May 23, 2022 | Check out our interview on the TODAY show! Mina and members of the AYR team including Aashi and Charlee share why it’s important to learn about our diverse histories.
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ACT TO CHANGE Community Reception + Changemaker Award for Mina Fedor
May 23, 2022 | We were in LA at Act to Change’s Community Reception for the 4th Annual National AAPI Day Against Hate and Bullying! Did you miss the Livestream? You can catch it here. Mina also was awarded the Changemaker of the Year Award. Thanks to Act to Change for believing in us from the beginning!
TFA – What’s It Like to Be a Middle School AAPI Activist?
May 23, 2022 | Super excited to launch our ONE DAY OF AAPI HISTORY Lesson and speak with Teach for America. Check out our interview with the TFA team here.
CBS Evening News
May 15, 2022 | Thank you CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell and Nancy Chen for covering our ONE DAY OF ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY launch. AAPI Youth Rising is sharing our lesson in classrooms across America!
AAPI Youth Rising’s One Day of AAPI History Lesson
May 15, 2022 | Interested in ONE DAY OF AAPI HISTORY? Asian American history is American History. Our ONE/180 Pledge asks for at least one day of AAPI History + Culture in our schools and we continue to support legislative action in support of our diverse histories. While we advocate for change, we hope to share whatContinue reading “AAPI Youth Rising’s One Day of AAPI History Lesson”
AAPI Silicon Valley Culture Festival
May 15, 2022 | We joined AAPI Silicon Valley for their Culture Festival! Max spoke with Mina and we enjoyed all the cultural performances that day. Thank you @aapisv!
Act To Change 4th Annual National AAPI Day Against Hate and Bullying
May 12, 2022 | Act To Change is rallying the nation — including cities and states, community organizations, and influencers, community leaders and elected officials — to commemorate the fourth Annual National Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Day Against Bullying + Hate on May 18, 2022. To honor Vincent Chin’s legacy and to commemorate Mental Health Awareness Month and Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) in May, Act To Change invites you to join us in standing up to bullying, hate and racism. We are proud to join as a Partner Organization in 2022 just as we did in 2021. Also, we will join the Community Event in Los Angeles. Register here and see you there!
AAPI Youth Rising + Healthier Generations Instagram LIVE
May 7, 2022 | Catch our Instagram LIVE conversation on May 17 at 12:45 p.m. PST/3:45 p.m. EST. Healthier Generations is speaking with AYR about how your family can get involved in supporting AAPI young people and inclusive communities. Also, check out Healthier Generation’s AAPI Heritage month resources!
Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco and the Wells Fargo Foundation Mural Project
April 29, 2022 | What an honor to be a part of the @cccsanfrancisco and the Wells Fargo foundation mural project! The mural is a reminder that AAPI community heroes and stories matter. AYR served on a panel last year and helped select the heroes from over 5000 submissions from youth. Mural Location: 706 Jackson Street, SF CA 94133 Heroes depicted: Tiffany Long, Wong Kim Ark, Layton Doung, Cynthia Choi, Yuri Kochiyama, Judy Yung, Ruth Asawa, Caroline Cabading, Jeanette Lazam, Rev Norman Fong, Akon Vaid-Menon and Betty Ann Ong. VISIT cccsf.us/asian-american-community-heroes-mural to learn more about each hero!
Asia Society SF’s Game Changer West Award ceremony
April 24, 2022 | We had such a fun time at @asiasocietysf’s Game Changer West Award ceremony! We met with honorees Time’s Kid of the Year Gitanjali Rao, Daniel Dae Kim and Stop AAPI Hate founder Russell Jeung! Plus we met all our friends from Asia Society in person!!!