18 5 / 2013
“Two months after I enrolled in high school, I was recommended for an upward bound program, and I enrolled as the only freshman among juniors and seniors. But when I brought home the paperwork, my parents were unable to provide information in relation to immigration status. When my father asked his employer about his green card application, a condition that he was promised, his employer denied the agreement and threatened exaggerated consequences such as criminal detention and deportation, even for my young brother and I. My father told me to withdraw my participation with upward bound and to keep my head down. That was my rude awakening that I was an undocumented immigrant.
With immigration reform, many like me will be able to achieve their dream of integration, mobility, and safety, not just for myself, but also for people like my father, who was exploited by his employer because of his status. I intend to actively share my story to encourage more of us to take care of one another, to bridge individual histories and transform them into a collective future.”
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18 5 / 2013
Oakland, CA April 26, 1939 - Lee Ya-Ching arrives at the Oakland Airport aboard her red and yellow “Spirit of New China” plane on her campaign to raise funds for China’s 30 million war refugees. She was greeted by China’s vice-consul to San Francisco Patrick Sun.
Lee studied and earned her license at the Boeing School of Aeronautics in Oakland, California in 1935.
(Oakland Tribune Photos)
If you are interested in learning more about Lee, Air & Space magazine, a publication of The Smithsonian, has a very knowledgable article about her on their website http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/Chinas_First_Lady_of_Flight.html
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18 5 / 2013
18mr:
Sunday is Asian Pacific Islander HIV Awareness Day. The numbers about HIV testing in our communities are staggering and telling: APIs are less likely to be tested for any number of reasons (the fact that OB/GYNs are less likely to offer HIV testing to their API patients is pretty concerning), but like everyone else, if we’re sexually active, we can get HIV.
These great posters are from The Banyan Tree Project, a project of API Wellness.
Substance usage also leads to HIV infection as well. Using substances (especially harder ones such as thizz, coke, and the like) can lead to impaired judgment.
Especially with EDC coming up, please drink, drop, and smoke responsibly. Let’s be real—-how many of my API brothers and sisters do I see posting about upcoming summer parties like EDC?
How many of us go to raves, music festivals, or whatever the fuck they’re being called now while tweaking out on some pill? If you’re gonna hide a pill in your socks, you might as well put a condom and some lube in there as well.
Nothing wrong about trying to get some ass while you’re partying. Just be educated and act upon it.
Also, please be real about your shit.
If you’re fucking someone or some people, get tested.
If you’re doing drugs/drinking a lot and want to hook up, get tested.
If you’re about to get into a relationship, get tested.I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve heard API folks gossip about so-and-so fucking this person or that person. Don’t get me started on those Tumblr XPosed blogs getting people’s personal business.
If we can talk shit about each others sex lives, then we’re comfortable enough to talk beautifully about keeping our sex lives healthy.
And shit. Even if you’re a virgin or you haven’t fucked in a while, still get tested.
Learn and remind yourself what it’s like to talk about sex and wait anxiously for that status. Because when you actually start fucking (again), you’ll want to know you can handle an HIV counseling session.
Nothing can change your life more than the 20 minute wait after submitting your sample.
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17 5 / 2013
15 5 / 2013
SiGAw! | SISTERS OF GABRIELA, AWAKEN!: Filipina caregiver wins settlement
NEWS RELEASEMay 15, 2013Reference: Joanna Concepcion, FMC, email: joanna@filipinomigrantcenter.orgFILIPINA CAREGIVER WINS SETTLEMENT AGAINST AGENCY AND ENCOURAGES OTHER CAREGIVERS TO SPEAK OUTLos Angeles— Elydia Sarmiento, a 75 yr. old Filipina caregiver, won a…
15 5 / 2013
Hi everybody! When I’m not working on Racebending, I’m a grad student at UCLA where my colleagues/friends and I are currently researching the wellness outcomes of LGBTQ Asian Pacific Americans! (See above video for more details.)
We are in the process of conducting a survey of people who identify as LGBTQ and Asian Pacific American and would love your participation. Make sure our voice is heard! We were awarded a small grant so we will be raffling off a bunch of $50 Amazon gift cards, too. The link to the survey is www.uclaqapistudy.com!
Please consider taking the survey and reblogging!
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15 5 / 2013
Inspired
Attending Prof. See’s “Last Lecture” today was really empowering. I felt really connected to her topics of questioning education and accumulation by dispossession. How the university system can easily take things away from indigenous cultures and dehumanize them through that process. The importance of sticking to what you want to do in life despite everyone questioning your choices, especially those that are in the liberal arts. How it’s imperative to stay in the system and fight for what you believe in.
Then, I dropped by PCN elections for five minutes. It got me thinking of the idea that if I didn’t submit the I-Hotel script this year it would’ve been the UFW movement. I really want to see a PCN about Larry Itliong/Philip Vera Cruz/Pete Velasco and see students put their own twist to it without misappropriating the struggle.
After that I went to Asian American Film Festival to watch Hibakusha and it was such a moving movie about a true to life story of a survivor from the Hiroshima bombing. It was interesting how raw and honest the story was. I’m glad I came and hear the director talk about the process in making the movie.
Watch the trailer —> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zyrktNDDZk
Tomorrow is my last Asian American Studies Banquet. I’m thankful I found this major and met some of the most inspiring and amazing faculty, staff, and peers. I will be forever grateful for what I have learned in ASA and how much it drives me to make a difference once I leave UCD.
