Thriving Together: Queer apis Building Community, Solidarity, & Movement
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Cinthya Rodriguez is part of MEChA de NU of the NU Divest in Chicago, IL. Clara Yoon is a proud Korean mother of a transgender, bisexual son. She is the founder of the API Project that provides support for LGBTQ individuals and families of Asian heritage and addresses culture-specific needs of the API community. She also serves on the Board of PFLAG NYC chapter. She believes in the importance of improving LGBTQ equality in API homelands and faith groups to create better acceptance for LGBTQ individuals within the API communities both in Americas and overseas. Crystal Middlestadt is a self-proclaimed fundraising geek with 12+ years’ experience with nonprofit leadership, resource development, and anti-violence organizing. Her curiosity in how funding influences organizational and movement priorities led her to join her first Development Committee in 2006 while staff at a local rape crisis center. She previously served as co-executive director of Survivors Organizing for Liberation (formerly CAVP), a statewide organization dedicated to building safety and justice for LGBTQ communities. Middlestadt co-coordinated the Allied Media Conference’s first “Resourcing and Sustaining our Movements” track in 2014 and has contributed to the GIFT Blog and Grassroots Fundraising Journal. Dalia Fuleihan is part of Students for Justice in Palestine at NU Divest in Chicago, IL. Dan J. Whittaker works in the field of building design, construction and coordination by day; he is a Korean adoptee that has a fierce passion for revealing the unspoken and underrepresented voices of those living in unexplored shadows of Midwestern America. He also likes journeying to new lands by foot and kayak. Danny Pham identifies as a cis-gay, Vietnamese-American male. Danny was born and raised in Silicon Valley and received Bachelor and Master Science Degrees from the University of San Francisco. Danny is affiliated with the following organizations: Gay Asian Pacific Alliance, Co-Chair; Gay Asian Pacific Alliance Foundation, Ex-Officio; East Bay Municipal Utility District, Wastewater Control Representative; Former SF API LGBT Pride Council Member; Former Chief Marketing & Finance Officer of GAMeBoi LLC; Former Environmental Scientist, State of California, Regional Water Resources Control Board. David Do is the Director of the Office of Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs and consistently works on the front lines to improve the quality of life of all AAPI residents in the District of Columbia. Denmark Diaz is a Health Promotions Specialist for the API Wellness Center. He holds an undergraduate degree in Health Education with a focus on community-based public health from San Francisco State University. He also serves on the board of the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA). Dennis Chin is the Membership Chair of the Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of New York (GAPIMNY). He previously served as Co-Chair from 2013 through 2014. Dennis also serves on the Board of Directors of CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities. Full-time, Dennis is the Director of Communications at the Center for Social Inclusion. Follow him on Twitter @denniscchin Dennis Mallillin is a Filipino gay man and a first-generation immigrant. What started as a life-saving involvement with the Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center’s (APIWC) youth program has resulted in a lifelong commitment to serve the LGBTQ-API community. Dennis has served as a community organizer, peer counselor, and HIV/AIDS prevention worker and is currently serving as a psychotherapist, social worker, and case manager to APIs in San Francisco. Dennis pursued psychology at San Francisco State University and completed his Master’s Degree in Counseling with an emphasis on Marriage and Family Therapy at the California State University, East Bay. Dennis M. Quinio, Esq. has substantial experience representing clients at every stage of litigation, in complex commercial and class actions, in both federal and state courts, and from a wide range of industries (e.g., life sciences, pharmaceuticals, technology, telecommunications). Dennis also has experience counseling clients in antitrust investigations. In addition to his litigation practice, Dennis is active in Hogan Lovells’ Diversity Committee, where he co-chairs the New York Hogan Lovells Pride group. Dennis also has devoted substantial time to pro bono legal work on behalf of numerous LGBTQ-focused organizations. His pro bono work has involved novel and emerging legal issues affecting the LGBTQ community. Edward Vera was raised in Las Vegas, NV