyclopedia, Wikipedia, LIVE! PresentersTracy Nguyen, Program Coordinator, API Equality-Northern California, San Francisco, CA Sammie Ablaza Wills, Program Assistant, API Equality-Northern California, Bay Area, CA NOTE: This is a 3-hour workshop covering two time slots. All participants are asked to stay for the entire time. Tower 610 More $$$, More Power - continuedLead the way to fundraising success! Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned fundraiser, raising money from community members, neighbors, family, and other stakeholders can be one of the most rewarding strategies your organization or group uses for LGBTQ liberation. PresentersSaurabh Bajaj, Director of Individual Fundraising, National LGBTQ Task Force, San Francisco, CA Phillip Ozaki, National Major Gifts Officer, Lambda Legal, New York, NY NOTE: This is a 3-hour workshop covering two time slots. All participants are asked to stay for the entire time. Tower 611 Movie: QahaaniyanWhat defines your identity? The people you love? The country of your birth? Your ethnic background? Your perceived religion? Intersections is the story of a queer, Muslim, South Asian American woman of color navigating these intersectionalities. This short film is part of “Qahaaniyan,” an ongoing Seattle-based project to document Queer South Asian oral histories. PresentersBish Paul, Molecular Cell Biology Doctoral Candidate, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Screening generously sponsored by Trikone-Chicago Tower 302 4:25 p.m. to 5:25 p.m. – Session 8: Caucuses Youth/Student CaucusWhether you have a local community to depend on or not, this closed-caucus is for students and those 25 and under. Vent your frustrations, find ways to ease issues, and engage in a validating space. This caucus will split into small groups based on the needs of the attendees, but this space is open and available regardless if you have an APIA organization, LGBTQ organization, or a Queer & Asian organization near you. FacilitatorsChristina Adams, Administrative Assistant, National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance, Chicago, IL Eric Khiev, Administrative Assistant, Providence Youth Student Movement, Providence, RI Angie Shen, QT Member, Providence Youth Student Movement, Providence, RI Jimmy Bui, Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association (VAYLA) of New Orleans, LA SCE Monarch Cancer Survivors, People with AIDS, Chronically Ill People, and their Supporters “We are not dying; we are living!” It’s okay. We are here to support each other. This closed caucus is for people who have a health diagnosis which some perceive to be terminal, are surviving cancer, living with AIDS/HIV, or are chronically ill. We also invite people who are our support system, family members, or partners to join us for peer support. Facilitator Glenn D. Magpantay, Executive Director, National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance, New York, NY SCE White Oak A Directory: wpp wpp -> Abarro, George III c. 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