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YAC ATTENDS IWAY’S SUMMER INTERNS SHOWCASE

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August 18, 2018August 20, 2018

Posted By Emily Liang and Vivian Wu On Thursday August 9, the summer interns, Megan and Kelly, of Public Health Institute’s IWAY showcased their experience and newfound knowledge from their internship. Their main focus throughout the summer was outreaching to… Read More »

TRUMP’S ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY SEPARATES MIGRANT FAMILIES

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July 27, 2018

Posted by Kathy Liang and Amber Chang Photo: Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images From mid-April to the end of May, Trump’s zero-tolerance policy has separated over 2,000 children from their families. The policy calls for criminally charging all adults… Read More »

YAC PARTICIPATES IN MOBILIZING COMMUNITIES FOR HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS CONVENING: CELEBRATING CHANGE!

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July 9, 2018

Posted by Amber Chang On Friday June 29th, I attended a conference on Mobilizing Communities for Healthy Relationships Convening in Sacramento, the state capital. As I was registering and checking, in the woman at the registration table questioned if a… Read More »

YAC PRESENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO CITY YOUTH CONFERENCE: ONE CITY, ONE VOICE!

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May 26, 2018May 26, 2018

Posted by Amber Chang, Hua Wei, Javier Acosta, and Michelle Lu On May 19th, YAC attended the San Francisco City Youth Conference at Balboa High School. The conference was organized by students who wanted to share their voices to their… Read More »

YAC PARTICIPATES IN YOUTH TOGETHER’S LISTENING CAMPAIGN

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May 9, 2018May 9, 2018

Posted by Amber Chang and Kathy Liang The members of the Youth Advisory Council (YAC) were invited to participate in Youth Together’s listening circle held at Eastside Arts Alliance as part of their Listening Campaign. Youth Together is a group… Read More »

SILLY SPUDS AT CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL

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May 6, 2018May 6, 2018

Posted by Amber Chang and Jocelyn Gao Every year, thousands of people in the Bay Area gather in San Francisco’s Japantown to celebrate Japanese and Japanese American culture at the Cherry Blossom Festival. At this annual celebration, there are cultural… Read More »

UPCOMING ANNUAL YAC TALENT SHOW!!

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May 6, 2018

Come join us for an evening of talent and refreshments. This is API Legal Outreach’s Youth Advisory Council’s annual talent show to recognize talent in the Asian Pacific Islander – Bay Area community and raise awareness towards domestic violence and… Read More »

SYMBIOSIS SUMMIT: UPLIFTING TRANS AND QUEER YOUTH

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February 28, 2018

Posted by Amber Chang and Kathy Liang On February 10th, Team Stronger Than You Think (TSTYT) held their very first Symbiosis Summit, a youth-led summit to educate youth about healthy relationships, uplift trans and queer youth, and empower young activists.… Read More »

YAC ATTENDS LISTEN TO THE SILENCE CONFERENCE 2018: IMMIGRATION NARRATIVES

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February 28, 2018February 28, 2018

Stanford’s Listen to the Silence Conference 2018 was a wonderful learning experience. Although our audience turnout was smaller than last year, I enjoyed how engaging the audience was. It was inspiring to see that people were interested and willing to… Read More »

COMING TOGETHER AS THE ANTI-TRAFFICKING COLLABORATIVE OF THE BAY AREA

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February 22, 2018February 22, 2018

Posted by Kathy Liang, Emily Liang, and Vivian Wu On Monday, February 12, 2018, the Anti-Trafficking Collaborative of the Bay Area (ATCBA), consisting of API Legal Outreach, AWS, and Banteay Srei, held a presentation at The Spot in Oakland to… Read More »