where he graduated from the University of Nevada Las Vegas in Stage and Screen Acting. From his undergrad, he built a career of theatre and film production and took it to Chicago as he began his studies with the Second City. He made his production company, Edward Vera Productions, official as of 2014 and partnered with artists to further push his platform. Edward hopes to work more with original music in ways that are innovative, creative, and educational. For more information about their production company, check out: EdwardVeraProductions.com. Edwin Tablada is the EPA & Community Education Assistant at Lambda Legal. Tablada has facilitated various workshops on subjects including know your rights, workplace fairness for LGBTQ individuals, and other criminal justice themes. Elena Chang strives to engage community dialogue by shedding light on various social, political, and humanitarian issues through film, theater, and other art forms. She recently performed at the 3rd National Asian American Theatre Festival in Soomi Kim’s production of “Dictee”, a multimedia performance based on the text of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. As a 2011 Korean American Community Foundation Arts Grantee, she produced and directed “V-Day: Koreatown”, the first production of the “Vagina Monologues” with an all-Korean cast in NYC. She received her BFA in Theatre from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University as well as training from Shakespeare’s Globe, London. Eli Chi is a 27 year old Chinese-Cuban, American born, queer, and transmasculine pretty boi currently based out of St. Louis, MO. Eli is a recent Brown Boi Project “Brown Boi”, who currently sits on the board as the Youth Coordinator for the St. Louis Metro Trans Umbrella Group. Under MTUG, he has created QTPOC:STL, a meet up and safe space for people who self identify as LGBTQ+ and as a Person of Color to share space, be with community and talk through life things. Eli also does work with LGBTQ young people through both Growing American Youth and Missouri GSA Network. When Eli is not trying too hard to save the world, Chi also performs drag in the St. Louis metro area under the name Sum Yung Wang. He also loves playing guitar, riding his bike around the city, and learning how to be the best cat daddy to his fur baby cat Juice! Eri Oura is a 2nd generation japanese queer born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Currently based in Oakland, California, eri teaches bicycle safety, lives in a QTPOC co-op, and spends their free time gardening. eri has been on the NQAPIA Board since April 2014. Erin Kahunawaika ‘ala Wright, PhD, is Kanaka Oiwi (Native Hawaiian) from Kalihi, O'ahu and serves as an assistant professor of Educational Administration (Higher Education) at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. She is dedicated to Kanaka Oiwi nationhood, her work focusing on understanding the ways in which sovereignty and self-determination can be supported through Kanaka Oiwi engagement in higher education. Eugene Hwang is a member of AQUA DC. Fawzia Mirza acts, writes & produces. She loves to use performance, personal storytelling and comedy to break down stereotypes across a multiplicity of identities: race, religion, sexual orientation and gender, and defy the concept of the “model minority”. She has made a web series like Kam Kardashian about the long lost lesbian Kardashian sister and Brown Girl Problems, a series about South Asian women who also happen to be regular people with regular problems. Catch Fawzia on NBC’s Chicago Fire, Afterellen’s lesbian series The Lphabet or in a lesbian-centric Buzzfeed video about seeing your Ex that’s already had over 1.2 million views. Frankie Eliptico is a co-chair of the Pacific Islands Jurisdictions AIDS Action Group (PIJAAG), a coalition comprised of representative agencies and NGOs from six Pacific US-affiliated countries and territories: Palau, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and American Samoa. He is a founding member of PRIDE Marianas. Frankie serves as the board chair of the Mariana Islands Nature Alliance, which is dedicated to conserving the CNMI’s precious natural resources. Frankie is the Director of External Relations for the Northern Marianas College, and he leads the College’s legislative advocacy efforts. Gene Mar has been a member of the Chicago Hellfire Club for 14 years and is a contributing writer for Instigator magazine. Mar has 27 years of experience in leather, kink, & S/M, including 24 years in the organized leather community, and teaching various forms of bondage, S/M, from novice to advanced. Mar has presented in multiple classes and workshops for Chicago Hellfire Club, Thunder in the Mountains (Denver based pan-sexual