- Trans and non-binary APIs: we have what it takes. July 7, 2021
My name is Leo Shanti Hegde, I use he and they pronouns, and I am excited to share that I’m APIENC’s newest community organizer!
I’m a second-generation Indian American who grew up in Edison, New Jersey. I attended college on the ...
- Who’s that new staff person?! – 24 hours to #PowerUpGiveOUT June 29, 2021
Dear APIENC community,
This year, our community has faced crisis after crisis. We’ve been targeted by white supremacist attacks, denied access to gender-affirming healthcare, isolated through the COVID-19 pandemic and so much more. So many trans and queer APIs have been ...
- What would you do in a world without hope? June 22, 2021
“What would you do in a world where compassion, hope, or liberation doesn’t exist?How would you teach someone about it?”
This prompt was etched into my memories from a creative writing opportunity in 2018. Looking back, I would have explained the ...
- Dorothy Tang May 25, 2021
MAY 2021 | DOROTHY TANG
Dorothy Tang (they/them) joined APIENC last year and is on the Dragon Fruit Podcast production and dissemination teams and is a member of the Trans Justice Committee.
Dorothy, who identifies as 2nd generation Teochew/Chinese-Vietnamese and non-binary, first ...
- It took me 8 years to write this 😱 May 6, 2021
Dear Community,
At one of my first supervisions as a Summer Intern in 2013, Monna turned to me and asked, “why does it feel so difficult for you to ask for help?” I stared at her blankly, the grey partitions of ...
- Sangeeta Sarkar March 30, 2021
MAR 2021 | SANGEETA SARKAR
Sangeeta (they/them) identifies as a queer non binary South Asian femme. They were part of the 2020 LEX (Queer Leadership Exchange) cohort and are currently leading an Asking for Help workshop series for Trans and Queer ...
- What will it take to build communities rooted in healing and safety? – APIENC’s Theory of Change March 21, 2021
Dear APIENC Community,
Since 2017, APIENC has been guided by a set of priorities and directions crafted by APIENC staff in order to help the organization make decisions about where to focus our power and grow our work. In the time ...
- What do we have to offer our movements? March 3, 2021
It’s December 2019, and I’m in a cabin in Guerneville at my first Core Retreat as one of the newest members of APIENC Core. I’m super excited to be spending a weekend with such cool people, but I’m also a ...
- Boundless Possibilities & Imperfect Experiments February 18, 2021
There I was—sitting on my chair at home, hundreds of miles away from the seven other people on my Zoom screen, feeling vulnerable and nervous, and yet, so warm at the same time. I was asking my fellow APIENC Summer ...
- 2021 Summer Organizer Program – Apply by March 1st! February 1, 2021
Do you want to work with trans, non-binary, and queer Asian and Pasifika people and communities? Do you have a commitment to social justice? Are you ready to transform, learn concrete community organizing skills, and work to build movements for ...
- Jessica Mitchell January 27, 2021
JAN 2021 | JESSICA MITCHELL
Jessica (she/her) is the newest member of APIENC’s Core Committee and has been a member of the Dragon Fruit Network since the summer of 2019.
Jessica and her older sister, Nicole, heard about a group of people ...
- Will we concede to fear, or will we choose interdependence? January 10, 2021
Dear APIENC Community,
Throughout the past year, I have often come back to the question, “Will we concede to fear and individualism, or will we choose interdependence?”
This past week, as we celebrated historic Senate wins in Georgia and watched in horror ...
- Leo Hegde December 8, 2020
Dec 2020 | LEO HEGDE
Leo (he/him & they/them) has been involved with APIENC for a little over a year. He is a member of the TJ (Trans Justice) Committee as well as one of newest members of the Core Committee.
Leo, ...
- Building a world of safety, dignity, and care is up to us. November 18, 2020
The summer after I realized I was trans, I spent a lot of time online. I wanted to learn about other trans people and be seen in my experiences. The internet helped me do so discreetly, during a time when ...
- Now, we do as we’ve always done. November 9, 2020
The day after the 2016 election, I woke up, logged onto social media, and saw outcries of anger and fear from my friends. On that day, I wrote a commitment to myself, and an invitation to others:
“We are the people ...
- Writings from #QTAPIClimateStories October 11, 2020
On Saturday Sept. 19th 2020, APIENC’s Ecological Justice League (fka TTAC) brought folks together for a fun and creative Writing and Haiku Party! Participants engaged and connected with each other in order to better articulate their connection with and the ...
- Paige Chung September 26, 2020
Sept 2020 | PAIGE CHUNG
Paige (she/they) is a poet and a skater. In their own words, “My last writing project Nail Trap is juicier than your neighborhood gossip and my current project is hotter than your cousin’s mixtape. I’m based ...
- You Matter: Video Reflection on LEX 2020 September 25, 2020
LEX & the APIENC family brought so much… so many things, but what i’m most thankful for is the healing that it brought to me when i felt too overwhelmed to know where to start, & i want to share ...
- The Main Ingredient to Interdependence is Relationship Building August 30, 2020
When we took on the role of coordinating APIENC’s Summer Mutual Aid Project, we were both fairly new to APIENC, just joining as a volunteer and Summer Organizer. Despite our newness, we understood the importance of mutual aid in this ...
- Hello are you there? Reflections from our Dragon Fruit Phone Tree August 26, 2020
It all started with the Dragon Fruit Project (DFP) reunion, scheduled to happen on March 21, 2020. Since last December, a volunteer team had been planning for an in-person event to celebrate all those who had contributed to our intergenerational ...
