Thriving Together: Queer apis Building Community, Solidarity, & Movement
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Cultural AppropriationThis workshop is an exploration of cultural appropriation between AAPI nations and other countries [specifically the US]. In QTPOC arts/activism, the words "cultural appropriation" are damning accusations of violence and theft, but are often overly simplistic and fail to acknowledge the intricacies of geopolitical power. In this survey of cultural appropriation and AAPI communities, we will discuss topics such as Hindu nationalism and yoga, Orientalism in American Hip Hop, and Japanese appropriation of other cultures. PresentersAndrew Phan, 3PL+, Brooklyn, NY Sharmin Hossain, Communications Coordinator and Youth Program Facilitator, YA-YA Network, New York, NY Tower 610 Desire: Preference and Social PhysicsThis presentation aims to account for the ways that sexuality is inflected by privilege, as identified in the phrase “no fats, fems, Asians.” Though the phenomenon is itself problematic, its conditions and contexts are worth exploring and unpacking.. Making use of diverse theoretical perspectives, this workshop aims to rethink individual prejudice through its social determinations. PresentersReid Uratani, Graduate Student, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Tower 611 Resexualizing the Model Minority: Examining the Impact of HIV in America's AAPI and LGBTQ CommunitiesBeginning with an overview of previous research examining the prevalence of and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS in the AAPI and AAPI/LGBTQ communities, this session aims to open discussion about internal and external cultural expectations regarding gender and sexuality and how these views influence a reluctance to get tested for HIV/AIDS. Through this conversation, we hope to talk about the ways in which our community can overcome some of the common barriers to healthcare and identify what it means to seek and provide "sensitive" care. PresentersLakshmi Sundaresan, Americorps Member, Asian Human Services, Chicago, IL Jeremy Carter, HIV Prevention Specialist, Asian Human Services, Chicago, IL Workshop generously sponsored by Trikone-Chicago Tower 613 LBGTQ2-S Youth CultureThis session focuses on personal self-acceptance and internalized trans/homophobia. We will discuss the human rights exiled for youth of color, especially the intersections for APIA youth in need of services. We will explore intersections with the homeless LGBTQ2-S population, race, and cisgender privilege. PresentersBridie Johnson, Licensed Master Social Worker, MI Junella Maurice Tuason Casia-Johnson SCE Monarch Beyond Single-Issue Struggles: Solidarity with Palestine This workshop is meant to provide some context for engaging in solidarity with Palestine as well as a framework for critically engaging in solidarity in general. We will provide an overview of issues around gender/sexuality, the prison-industrial complex, im/migration, and (settler) colonialism in relation to Palestinian struggles for liberation to remind us that our multiple struggles are often interconnected. We will also address how oppressive conditions force communities to foreground certain struggles over others and what it means to be in solidarity with a struggle that is not overtly related to you or your organization. Presenters: Dalia Fuleihan, Students for Justice in Palestine, NU Divest, Chicago, IL Cinthya Rodríguez, MEChA de NU, NU Divest, Chicago, IL Melisa Stephen, SWOP-Chicago, NU Divest, Chicago, IL Tower 713 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. – Brunch Plenary - Inner Circle Building a Queer Asian Movement Let’s discuss next steps for our LGBTQ AAPI movement. NQAPIA will report back from our membership meeting and present our program priorities, including campaigns around immigrant rights, racial justice, and more. We’ll think about how to bring the conference home, review next steps, and hear report backs. Join us to continue building a stronger LGBTQ AAPI movement! Facilitators: Sasha W., Organizing Director, National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance, Madison, WI TDB, NQAPIA Board Member
Frankie Eliptico, Co-Chair of PIJAAG and member of PRIDE Marianas, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands SCE Fort Dearborn The South Facilitator: Stan Fong, Board Member, National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance, Atlanta, GA
Facilitator: Aparajeeta "Sasha" Duttchoudhury, Trikone NW, Seattle, WA Angeli Bhatt, API Chaya, Seattle, WA SCE White Oak B New England Facilitator: Binh Le, Steering Committee Member, Queer Asian Pacific Alliance, Boston, MA Molly Kiran Girton, Founder, FLY Project, and MASALA Member, Boston, MA SCE Monarch DC Metro Area Facilitator: Kingston Kodan, President, KhushDC, Washington, DC