fetish seminar), Avatar Club Los Angeles, Orange Coast Leather Assembly (Southern California), and Regiment of the Black and Tans (Southern California). Geneva Musgrave works with Lambda Legal to develop the Family Acceptance project and social marketing campaigns for families of color. She is an experienced trainer, working with families of color for over eleven years. Glenn D. Magpantay, Esq. is Executive Director of the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA). He has worked in the movement for LGBTQ rights and equality for over twenty-five years. Before, Glenn had a long and distinguished career as a civil rights attorney as the Democracy Program Director at the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), where he worked to protect and promote the voting rights and political participation of Asian Americans. He continues to inspire new legal minds and future advocates by teaching Race & the Law at Brooklyn Law School and Asian American Civil Rights at Hunter College/CUNY. Glenn is a former co-chair of the Gay Asian & Pacific Islander Men of New York and organized the first-ever LGBTQ testimony before the White House Initiative on Asian Americans & Pacific Islander in 2000. He was named as one of INSTINCT MAGAZINE’S “25 Leading Men of 2004”. In 1994, he spoke at the National March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation. Glenn attended the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook on Long Island, and as a beneficiary of affirmative action, graduated cum laude from the New England School of Law, in Boston. Glenn Murakami is a father of two gay sons and is from California. Harper Jean Tobin. As Director of Policy, Harper Jean Tobin coordinates all aspects of advocacy on federal administrative policies and regulations for NCTE and works to provide information for the public about laws and policies that affect transgender people. She also serves on the board of HIPS, an organization that promotes rights, health and safety for those involved in sex work, sex trade, or drug use in the DC area. Tobin previously worked at the National Senior Citizens Law Center’s Federal Rights Project. Tobin’s writing on transgender equality and other issues has appeared in numerous publications. A Kentucky native, she received degrees in law and social work from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and is an alumna of Oberlin College. Henry Ocampo has worked in the HIV/AIDS field for over 20 years. After completing a BS in Psychology at UC Davis, Ocampo worked in San Francisco, managing HIV prevention programs targeting Asians and Pacific Islanders. Ocampo earned a Master's of Public Health in Health and Social Behavior from UC Berkeley. Since starting at the Office of Minority Health Resource Center (OMHRC) in 2004, Ocampo has provided capacity building assistance to organizations and health departments around the country. His projects at OMHRC include the Pacific Project, which aims at improving health programs in the US-affiliated Pacific Islands. Hye-John Chung is a Korean dyke mom of two very different and beautiful boys – Julian (7) and Miles (4). Hye-John and her wife, Christian, took turns having kids using the same Korean donor dad, so Julian is bi-racial and Miles is full Korean. When Hye-John isn’t running around chasing after her kids, she works as a product manager for Bank of America. She has also been active in queer Asian organizations in Boston and Philly, such as A Slice of Rice and QAPA in Boston (more so – pre-kids) and hotpot in Philly (less so – post kids but hey, her famous hotpot brunch gave inspiration to the organization’s name). I Li Hsiao has been doing queer Asian activism since the mid-90s. I Li was one of founders and chair of Gay Asian Pacific Islanders of Chicago (GAPIC), was part of CDMC (Chicago Dyke March Collective), has been co-chair of Invisible to Invincible: Asian Pacific Islander Pride of Chicago (i2i), and was on the board of NQAPIA. I Li currently serves in the core of i2i. I Li is a strong believer in gender bending. I Li has been a floral designer/artist since 1992 and does floral work and floral art installations throughout the country. Ilona Turner has presented on legal issues facing transgender and gender non-conforming people for more than 5 years—the last 3 of these as legal director at the Transgender Law Center. imi rashid is a queer bangladeshi muslim immigrant and long-time resident of Chicago. she is a self-employed certified public accountant dedicated to serving individuals, groups, and communities that are actively in the business of creating change through art, grassroots organizing, social justice activism, and anti-oppression work. imi is also one of the founding members of the Muslim