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YAC is Accepting Youth Film Submissions for Flip the Script!

by apiyac
December 23, 2020March 22, 2021

OAKLAND, CA — The Youth Advisory Council is proud to host an issues-based digital film festival for California youth, titled “Flip the Script”. With two themes and four format categories, young filmmakers and enthusiasts will have many opportunities to win… Read More »

YAC PRESENTS WORKSHOP AT SYMBIOSIS 2020

by YAC Member
March 22, 2021March 22, 2021

In February 2020, YAC presented its workshop “Breaking Stereotypes Around Love” at Fremont’s third annual Symbiosis Youth Summit for LGBTQ+ Youth. This year’s theme was “Breaking Stereotypes” – YAC discussed the media, societal, familial, and peer pressures that threaten LGBTQ+… Read More »

WHO DO THE POLICE PROTECT AND SERVE?

by YAC Member
September 11, 2020March 22, 2021

On August 23, a Black man from Kenosha Wisconsin, Jacob Blake, was shot in the back seven times by the Kenosha police. Witnesses at the scene said Blake was trying to break up a physical altercation between two women when… Read More »

Stop AAPI Hate Youth Campaign

by YAC Member
July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

By Eujean Doo Since the start of June 2020, I have been working on the Stop AAPI Hate Youth Campaign, alongside almost 100 other youth from all over the United States. Stop AAPI Hate is a national campaign created by… Read More »

THE CORONAVIRUS IS NOT AN EXCUSE FOR RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA

by YAC Member
February 19, 2020February 19, 2020

Posted By Emily Liang As the death toll for the pneumonia-like coronavirus reaches 908 (NY Times), increased cautionary actions have been taken by both the government and individual civilians. According to a Chinese research on the coronavirus, the infection can be “transmitted by… Read More »

HOW ARE SCHOOLS STILL SEGREGATED TODAY?

by YAC Member
February 2, 2020March 22, 2021

Posted by Dakota Raymundo In the past couple decades racial and economic segregation in schools has been growing. According to a report done by Edbuild, more than half of students nationwide attend a school that is at least 75 percent… Read More »

YAC HOSTS OUR FIRST YOUTH YOU-NITY!

by YAC Member
January 31, 2020January 31, 2020

Posted by YAC Members On November 23, 2019, the Youth Advisory Council hosted our first Youth YOU-nity art show. As an artivism-based community event that aimed to engage young visual and performing artists, creative youth from around the Bay Area came together… Read More »

YAC ATTENDS APILO’S 44TH ANNUAL GALA!

by YAC Member
November 11, 2019November 11, 2019

Posted by YAC Members On October 4th, 2019, the Youth Advisory Council attended Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach’s 44th Annual Gala. Just like previous years, we, along with other community organizations, APILO staff, and influential members of the Bay Area, came together to… Read More »

HOW DO AMERICANS VIEW MEN IN POWER?

by YAC Member
October 28, 2019March 22, 2021

Posted by Cindy Zhu Since the beginning of our country’s history, white men have constituted the majority of political positions, which contradicts the idea of living in a democratic society where all people are represented. Due to their political power,… Read More »

YAC AT SF’S 2019 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH KICKOFF

by YAC Member
October 14, 2019October 14, 2019

This speech was presented on the steps of SF City Hall by our YAC members for the 2019 Domestic Violence Awareness Month Kickoff. ————— 10.02.2019 Good evening everyone, we are the Youth Advisory Council from API Legal Outreach. At YAC,… Read More »