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Staking Our Claim: How We Can Take Advantage of Executive Action on Immigration
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Staking Our Claim: How We Can Take Advantage of Executive Action on ImmigrationPresident Obama’s executive actions on immigration will help up to 5 million undocumented immigrants gain legal status, many of whom are LGBTQ and/or AAPI. With at least 1.5 million AAPI individuals in the United States who stand to benefit (nearly one-third of whom are South Asian), we must mobilize our communities nationwide to enroll in these programs. Come find out how to engage outreach efforts that include in-language materials, discuss how to establish trust in an immigration system that has not always supported or protected members of our community based on national origin and sexual orientation, and explore how we do this work with an intersectional analysis and strategy. PresentersLakshmi Sridaran, Director of National Policy and Advocacy, South Asian Americans Leading Together, Takoma Park, MD Suman Raghunathan, Executive Director, South Asian Americans Leading Together, Takoma Park, MD Justin Ruaysamran, Vice President, Prudential Financial, Newark, NJ
South Asians are the second largest Asian American group in most parts of the country. They are a part of, yet still apart from the larger LGBTQ and AAPI communities. Desis live at the intersections of nationality and ethnicity (Indians, Bangladeshis, Pakistanis, Sri Lankans, Indo-Caribbeans, etc.), immigration status, religious identity (Christian, Hindu, Muslim), and income. Though the events after 9/11 created a broad sense of political awareness, most South Asian progressive organizing reached much further back then. In this workshop, representatives from South Asian queer organizations will talk about past and ongoing organizing campaigns, share challenges, and reflect on the most pressing issues facing queer South Asians today. Presenters: Almas Haider, Member, Khush-DC and Board Member, National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance, Washington, DC Radha Modi, Steering Committee, SALGA-NYC, Philadelphia, PA Monica Elise Davis, Chairperson, Trikone, San Francisco, CA Anurag Lahiri, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Member of Trikone Chicago, Chicago, IL
Leaders of LGBTQ AAPI organizations will share resources and showcase how they build community through social, educational, peer-support, and political activities. Learn how they negotiate among these sometimes competing missions. See how parties and potlucks fit into a political agenda. Explore how they struggle with being inclusive of all LGBTQ AAPIs, how they retain members and build new leaders. In an effort to network between groups, this workshop will explore the challenges that LGBTQ AAPI groups face, share strategies for how groups merge social and political activities, illustrate how primarily East Asian groups have successfully worked with South Asian groups and women with men’s groups, and explore the balance between being both queer and AAPI. PresentersRyan Shen, Co-Chair, Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of New York, New York, NY Binh Le, Steering Committee Member, Queer Asian Pacific Alliance, Boston, MA Aleksa Manila, Founder, Pride ASIA, Seattle, WA Sal Salam, Trikone Chicago, Chicago, IL Manuel Falcon Padua, Emeritus Director of Advocacy, Barangay LA, Los Angeles, CA
PresentersHenry Ocampo, MPH, Senior Program Analyst, Office of Minority Health Resource Center, Newark, CA Agnes Meneses, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Chicago Foundation for Women, Chicago, IL SCE Cardinal Funding our Collective LiberationDo you feel like running the other way when someone brings up “fundraising?” Do you feel more comfortable giving than asking? In this workshop, we will explore grassroots fundraising as an organizing strategy and gain tools to increase our comfort with asking for money. We will deepen our understanding of resource mobilization for social justice movements with questions such as, “What are the resources and relationships needed to create and sustain the change we seek within our communities?” PresentersCrystal Middlestadt, Resource Development Director, Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training, Denver, CO Tower 713 Getting Covered by the Media Did you ever wonder how to get your work covered by the media? The best stories, activists, and events don’t always get picked up; there’s a science and a strategy behind how the media works. In order to achieve media interest in their work, activists must now employ an integrated communications campaign strategy that combines your own website and social media channels with “earned media” like print, digital and broadcast media coverage. Come to this workshop to learn from experts on drafting media releases; pitching stories and projects; developing relationships with news reporters, bloggers, and journalists; framing our issues; writing quotable quotes; and learn about spins, hooks, and graphs. Presenters will also review the difference in working with hard news, magazines, television, radio, blogs, and social media. Presenters Margaret Holt, Standards Editor, Chicago Tribune, IL Alan Klein, co-founder, Public Impact Media Consultants, New York, NY
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