Pride Connection presents a celebratory discussion about Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month

Content warning: gun violence, hate crimes/violence against AAPI, racism, xenophobia, homophobia, ableism, other topics that may be sensitive to some listeners  

May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage month! This week on Pride Connection, please join Sarah Chung (moderator,) Minh Ha, Miso Kwak, Tyanne Wilmath, and Anthony Corona for a conversation exploring AAPI history, personal stories of the intersectionality of identifying as AAPI and having a disability, mental health, sexualization and fetishization of AAPI women, defining heritage, and how the pandemic has shaped their lives and the greater AAPI community at large today. Additionally, the roundtable discussion also examined the Covid 19 Hate Crimes Act (H.R. 1843) and thoughts on how this legislation will affect the AAPI community. The hour-long segment concludes with our guests answering how they will celebrate AAPI heritage month. 

Resources are listed below. 

Resources

Stop AAPI Hate: https://stopaapihate.org/

National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association: https://www.naapimha.org/

Asian Americans (on PBS): Asian Americans

Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong

Pachinko by Minjin Lee 

H.R. 1843: Covid 19 Hate Crimes Act: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/117/hr1843 

Try Guys Anti-Asian Hate documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14WUuya94QE

Misogyny Against Asian Women - The TryPod Ep. 102: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMd3S3BOarU

Pride Connection was happy to chat with Elise Tabor about intersectionality issues as it relates to not only the LGBTQIA+ and blind communities but relating to us all.

When Kimberle Crenshaw coined the term, “intersectionality,” 30 years ago, it was an obscure legal concept. Read more about this on VOX.

Did you recognize the instrumental music played in this episode? Tell us your guesses by visiting our Facebook and Twitter so we know you listened!

Blind LGBT Pride International is dedicated to the blind or visually impaired LGBTQIA+ community. Visit our website at https://blindlgbtpride.org.

Pride Connection was happy to chat with Dustin Rynders, the Supervising Attorney of the Education team at Disability Rights Texas, (DRTX). If you are a student with a disability in the State of Texas and need assistance, check out the advocacy services you can get help with by visiting https://disabilityrightstx.org.

Do you live in one of the other US states and territories and need advocacy services or just have questions about your rights? Find your Protection & Advocacy, (P&A), agency by visiting the National Disability Rights Network at https://ndrn.org.

When Kimberle Crenshaw coined the term, “intersectionality,” 30 years ago, it was an obscure legal concept. Read more about this on VOX.

If you found the issue of limiting beliefs interesting, visit The libra’s Balance at https://libras-balance.blog to join in the conversation and learn more on the topics of positive self-talk and much more.

Did you recognize the instrumental music played in this episode? Tell us your guesses by visiting our Facebook and Twitter so we know you listened!

Blind LGBT Pride International is dedicated to the blind or visually impaired LGBTQIA+ community. Visit our website at https://blindlgbtpride.org.

Wasn’t I right? How can you not be motivated by hearing Harvey Miller's story Listen to Pride Connection this Tuesday April, 12 at 10 pm. EST on ACB Radio Mainstream and hear the rest of the story.

In this part of our conversation hear to whom and how Harvey came out. Learn how a road trip with a friend lead him to a once in a lifetime find. You will be totally impressed hearing how Harvey made it around every obstacle put in his way to get started on the work he was committed to do.

Learn more about Louis Braille and his students who used Braille’s system of music notation for the blind. I could not imagine being a student at the Paris Conservatory for the Blind and dealing with the inadequacies of the facilities during the mid-nineteenth century.

Find out how Dr. Miller used his lap top computer and syllabus, a music notation soft wear program which allows a blind musician to create printed music for the sighted musician to play. This project took over a decade to complete and gives Harvey yet one more title. Music Archivist. All because he stopped at the American Printing House for the Blind in Louisville, Kentucky. There are musical examples to tweak the ear of the discerning listener. Please join us this Tuesday for Pride Connection at 10 EST on ACB Radio Mainstream.

