Thriving Together: Queer apis Building Community, Solidarity, & Movement
Queer South Asian National Network (QSANN)
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- Southeast Asian Freedom Network (SEAFN)
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- 8:30 a.m. – Breakfast served
- How Can We Support BlackLivesMatter
Queer South Asian National Network (QSANN)This session is a one day working pre-conference to allow for the Queer South Asian National Network (QSANN) to network, organize, and plan for the upcoming year. PresentersSasha W., Queer South Asian National Network and Organizing Director, National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance, Madison, WI Mala Nagarajan, Queer South Asian National Network, Washington, DC Radha Modi, Queer South Asian National Network, New York, NY Anurag Lahiri, Queer South Asian National Network, Chicago, IL V Chaudhry, Queer South Asian National Network, Chicago, IL Monica Elise Davis, Queer South Asian National Network, San Francisco, CA SCE Cardinal Southeast Asian Freedom Network (SEAFN)This session is a one day working pre-conference meeting to allow for members of the Southeast Asian Freedom Network (SEAFN) to network, organize, and plan for the upcoming year.PresentersSarath Suong, Executive Director, Providence Youth Student Movement, Providence, RI SCE Fort Dearborn AAPI Parents of LGBTQsThis session will be a convening of parents who can describe what work is being done by them and others in their cities. It will be a day where parents can discuss beneficial tools and resources to help parents of LGBTQ individuals become more accepting of their children. The ideas that parents feel will be of greatest need will be submitted to NQAPIA, as potential collaborations between parents and NQAPIA. PresentersMarsha Aizumi, National Board of Directors, PFLAG, Pasadena, CA Laurin Mayeno, Founder, Out Proud Families, Berkeley, CA Clara Yoon, API Project Founder, PFLAG, New York, NY Generously sponsored by Toyota Financial Services
API Queer Christians and AlliesThis special convening aims to gather API LGBTQ folks (and allies) to connect and share our stories related to our backgrounds, experiences, and choices pertaining to our connections to the Christian faith. This is a place to experience support, redemption, and empowerment. We will spend time hearing our stories and reframing our experiences to nourish our current journey and to mobilize possibilities for change in our families, churches, and faith communities. The focus of this time will be experiences in the Christian (evangelical, Protestant, Pentecostal, Catholic, parachurch, etc.) context. PresentersJess Delegencia, Asian & Pacific Islander Roundtable Coordinator, Network for Religion and Justice & Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, Berkeley, CA Susannah Hong, Talking Circles Coordinator & Trainer, Network on Religion and Justice for API LGBTQ People, San Francisco, CA Rev. Jeanelle Nicolas Ablola, Pastor, Pine United Methodist Church, San Francisco, CA SCE White Oak A & B 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. - Welcome Reception Opening Oli by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, a Kanaka maoli teacher and cultural practitioner Emcee Kit Yan Greetings by Bex Ahuja, NQAPIA Board Chair; Joy Messinger, i2i; and Jay Nair, Trikone Chicago Special Video Presentation: NQAPIA conference 2009 Welcoming Remarks by Geneva Musgrave, Lambda Legal Comedy by Fawzia Mirza, actor, comedian, playwright, from NBC’s Chicago Fire Closing and Weekend Review of logistics by Ryan Viloria, NQAPIA Conference Coordinator Reception generously sponsored by Lambda Legal
Glenn D. Magpantay, Executive Director, National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance Racial Justice Panel This panel seeks to explore the positionality of AAPIs as people of color, uncover the truth and myth of being a model minority, address anti-Black racism amongst AAPIs communities, and discuss how we can all support #BlackLivesMatter. PresentersSoya Jung, Model Minority Mutiny, Seattle, WA Sasha W., Organizing Director, National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance, Madison, WI Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Honolulu, HI Joo-Hyun, Director, Communities United for Police Reform, New York, NY Moderated by Mathilda de Dios, The Free Write Jail Arts & Literacy Program, Chicago, IL 10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. – Session 1: Workshops How Can We Support #BlackLivesMatterThis session aims to engage LGBTQ Asian and Pacific Islander activists and organizers in a process to unpack and lay out a framework to begin to undo the anti-Black racism that often pervades our communities. We will examine the historical and current allegiances between our communities and Black communities while investigating our own biases. These exercises will serve as the basis for moving towards actionable solidarity. PresentersDennis Chin, Membership Chair, Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of New York, New York, NY Sasha W., Organizing Director, National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance, Founding Member, Queer South Asian National Network, Madison, WI V Chaudhry, Member, Queer South Asian National Network, Chicago, IL Andrew Phan, 3PL+, Brooklyn, NY SCE Illinois A 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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