Facilitators: Rej Joo, Co-Coordinator, Dari Project, New York, NY Radha Modi, Steering Committee, SALGA-NYC, Philadelphia, PA Patrick Lin, Steering Committee, Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of New York, NY Ryan Shen, Co-Chair, Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of New York, New York, NY SCE Illinois B California Facilitators: Monna Wong, Executive Director, API Equality-Northern California, San Francisco, CA Shaan Dasani, Board Member, Satrang, Los Angeles, CA
Nick Kor, Leadership Circle, Shades of Yellow, eriSt. Paul, MN I Li Hsiao, Core Member, Invisible to Invincible: Asian Pacific Islander Pride of Chicago, Chicago, IL Sal Salam, Trikone Chicago, Chicago, IL SCE Illinois A We’re Here, Too! Regional isolation is real, and regional distinctions don’t always fit the complications of our lives. If you don’t identify with the other regional caucuses but want to say that “you’re here too!” come join us here. Facilitators: Alison Lin, Board Member, National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance, Oakland, CA Eri Oura, Board Member, National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance, Oakland, CA /Honolulu, HI
What’s next? How’d we do? And thanks so much. Facilitator: Glenn D. Magpantay, Executive Director, National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance, New York, NY Christina Adams, Administrative Assistant, National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance, Chicago, IL
JJ Ueunten, Invisible to Invincible: Asian Pacific Islander Pride of Chicago Sal Salam, Trikone Chicago
Michele Lee? Kevin Lee, NQAPIA Board of Director Speaker Biographies Agnes Meneses joined the Chicago Foundation for women earlier this year as the Director of Strategic Initiatives, a newly created role to help build awareness, cross-sector collaborations and multidisciplinary approaches to addressing domestic violence and the generational cycle of violence impacting children and community. She has spent twelve years at the Alphawood Foundation, gaining wide experience in supporting the Foundation’s grantees ranging from arts, arts education, and environmental organizations to those focused on addressing community needs and pressing social justice issues. Prior to joining Alphawood, Agnes served as a Manager of Annual Funds for the American Red Cross of Greater Chicago and in business and market development for PwC’s Chicago office. Alan Klein is the co-founder of Public Impact Media Consultants. Established in 1990 in New York City, Public Impact was a pioneer in raising the profile of key LGBT and HIV/AIDS organizations. Their campaigns have helped inaugurate social change and policy reforms thereby making positive changes to the political landscape. Public Impact has also represented organizations championing the homeless, animal rights, women’s reproductive rights, as well as authors, filmmakers and musicians. This year Klein and business partner Jay Blotcher (a comrade of Klein from the founding chapters of ACT UP and Queer Nation) celebrate the 25th anniversary of Public Impact. http://publicimpactpr.com/ Aleksa Manila is the founder of Pride ASIA in Seattle, WA. Alex Lee is a loving aunt who loves and supports a transgender nephew unconditionally. Alexander Chen is currently a law clerk for Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel of the United States District Court for the District of Southern California. Alex received a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2015, an M.A. in English Literature from Columbia University in 2012, and a B.A. from Oxford University in 2009. During law school, he worked on LGBT issues at the Department of Justice, the ACLU, and the National Center for Transgender Equality. He has also written on trans issues for the Harvard Law Review. Alice Y. Hom has worked at Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) for 7 years and helped create the Queer Justice Fund to address the disparity of funding to AAPI LGBTQ communities. Alice serves on the board of Cal Humanities and is a member of the LA API Giving Circle. For fun, Alice enjoys food and exploring new restaurants with friends, finding funky socks to wear, and practicing dance moves for a Queer Asian boy band, AZN8. Alina Bee serves on the board of Satrang. Bee has been working as a social media marketer for several years, managing several small- to medium-sized businesses at a time, customizing strategies for each one. Alison Lin, MPH. You can find Alison teaching queer and trans yoga, hiking, and eating vegetables from her and others' gardens along with other pursuits