communities of color

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 »

MIGRANT ISSUES ONCE AGAIN

by YAC Member
December 9, 2018

Posted by Nicholas Chung October 13th, the migrant caravan has now reached the Mexico-United States border. The group is mainly made up of migrants trying to escape from the dangers in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. In addition, there are… Read More »

NIA WILSON

by YAC Member
September 20, 2018February 10, 2019

Posted by Vivian Wu Nia Wilson. Nia Wilson. Nia Wilson. We must to speak her name. Loudly and proudly. A beautiful young black woman was murdered on the night of July 22, 2018. She had dreams to reach and goals… Read More »

TRUMP’S ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY SEPARATES MIGRANT FAMILIES

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

by YAC Member
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

by YAC Member
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 »

IS #CHINESELIVESMATTER JUSTIFIED?

by apiyac
May 16, 2017December 19, 2017

Posted by Kathy Liang In the month of April, 2017, a United Airlines plane, headed for Louisville, just finished its boarding process. They needed four volunteers to leave the plane in order to create space for United employees. An airline… Read More »

API MENTAL HEALTH HEROES

by apiyac
January 27, 2017December 19, 2017

Posted by Amber Chang Arvin Temkar’s blog post, “Suffering in the Dark,” highlights the necessity of bringing awareness to people of color suffering from mental health. Temkar brings awareness to the issue through the new book released by Bruce Springsteen titled Born… Read More »

LETTERS FOR BLACK LIVES

by apiyac
August 9, 2016December 19, 2017

Posted by Becky Liang Beginning July 7, 2016, hundreds of Americans collaborated on writing an open letter on a Google document addressing the shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile and police brutality in general. The letter stemmed from Christina… Read More »

PETER LIANG WAS RIGHTFULLY CONVICTED

by apiyac
April 15, 2016December 19, 2017

Posted by Sherrie Saechao In November 2014, Akai Gurley was wrongfully shot to death by a Chinese American NYPD officer, Peter Liang. Instead of following protocol, he and his partner bickered about who was gonna call it in. He stated… Read More »