August 08, 2019

APEX Express 8.8.19 – AACRE highlights Visibility Project

59 minutes

A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists.

It is AACRE Thursdays which means we are featuring an organization from Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality (AACRE) – a network of 11 Asian American activists groups fighting for social justice and equality. Tonight we focus on the Visibility Project.

Visibility Project (VP) seeks to strategically influence the digital landscape of information about the Queer APA women and transgender community, while being protectively open source. VP documents the personal experiences of the Queer Asian Pacific American women and transgender community by interweaving visual art, personal narratives, and social justice onto an accessible online platform.

Tonight’s host Tracy Nguyen talks with Visibility Project’s founding Executive Director Mia Nakano, and two key advisors, Dr. Alice Y. Hom, the Director of Equity & Social Justice at Northern California Grantmakers and Host of Historically Queer podcast and Devi Peacock, the Executive + Artistic Director of Peacock Rebellion.

Community Calendar

FRI, August 9, 6:30pm-8pm – Yogendra Yadav: the politics of hope and alternatives in India

SAT, August 17, – 6pm-10pm at CounterPulse: Parivar, a new group for trans and gender non-conforming people of the South Asian diaspora, is hosting Parivar ki Azaadi, a night of performances celebrating queer trans South Asian independence

SAT, September 8th, The Alphabet Rockers and Our Family Coalition are going to be performing at Oakland Pride.

TUES, September 12, 4-6pm – Northern California Grantmakers, Borealis Philanthropy, and Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society will host “Belonging in Practice, How to be Antiracist” a book talk with Ibram X. Kendi. Afterwards, Alice Y. Hom will be moderating a conversation with Ibram X. Kendi, john a. Powell, and Lateefah Simon.

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