of love. With over a decade of leadership experience, Alison brings expertise in grassroots organizing, coalition building and research to all her endeavors. Consuming less and building community connections take up time in her heart and her schedule. She is a proud founding member of hotpot! and a board member of the National Queer Asian and Pacific Islander Alliance. She is queer and mixed race. Almas Haider is the child of working class Pakistani immigrants and a queer Muslim. Almas was impacted at a young age by post-9/11 islamophobia and brownphobia. Channeling those experiences through writing and activism, she seeks to build an intersectional lens for communities of color to build in solidarity as well as advocate for the rights of immigrants, workers, prisoners and those affected by criminal justice systems. Formerly the Civil Rights Advocate at the South Asian Network and President of Satrang, Los Angeles's queer and trans* organization for South Asians, she currently works with the Fulbright Program in Washington, D.C. Amanda Niven is the Director of the Trans* Leadership Project in Michigan and part of the Trans Leadership Exchange of the National LGBTQ Task Force. Niven has extensive experience in working with and training trans and gender non-conforming organizers, leaders, and activists on values-based leadership, messaging, lobbying, storytelling, and more. Anand Kalra is the Health Programs Manager at the Transgender Law Center, where he coordinates policy projects related to transition-related and HIV care for trans and gender non-conforming people. Anand applies systems analysis to identify breakdowns in the administration of health care in the private and public sectors and uses this knowledge to create understandable educational materials and trainings for transgender community members and service providers. He holds a Master’s degree in Information Science from the University of Michigan. Andrew Phan is an independent artist/activist/sex worker living and working in Brooklyn NY. They have worked to create cultural spaces for Queer and Trans People of Color in New York City. They also participate in community organizing with groups such as the Audre Lorde Project and were active in the recent demonstrations against police brutality like the Stop Mass Incarceration network and the People’s Power Assembly. They are primarily an artist and are currently creating media that aims to provide alternative narratives for the experiences of sex workers. Also, they be hustlin’ that coin. Andy Marra is the Communications Manager at the Arcus Foundation. Andy possesses over a decade of communications experience working with LGBTQ organizations worldwide. Andy’s work and commentary have been found on programs ranging from NPR’s “Tell Me More,” The Rachel Maddow Show, and Access Hollywood, and outlets including Jezebel, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. She was recognized by the White House, The Advocate’s “Forty under 40,” and as one of The Huffington Post’s “Most Compelling LGBT People.” Andy also received the GLSEN Pathfinder Award, National LGBTQ Task Force Creating Change Award, and NQAPIA Community Catalyst Award. Aneesa Sen is a former SALGA NYC board member. Along with Mashuq Deen, she has trained support group facilitators and helpline operators for the past five years. Sen has also trained volunteers for DeQH: Desi LGBTQ Helpline for South Asians at NQAPIA. Sen has presented with NQAPIA and at Creating Change (2012, 2015). Sen is a youth mentor, an educator, an activist, and a poet. Aneesha Gandhi is a staff attorney for the National Immigrant Justice Center’s LGBTQ Immigrant Rights Initiative, where she represents both detained and non-detained LGBTQ immigrants. Additionally, Gandhi is a co-chair of the LGBTQ Immigrant Rights Coalition of Chicago, a collaboration of LGBTQ and Immigrant rights organizations and individuals who work together on outreach and legislative efforts. She is also a board member of the Chicago Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild and a member of The United People of Color Caucus (TUPOCC) of the Guild. Gandhi received a BA from Smith College and a JD from Northeastern University School of Law. Angeli Bhatt is a queer South Asian Community Organizer with API Chaya. She received her MSW from the University of Washington in 2012. She enjoys reading, playing drums, and building things. Angie Shen Gemini b. 1993: loves libraries, thunder, hi-tec-c pens, coconut, and her pet fish; dislikes bigots, celery and dry skin; plays ultra-beginner drums in her band 'mystii'; works in art education and food service; dreams in ceramic, paper and print. Angie Shen is the QT Member of the Providence Youth