Alliance for Sexual & Gender Diversity (MASGD) and currently serves as its co-coordinator. when she's not crunching numbers, she's avidly playing badminton, shooting pool, or swimming. Inhe Choi has over 25 years of experience working to build strong communities, organizations, and institutions as a community organizer, policy analyst, program officer, and consultant. In all of her roles, her main interest has been to build capacity, strategy, and coalitions across boundaries of race, gender, income level, sexual orientation, abilities, immigration status, type and size of organizations, neighborhoods, cities, regions, and more. She has also organized an all women Korean percussion group for everyday women, moms, and girls to build a strong community through culture. Currently Inhe is the Executive Director of Korean American Resource and Cultural Center. Irma Bajar is a queer GNC Filipino born-and-raised in Hawaii, lived in Seattle for 7 years, lived NYC for 6 years, and now lives in Oakland, CA. As the former Membership Coordinator of the Audre Lorde Project, Bajar developed and facilitated a variety of workshops, trainings, and political education and also conducted and developed trainings and workshops for leadership development, skills training, and media training for members, community partners, and allies. As the Vice Chair of International Relations at GABRIELA USA, Bajar has facilitated numerous workshops for high schoolers, college folks, community members, migrant communities, low-income folks, and LGBTSTGNC folks. Jacob Smith Yang is the Senior Director of Capacity Building at the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum. He 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. Jae Jin Pak is Chair of the Asian Giving Circle, Chicago, IL. He is an educator, advocate, and ally. For over 20 years, he has worked on issues of mental health, ending men’s violence against women, disability, anti-oppression and cultural competency. After learning of the lack of grant funding going towards AAPI serving agencies/programs, Pak joined AGC to add his support to provide funding to AAPI serving programs in greater Chicago. In 2011, Pak received the FoundAsian Award from the City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations Advisory Council on Asian Affairs in recognition of contributions and commitment to helping to improve the lives of people with disabilities. James Servino is the Associate Director for Online Mobilization and Social Media at the Human Rights Campaign. James is also a member of AQUA DC. Janani Balasubramanian is an artivist-techie and one-half of the spoken word duo DarkMatter. They also run communications for NQAPIA. Janani's creative work deals broadly with themes of empire, desire, ancestry, microflora, apocalypse, and the Future. Janani’s writing and performance has been featured in MSNBC, Fusion.net, The New Inquiry, and more. They’ve performed to sold-out houses at venues like La Mama Experimental Performance Theater and the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe. They’re currently working on a novel, Sleeper. Jasmin Hyowon Kim is a Queerean-American student activist from New York City dedicated to attaining racial, gender, and economic justice as well as community development, mental health in APIA and queer communities, and global health. She pursues her passion for social justice through membership with local organizations such as Nodutdol, Q-WAVE, and Anakbayan NY in addition to her professional work with Asian Americans for Equality. In her spare time, Jasmin enjoys learning, blogging, food, writing, and sometimes performing. Jay-Ash Nair has served on the board of Trikone Chicago since its incorporation in 2011. Starting off as a volunteer, he has taken up progressive responsibilities within the organization and currently serves as the Secretary to the board. While not saving the world, Jay is a project management consultant for a multi-national corporation headquartered in downtown Chicago. While not working, he likes to hangout with friends, travel, savor wine, cook and bird watch in Boystown. Rev. Jeanelle Nicolas Ablola serves as Co-Chair of the CA-NV Philippine Solidarity Task Force (PSTF), Board Member of Network for Religion and Justice (NRJ), and on the organizing committee for Kalipunan ng Kristiyanong Kabataan sa Pilipinas NorCal (3KP). In 2014, Methodist Federation for Social Action California-Nevada Chapter (MFSA) presented her with the Bishop Leontine T.C. Kelly Peace and Justice Award. JeeYeun Lee is involved with Invisible to Invincible: Asian Pacific Islander Pride of Chicago (i2i) and KAN-WIN. Lee is a certified trainer in peer listening and has taught workshops and classes in peer listening for 10 years. Jenni