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Truly Free?
“Come on, Meimei,” my mom said in Mandarin, “we’re going to Trader Joe’s.” We were walking through the plaza parking lot when a white woman loudly shouted, “speak English!” at us. Sadly, this wasn’t the first or last time we—my family and the AANHPI community—have faced this and other forms of discrimination. Many do not…
Eloise Teaches our Lesson to Chandler School
May 26, 2023 | The presentation was really fun, (mostly because I was doing it to much older kids than me) the only thing I had a problem with was that I didn’t get that many lines to read. I also liked that it wasn’t with people that I totally didn’t know. If it was…
Hudson Teaches our Lesson to Chandler School
May 25, 2023 | Teaching the AYR lesson was cool. I got to teach it to the classes in 5th grade at my school. Getting to present for the first time with familiar faces was helpful training, so I would know what to expect in other schools. The lesson itself was cool to present especially…
Mini Pill, Macro Problem
I had my first period when I was in 4th grade at only 10 years old. It was incredibly painful. Almost all the women in my family have had hysterectomies before menopause due to Uterine Fibroids, which are essentially dormant tumors that form in your uterus causing pressure, pain, bloating and other issues. In addition…
Dangerous Dance
By Mei Tachibana | Tragedies like the one at Star Ballroom Dance studio are not only tragic for the lives that are lost or effected, but because of the joy it can drain from a community. This shooting made a place where local, primarily Asian, elders would gather and have fun, into something traumatic and…