#FutureOfDemocracy #BuildingSolidarity

3pm - 5pm PST
5pm - 7pm CST
6pm - 8pm EST
12pm-2pm HST

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a surge in anti-Asian racism and an opportunity for white nationalists and other far right factions to organize and expand their base. Join a discussion about what we can expect as we approach the coming presidential election, and what politics might look like in post-COVID America.

Saturday, June 27, 2020

12pm-2pm HST
3pm-5pm PST
5pm-7pm CST
6pm-8pm EST

The People’s Collective for Justice and Liberation invites you to a Town Hall called Femmes and Queers On The Frontlines. 

As we build on the knowledge that anti-Asian racism is made possible by anti-Blackness and anti-indigeneity, we hear directly from femmes and queers on the frontlines who will make the connection between racism, misogyny, ableism, homophobia and transphobia. 

During Pride Month, in light of the uprisings in support of the movement for Black lives and the ongoing COVID pandemic, we want to make clear the Intersections of Racial, Gender, LGBTQ2IA+ and Disability Justice. 

Join us for a conversation on how we must shift resources away from law enforcement and shelters to community and place based models for justice, liberation and joy. This means we echo the demand to #DefundThePolice and reallocate funds towards education, health, housing, jobs and protecting the environment. 

Co-Sponsors

• 18 Million Rising

• Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO

• Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence

• Asian Solidarity Collective

• Can’t Stop! Won’t Stop! Consulting

• Freedom Inc. 

• The People’s Collective for Justice and Liberation 

Town Hall Goals

• Grounding conversation in pride is political and started as a riot at Stonewall in response to police violence and was led by Trans women of color (Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera)

• Shifting away from law enforcement and shelters as a response to domestic violence, making connections to #DefundThePolice demand from Movement for Black Lives

• Revisiting definitions of safety and security for our community 

• Shedding light on gender based violence, tying white supremacy and heteropatriarchy together and how COVID-19 exacerbated these systems

• Sharing community and place based models and visions for justice, liberation and joy

Speakers

• Lydia X.Z. Brown, Disability Justice Advocacy and Organizer

• Chhaya Chhoum, Mekong NYC

• Cayden Mak, 18 Million Rising

• Monica Simpson, Sister Song 

• Amita Swadhin, Mirror Memoirs 

• Bo Thao-Urabe, Coalition of Asian American Leaders of MN 

• Kabzuag Vaj, Freedom Inc. 

• Isa Woldeguiorguis, The Center for Hope and Healing, Inc.

Saturday, June 20, 2020

2:00pm PT
5:00pm ET
11:00AM HT

Let's gather together as AAPI educators and workers in the education ecosystem to lift up the challenges we and our students are facing as well as share strategies for organizing!

Thursday, June 18, 2020

4pm-5:30pm EST
1pm-2:30pm PST

The People's Collective for Justice and Liberation presents the next session in the COVID Campus series:

Join this session with Hilario Benzon, Manager of the Human and Civil Rights Department for the Center for Social Justice at the National Education Association, to learn best practices and lessons learned in having difficult conversations about race and sexual orientation with your conservative fathers, uncles and other family members. This comes at a timely moment during Pride Month and before Father's Day.

SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, May 23, 2020

11:00AM - 12:30PM HST
2:00PM - 3:30PM PST
5:00PM - 6:30PM EST

The People's Collective for Justice and Liberation helped organize a virtual townhall on Anti-Asian Racism in March and continued their #BuildingSolidarity series with townhalls about Redefining Safety and Security in the time of Coronavirus/COVID-19 and on Education and Providing a Critical Hope Foundation for Students and Communities.

In partnership with Asian Solidarity Collective, Athletes for Impact, Can’t Sop! Won’t Stop! Consulting, and Revolve Impact, we will host the next in the series, a townhall about The Roots of Structural Racism, The Impact Under COVID-19 & The Importance of Cross-Racial Solidarity on Saturday, May 23 from 11:00am-12:30pm HST/2pm-3:30pm PST/5pm-6:30pm EST via zoom.

We want to facilitate a conversation on racism, COVID-19 and solidarity in the time of a global pandemic by having a group of Asian American and people of color speakers we are in community with us, like yourself and during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

A one hour panel discussed will be followed by a 30 minute healing circle with practices to share as part of Mental Health Awareness Month.

Friday, May 15, 2020

3:00PM - 4:30PM EDT

This is a NAAPIMHA (National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association) Event

COVID-19 has had a profound impact on the mental health of countless individuals, including Asian Pacific Islanders (API). For some it may spark an old trauma and PTSD associated with being a refugee or immigrant. Some may experience severe depression due to the loss of a  job or isolation from one's support system because of social distancing. However, even worse the stigma that COVID-19 has on APIs has brought on racist attacks triggering emotional trauma for many.

Join this Virtual Roundtable, hosted by NAAPIMHA and Change Matrix in partnership with API organizations across the country, to recognize the importance of demonstrating collective strength, and celebrate the importance of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. With our combined efforts, we hope to reduce the anxiety and mental health stressors associated with COVID-19 in the API communities.

This Virtual Roundtable series will highlight issues associated with COVID-19 in the API  communities, including:

• The mental health implications for APIs, including the impact of racism

• The relationship between mental and physical health

• Strategies to cope with COVID-19 and trauma

• Creating healthy communities beyond the current pandemic

In Partnership with:

Asian American Psychological Association
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
Pacific Southwest Mental Healthy Technology Transfer Center
Can’t Stop! Won’t Stop! Consulting
People’s Collective For Justice and Liberation

This townhall has passed.
Please view the recording and transcripts here.

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