"This toolkit represents the work and thinking of 15 grassroots organizations with Asian American bases living in the most precarious margins of power: low-income tenants, youth, undocumented immigrants, low-wage workers, refugees, women and girls, and queer and trans people. It reflects their experiences with criminalization, deportation, homophobia, xenophobia and Islamo-racism, war, gender violence, poverty, and worker exploitation. All of the modules are designed to begin with people’s lived experiences, and to build structural awareness of why those experiences are happening, and how they are tied to the oppression of others. By highlighting the role of people’s resistance both past and present, the toolkit also seeks to build hope and a commitment to political struggle. In these perilous times, it is an intervention by today’s Asian American activists to restore our collective humanity across our differences through a practice of deep democracy, by looking first to history and then to one another to build a vigilant and expansive love for the people."
"A people’s history flips the script. When we look at history from the standpoint of the workers and not just the owners, the soldiers and not just the generals, the invaded and not just the invaders, we can begin to see society more fully, more accurately. The more clearly we see the past, the more clearly we’ll see the present — and be equipped to improve it."
This resource is designed for teachers, but again, this shouldn't stop students from exploring.
"You may know Emmanuel Acho as the host of groundbreaking video series “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man.” Or as a New York Times bestselling author. Or as an Emmy-winning television broadcaster. Or as a former linebacker for two NFL franchises. But most importantly, Acho has a voice of compassion and understanding that he uses to talk about, everything."
Profile of the Japanese-American human-rights activist Yuri Kochiyama. From Brown University's blog, "Asian American Activism: The Continuing Struggle." Click on the illustration at left for a hip-hop tribute.
This curriculum was put together by the Pulitzer Center. It is based on the NY Times series: "The 1619 Project," which used the year the first slave ship arrived on American shores in Virginia as a historical marker for understanding the stain of slavery upon our country. The NY Times also has produced an accompanying podcast.
South Asian American Digital Archive
"SAADA creates a more inclusive society by giving voice to South Asian Americans through documenting, preserving, and sharing stories that represent their unique and diverse experiences."
"When you're undocumented, you face a lot of discrimination, and that creates a lot of fear. At United We Dream, we transform that fear into finding your voice. We empower people to develop their leadership, their organizing skills, and to develop our own campaigns to fight for justice and dignity for immigrants and all people. This is achieved through immigrant youth-led campaigns at the local, state, and federal level."
"Founded in 1981, NALEO Educational Fund achieves its mission through integrated strategies that include increasing the effectiveness of Latino policymakers, mobilizing the Latino community to engage in civic life and promoting policies that advance Latino political engagement."
Do you know someone who wants to become a citizen, but isn't sure how to go about it? check this page out.
South Asian Americans Leading Together
"South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) is a national movement strategy and advocacy organization committed to racial justice through structural change, which means we focus on transforming institutions while leveraging incremental change as a means to shift conditions and power."
"The Hispanic Institute is a 501 (c) 3 designated nonprofit organization. THI provides an effective education forum for an informed and empowered Hispanic America. The Hispanic Institute manages ongoing projects:
Study of Hispanic economic contributions
Media monitoring
Consumer fraud protection
Citizenship education
Technology and Telecommunication research"
"Founded in 1989 by Bryan Stevenson, a widely acclaimed public interest lawyer and bestselling author of Just Mercy, EJI is a private, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides legal representation to people who have been illegally convicted, unfairly sentenced, or abused in state jails and prisons. We challenge the death penalty and excessive punishment and we provide re-entry assistance to formerly incarcerated people."