Do you need a hit of motivation during this relentless time of pandemic? Maybe a little nudge to get you out of that recliner and do something productive? I can get it for you on the cheap. All you have to do is listen to Pride Connection Tuesday April 6 at 10 p.m. EST on ACB Radio Mainstream. Tune in and listen to the first part of an interview of Harvey Miller done by Dwayne Estes. Harvey was born with low vision and was told he would not lose the sight he had and relied on. Later in life he did lose his sight completely.

Hear about Dr. Miller's early life in Salisbury, North Carolina and his beginning experiences with formal education. Learn about the ten years Harvey spent at the North Carolina School for the Blind and how he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Although it caused quite a stir amongst the faculty he did land a position as a music instructor at Brevard College in Brevard North Carolina. While teaching at Brevard College he managed to earn a Doctoral of Musical Arts degree from Indiana University.

Harvey's compositions have been performed world wide. He spent thirty years teaching at Brevard College as well as teaching classes Harvey conducted the college choir. Somehow he fit in being concert master for the Ashville Symphony Orchestra

This is an awe inspiring story and not to be missed.

The second part of the interview will focus on the book Harvey has written on Louis Braille's music and the music of his students. This will be fascinating for those who read Braille and use Braille’s system for the notation of music.

Pride Connection presents a roundtable discussion about what it means to identify as Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) in today's racially charged climate. 

Content warning: gun violence, hate crimes/violence against AAPI, racism, xenophobia, homophobia, ableism, other topics that may be sensitive to some listeners  

Join Sarah Chung (moderator,) Tyanne Wilmath, Mark Hanohano, Anthony Corona, and Byron Lee as they examine their thoughts on the aftermath of the Atlanta Spa shootings and how the Covid19 pandemic has affected the AAPI community. On March 16, 2021, a series of mass shootings occurred at three spas in which eight victims, six of whom were Asian American women, were senselessly killed. According to StopAAPIhate.org, more than 3,800 hate crimes have been reported since the beginning of the pandemic. This episode's conversation will provide perspectives centered on how folx identifying as AAPI are currently feeling, personal safety, the need for language access, growing up Asian American and the school system, mental health, and the intersectionality of identifying as Asian American, blind/visually impaired, and LGBTQIA+. Audio snippets of a rally that Sarah attended and a message from Minh Ha, ACB students affiliate president, will also be included. Resources will be listed below. 

Resources 

Stop AAPI Hate: https://stopaapihate.org/

National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association: https://www.naapimha.org/

Try Guys Anti-Asian Hate documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14WUuya94QE

Misogyny Against Asian Women - The TryPod Ep. 102: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMd3S3BOarU

New statistics show that 1 out of 6 adults identifies as belonging to the LGBTQ spectrum. The immediate access to information, and ease to connect with others who share similar life experiences, have made it safer for younger generations to openly embrace their identity. We will discuss how gender roles have changed amongst members of Generations X and Z. How much ponderance are younger generations now giving to the roles that have been assigned to each gender in the past? Are members of Generations X and Z moving towards new or no gender roles?

Last week, Pride Connection hosted a discussion around how new statistics show that 1 out of 6 adults identifies as belonging to the LGBTQ spectrum. The immediate access to information, and the ease to connect with others who share similar life experiences, have made it safer for younger generations to openly embrace their identity.

Do you Identify as LGBTQ, Love someone LGBTQ, respect the LGBTQ community??

Tonight we ask LGBTQ members, those who are ALLIES and those who may have the second opinion to join this important discussion. 

Below you will find 2 fascinating articles of varying opinion. Is it easier to identify as LGBTQ today  or, is Gen-Z being socially brainwashed into this identification? BPI dives into this topic this week and next as we invite all ACB Members (especially Next Gen and Students) to join us and share their opinions.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/02/24/gen-z-lgbt/

https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2021/02/26/why-do-1-in-6-gen-z-adults-identify-as-lgbt-n2585433

Black History Month: where do we go from here?

Join Will Burley and Cheryl Cumings as they talk about the background of Black History Month, and share their perspective of the importance of black History Month, current psycho-social impact of racism on the lives of Black Americans, and the future.