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YAC ATTENDS IWAY’S LIFTING THE VOICES OF API YOUTH TALENT SHOW

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February 26, 2019February 26, 2019

Posted by Vivian Wu and Kathy Liang On a chill evening, YAC members Kathy and Vivian joined the warm crowd of IWAY’s API Talent Show: Lifting the Voices of API Youth. IWAY stands for “Improving the Wellness of Asian Youth,” and they are part of a… Read More »

YAC PARTICIPATES AT SYMBOSIS 2019

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February 17, 2019March 9, 2019

Posted by Eujean Do, Nicholas Chung, Emily Liang, Kathy Liang, Hua Wei, and Vivian Wu On February 9, 2019, YAC members attended the 2nd annual Symbiosis, a conference in Fremont for LGBTQ+ youth and allies to uplift the LGBTQ+ community.… Read More »

YAC PRESENTS AT BERKELEY SOCIAL JUSTICE SYMPOSIUM 2019

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February 17, 2019February 17, 2019

Posted by Kathy Liang, Nicholas Chung, Emily Liang, Hua Wei, and Vivian Wu On January 26th, 2019, YAC Interns were invited to hold a workshop at the Berkeley Social Justice Symposium at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School. For our workshop, we decided to present our ‘Understanding Teen Dating Violence’ presentation with… Read More »

YAC CELEBRATES 48TH ANNUAL OSHOGATSU MATSURI

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January 25, 2019March 9, 2019

Posted by Kathy Liang, Vivian Wu, Emily Liang, and Eujean Do On January 5th, 2019, the Youth Advisory Council celebrated the 48th annual Oshogatsu Matsuri in San Francisco’s Japantown. This year’s Oshogatsu Matsuri honored the boar. The festival brought together the community as we centered culture and tradition.… Read More »

SOUTHEAST ASIAN DEPORTATION

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January 17, 2019March 9, 2019

Posted by Eujean Do An increase in deportations of Southeast Asian-Americans has been having a devastating impact on our API communities. Many Southeast Asian-Americans immigrated to the U.S. as refugees of wars, bombings, and genocide that occured in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos that… Read More »

MIGRANT ISSUES ONCE AGAIN

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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 »

#IMREADY, #WEAREREADY, ARE YOU?

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November 15, 2018March 9, 2019

Posted by Kathy Liang, Vivian Wu, Eujean Do, Queenie Tu, and Hua Wei On November 3rd, the Youth Advisory Council had the honor of attending The AAPI Women Lead Conference 2018, a meaningful gathering for Asian American and Pacific Islander… Read More »

YAC SPEAK AT APILO’S ANNUAL GALA!

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November 9, 2018November 14, 2018

Posted by Alex Dionicio Rodriguez and Queenie Tu On October 11, 2018, our parent organization, Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach (APILO), hosted its 43rd annual gala at the San Francisco Design Center. The gala was attended by influential community members,… Read More »

YAC MEMBERS JOINS ASIAN WOMEN’S SHELTER’S ANNUAL GALA

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November 2, 2018November 2, 2018

Posted by Emily Liang, Vivian Wu, and Michelle Lu As a long time partner of Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach (APILO), Asian Women’s Shelter (AWS) recently invited some Youth Advisory Council (YAC) interns to volunteer and attend their… Read More »

WHY SHOULD WE CARE ABOUT CRAZY RICH ASIANS?

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September 20, 2018September 20, 2018

Posted by Vivian Wu and Emily Liang Hollywood, the place where big dreams can be pursued, is also a catalyst to society’s misconceptions and stereotypes. Sure, Hollywood has developed its reputation to residents all over the world through the creativity… Read More »

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