YELLOW CommemorASIAN!
In honor of AANHPI month, we are inviting Asian voices to share their stories, art, and initiatives by embracing the theme of CELEBRATION!
Date and time
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Online
About this event
- Event lasts 3 hours
We have been meeting monthly since September 2024 to normalize and amplify the visibility and multiplicity of Asians.
This month, we will indulge in an extra long, extra special, and extra celebratory gathering. Each voice will have 7 minutes to perform, and we will encourage dialogue, engagement, calls to action, & support (not advice)!
If you want to feature or amplify an Asian initiative or action in our May celebration, fill out this form by Friday, May 9th!
Please note:
YELLOW is a sacred space that prioritizes the sense of safety and intimacy for all who participate, especially Asians. We touch on themes like imper!alism, colon!alism, w@r, gen0cide, internalized racism, mental, spiritual, & emotional health, grief, assimilation, orientalism, animism, generational trauma & healing, (in)visibility, overlapping identities, resistance, etc. We are 2SLGBTQIA+ affirming & will not tolerate any hateful speech or behaviors.
In YELLOW, we relish the Asian existence. The representation and liberation of brown and black bodies is not debatable, negotiable, or solely embodied by pain or suffering. It is nuanced, multi-layered, and rich! Come ready to CELEBRATE!
If you want to witness the joys of Asian heritage, please join us & invite your loved ones! https://bit.ly/YellowCommemorASIAN525
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"In the West, yellow’s unsavory status went back centuries...The color grew to represent envy, jealousy...duplicity...and cowardice.
Yellow was a contemptible color in the Western imagination, and it fit snugly with the Western idea of the Oriental human being, especially as he became a threat first to the American workingman, then to the chaste American woman, and finally to Western civilization itself.
- Excerpts from "Big Little Man" by Alex Tizon
For Asians, yellow represents soil & earth, life, resistance, courage, rebirth, revolution, & unity.
We are reclaiming and rewriting all narratives that undermine the richness and complexity of Asian individuals, cultures, traditions, & longing. Join us in amplifying and celebrating Asian heritage with song, dance, poetry, performance, & discourse.
For a peek into the power & creativity of some of our Asian artists, delight in our gift bag from CommemorASIAN: Shame is Not Ours to Keep in 2024 (performances are marked in the caption).