Wong returned home to the Pacific Northwest in the fall of 2014 to serve as a Robina Public Interest Fellow and staff attorney at the ACLU of Washington. Jenni’s work at the ACLU focuses on legal advocacy for LGBTQ people in Washington, which includes enforcing the rights of individuals under state antidiscrimination laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. Before her fellowship, Jenni attended Vassar College in New York and law school at the University of Minnesota. Jenni lives in Seattle with her partner, Anneka. Jennifer Ly is a queer Chinese-Vietnamese American from the San Gabriel Valley and Bay Area. She is a steering committee member of the Queer Asian Pacific Alliance (QAPA) and founding member of the Boston chapter of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF). As a first generation college student, Jennifer is a recent master in urban planning graduate from MIT. Jeremy Carter is the HIV Prevention Specialist at Asian Human Services in Chicago, IL. Jess Delegencia is the Coordinator for the API Roundtable at Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLGS) and a board member of the Network for Religion and Justice for API LGBTQ People. He is a citizen of both the United States and the Philippines, and is currently the executive director of World Bridges, an Oakland-based non-profit serving young adults of color affected by US urban poverty. He is also a PhD candidate in Organizational Leadership at Eastern University in St. Davids, PA, where his research is focused on Filipino leadership and LGBTQ advocacy in Christian organizations. JJ Ueunten is a queer yonsei Okinawan and Japanese American who grew up in Hawaii. They delight in cooking, eating, and dreaming of food. She organizes with Invisible to Invincible: Asian Pacific Islander Pride of Chicago (i2i) and the Chicago Dyke March Collective and is surrounded by a community of truly amazing and loving people. Jo Quiambao is a Queer pinay that lives and organizes in Washington DC with the Trafficked Filipino Teachers that GABRIELA USA is working with. Jo is one of the founders of GABRIELA USA's newest chapter in DC, and she has also done numerous trainings and workshops in the DC area with their members, community folks, allies, and in schools and churches. Joann Vue has been a Financial Analyst with Wells Fargo Bank for over 13 years. She received her Master’s in Business Administration from Hamline University with an undergrad in Finance from Metro State University. She is a former Treasurer Board Member for SOY (Shades of Yellow). With the support of her family and friends, Joann has been able to surpass her own trials and tribulations in regards to gender/sexual identity to get to where she is today. She is passionate in helping others and loves volunteering her time supporting and advocating for the Hmong/API LGBTQ Community. Jonas Ginsburg works as a clinical therapist for Asian Human Services and has presented at various film festivals as well academic and medical settings: Vassar College (Multimedia Conference for Educators) in 2010 and Lake Shore Hospital (Working with diverse cultural populations) in 2012. Jonas Ng is Managing Director of Loyalty Strategies, Rewards Innovation, Benefits & Services, and eWallets/Mobile Payments Marketing for Discover Card. He leads product and business development for Discover’s cash back programs, as well as consumer marketing efforts for Discover’s eCommerce and mobile wallet initiatives. His current role also entails developing new business concepts and partnership ventures, specifically with Discover Card’s loyalty programs. In addition, he directs all integrated marketing campaigns of new programs across offline, digital, and broad media channels to ensure new initiatives meet profit and performance He has spent 18 years at several Fortune 200 financial institutions, technology consulting boutiques, and start-ups in a variety of technology, marketing and strategy roles. Jonas Ng is also the Chairperson of Discover’s Asian Employee Resource Group and is an active mentor/coach in Discover’s leadership and talent retention programs. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Georgetown University. Jonas lives with his family outside Chicago, IL, is an enthusiastic golfer and volleyball player, can play 20 musical instruments, and is a die-hard NY Yankees fan. Jonathan Cheung is the current co-chair of the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA) and a board member of the GAPA Foundation. He began his involvement in the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) LGBTQ community by volunteering at the API Wellness Center. 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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