Student Movement (PrYSM). Anna Guevarra is the Director and an Associate Professor within the Asian American Studies Program at University of Illinois at Chicago. Anurag Lahiri is a Queer Bengali social worker and activist based in Chicago. Much of her hands-on organizing and work experience has been through Trikone Chicago, Apna Ghar, and Chicago Desi Youth Rising. She is now becoming more involved with DeQH (Desi LGBTQ Helpline) and QSANN (Queer South Asian National Network). Her work puts value on social support, music and food as South Asian community healing methods, Queer South Asian intergenerational conversation and skill share, and providing affirming spaces for spiritual and religious Queer South Asians. Aparajeeta "Sasha" Duttchoudhury, also known as "Sasha," is a young writer and resident of the Pacific Northwest. Sasha graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in English and has since been published in "Moving Truth(s): Queer and Transgender Desi Writings on Family" and "T.I.P.S. to Study Abroad: Simple Letter for Complex Engagement". Sasha has been a SAALT Young Leaders Institute Fellow and is now newly involved in Trikone NW. Apphia K is a Bisexual Activist, a board member of SALGA-NYC, and a recent asylee from India. Aries Liao is a co-founder and co-director of Asian Pride Project and the co-founder and past steering committee member of Q-Wave. She has also served on the board of the National Queer Asian and Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) from 2009 to 2013. Aries strives to foster open communication and solidarity in diverse communities and to facilitate greater understanding and acceptance of people with different worldviews and experiences. Arli Christian. As Policy Counsel, Arli Christian is dedicated to improving and expanding access to legal services for trans communities through NCTE’s Trans Legal Services Network and works with state advocates to modernize name change laws, state ID regulations, and birth certificate policies. Christian also serves on the Steering Committee of Trans Legal Advocates of Washington (TransLAW). Christian received a J.D. from American University Washington College of Law in 2013 and a B.A. from Wesleyan University in 2004. Christian speaks English and Spanish and grew up in New York City. August Guang is a booty-bumping oppression-stomping trans* Chinese boi. They coordinates QT Thursdays at the Providence Youth Student Movement (PrYSM), a space for queer and trans youth of color to build community and challenge mainstream LGBTQ narratives. They is also a grad student in Applied Mathematics at Brown University studying probability theory and phylogenetics. The rest of the time they is a giant troll. Ben Cabangun is a national technical assistance provider and trainer in the area of HIV Testing, Prevention with HIV Positive Persons, HIV/AIDS Organizational Development, and Health Department Planning and Policy. He has provided consultations and training on these topics to community based organizations and state/county/city health departments throughout the United States and its affiliated jurisdictions. Ben de Guzman is a long-time advocate for the LGBT AAPI community. He is the former Co-Director for Programs of NQAPIA and has presented at both of NQAPIA's previous conferences. His new role is the National Managing Coordinator at the Diverse Elders Coalition provides him with experience working with AAPI, LGBTQ, Hispanic, and Native American aging advocates and their constituencies. Benjamin Chou has been the co-chair of AQUA DC for 1.5 years, leading all board meetings, organizing all GBT forums/discussions within greater AAPI community, etc. Bex Ahuja loves organizing and racial and economic justice, and has a passion for winning progressive campaigns. Bex is passionate about helping nonprofit leaders improve their management. At the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Bex helped nonprofits increase staff performance, mobilization, and fundraising through training and coaching. Bex has played senior leadership roles in 17 winning legislative and ballot measure campaigns around the U.S. and has trained over 3,200 people in grassroots organizations. Bex began organizing over 11 years ago and is too legit to quit the progressive movement. Bex can be found eating delicious foods in Brooklyn, NY. Binh Le was born and raised in Tennessee but is close to a decade of Massachusetts residency. She has served on the Steering Committee for Queer Asian Pacific-Islander Alliance (QAPA) since 2012. When she is not a non-profit minion, she is also an analyst for a consulting firm. Bish Paul is a Molecular Cell Biology Doctoral Candidate at the University of Washington. Our