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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 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 »

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 »

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR OF API-ACT

by YAC Member
September 20, 2019September 20, 2019

Posted by all YAC members API-ACT(Asian Pacific Island Activism and Community Teach-Out) is an annual week-long summer program held by APILO for Bay Area youth. It focuses on activism and social justice issues in our communities through the education of history, identities, and issues… Read More »

MORE SHOOTINGS THAN DAYS IN A YEAR

by YAC Member
September 12, 2019September 15, 2019

Posted by Javier Acosta As of August 20, 2019, 274 shootings have occurred, leaving 296 dead and 1,353 wounded, that means more than 1 person has died each day of the year so far. As convenient as it would be,… Read More »

YAC HOSTS ITS 17TH ANNUAL THAT’S NOT LOVE TALENT SHOW

by YAC Member
July 1, 2019July 1, 2019

Posted by all YAC members It was raining outside. Cold and stormy. But the VSCO Headquarters in Oakland, California was burning with passion, talent, and excitement. Pink and purple balloons were sprawled around the ground from the elevators to the far back of the… Read More »

ABORTION RIGHTS ON THE VERGE OF DISAPPEARING?

by YAC Member
June 13, 2019June 13, 2019

Posted by Queenie Tu DISCLAIMER: It is to mention that although this article mainly connects abortions to women only, there are also transgender men and non-binary individuals who are still capable of conceiving babies, and they are also included when… Read More »

THE FIGHT FOR STUDENT VISIBILITY AND EQUITY

by YAC Member
March 14, 2019March 22, 2021

Posted by Vivian Wu and Kathy Liang Seven days of strike backed up by a 2,206 to 105 vote from the teacher union. 97% of OUSD students not in school. Over $7 million lost from OUSD. Yet still, the final… Read More »

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

by YAC Member
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

by YAC Member
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 »