community has several poignant stories to tell, and these stories need to be documented. Sometimes, they are hard to come by, especially when historically our culture, silently but pervasively, advocates hiding the truth about our lives. Real stories well-told are one of the most powerful ways of entertaining, inspiring, and freeing us from isolation, helping us realize that we are in fact part of a community. The short has played at the Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival in 2014 and Seattle Asian American Film Festival in 2015. Bridie Johnson was on the Board of Directors for the Ruth Ellis Center for 48 years. Johnson has also sat on the Board of Directors of Michigan Equality and has been a co-producer of “Alternative Perspectives,” a radio show in Georgia that discusses LBGT issues on a weekly basis. Johnson is certified by the Runaway and Homeless Youth National Coalition as an LBGT trainer and has trained the FBI, attorneys, doctors, Child Protective Services, etc. Johnson has been a foster care juvenile justice supervisor for over 15 years. Calvin Shin is part of the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance, the UC Berkeley Cal Queer & Asian, and the Asian and Pacific American Coalition. Chaoqun (Crystal) Ding is an undergraduate student at Purdue University. Carmina Ocampo is a Staff Attorney and Immigrants’ Rights Strategist in the Western Regional Office of Lambda Legal. Prior to joining Lambda Legal, Carmina was with Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice - LA, formerly the Asian Pacific American Legal Center), where in 2008 she was awarded a Skadden Fellowship to conduct a workers’ rights project focused on home care workers. Carmina conducted impact litigation and advocacy to advance workers’ and immigrants’ rights and racial justice. Carmina received her juris doctorate from the University of California Los Angeles School of Law with a specialization in Critical Race Studies. Cathy Sakimura is the Family Law Director and Supervising Attorney at the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR). Cathy also founded and oversees NCLR’s Family Protection Project, which improves access to family law services for low-income LGBTQ parents and their children, with a focus on families of color. She received her J.D. from the University of California’s Hastings College of the Law and her B.A. from Stanford University. In 2012, she was named one of the Best LGBTQ Lawyers under 40 by the National LGBTQ Bar Association. She is a co-author of the treatise Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Family Law. Chong Moua is a Hmong Queer Woman, Speaker, Spoken Word Artist, Community Organizer, and Social Entrepreneur. Her experiences include SOY (Shades of Yellow), PAVE-MN (Pan-Asian Voices for Equity-Minnesota), CAAR (Community Action Against Racism), Minnesota History Center, University of Wisconsin, University of Minnesota, Metropolitan State University, Hamline University, TakeAction MN, OutFront MN, Bi Organizing Project, and Neighborhood House. Chong is passionate about community and building economic sustainability for Queer People of Color. Christina Adams currently works for NQAPIA. She recently graduated from Missouri State University with two majors and two minors. As a biracial, atheist, liberal feminist, Adams was highly involved to support solidarity at her campus with low diversity and obscene amounts of religious and political conservatism. In 2013, she received the Charles Chang Award from the Midwest Asian American Students Union (MAASU), and earlier this year, she was an OCA National intern. Adams has led and facilitated many diversity and/or leadership activities and presented at the Missouri Statewide Collaborative Diversity Conference, where she was also the Student Day Chair. Christine Chen, the founding executive director from 2006-2008, returned to APIAVote in 2011 to serve as its current Executive Director. She has more than two decades of experience in organizing and advocating on issues such as immigration, hate crimes, affirmative action, census, racial profiling, voting rights, election reform, and various derogatory and racist media incidents. Currently, Chen serves in the Center for Asian American Media and OCA Northern Virginia Chapter, is president of Strategic Alliances USA, and serves on the advisory boards for the Kennedy Center Community, Asian Pacific American Medical Students Association, and the Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership. Directory: wpp wpp -> Abarro, George III c. Abear, Roger F wpp -> Name diplomate fpcr wpp -> Ubiquitous tango Download 483.88 Kb. Share with your friends:
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