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Here are some examples of book and organization pairings. See link at the end for more pairings curated by you!
Here are some examples of book and organization pairings. See link at the end for more pairings curated by you!
BOOK: We Too Sing America by Deepa Iyer - about the ongoing racism and Islamophobia against South Asian, Arab, Muslim, Sikh communities post 9/11 in the U.S.
IMPACT: Supporting and defending rights of Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian communities
ORGANIZATION: Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC): AROC is a grassroots organization working to empower and organize the Arab community towards justice and self-determination for all. They envision powerful and liberated Arab communities living with dignity from here to our homelands. AROC sees the liberation of Arab people inextricably tied to the liberation of all people of color.
BOOKS: Night Sky With Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong, and Unbearable Splendor by Sun Yung Shin - emerging Asian poets write on race, queer identities, adoptee identities, migration, family, war, and love.
IMPACT: Supporting resources for artists of Asian and/or Pacific Islander descent
ORGANIZATION: Kearny Street Workshop - the oldest Asian Pacific American multidisciplinary arts organization in the country, Kearny Street Workshop envisions a more just society that fully incorporates Asian Pacific American voices informed by our cultural values, historical roots, and contemporary issues.
BOOKS: At Home in Exile by Russell Jeung and The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen: Memoir (Jeung) and short stories (Nguyen) on experiences of exile and its impact on spirituality, family, identity and resilience.
IMPACT: Supporting refugee communities
ORGANIZATION: Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC): SEARAC is a national organization that advances the interests of Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese Americans by empowering communities through advocacy, leadership development, and capacity building to create a socially just and equitable society.
BOOK: Rescuing Jesus: How People of Color, Women, and Queer Christians are Reclaiming Evangelicalism by Deborah Jian Lee: In Rescuing Jesus, Lee ventures into the world of progressive evangelicalism and tells the stories of the young women and men at the forefront of a movement that could change both the face and the substance of religion in the United States.
IMPACT: Supporting LGBTQIA+ communities
ORGANIZATION: Network for Religion and Justice (NRJ): NRJ provides education to Asian Pacific Islander churches to increase their understanding of LGBTQIA+ people and support their efforts towards full inclusion of LGBTQIA+ people
BOOK: In The Country by Mia Alvar: Short stories on Filipinos living under martial law in the 1970s in their own country and in exile, working as maids, engineers, teachers, health care workers and hired hands in the Middle East and the United States.
IMPACT: Supporting working class and immigrant communities
ORGANIZATION: National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA): NDWA is the nation’s leading voice for dignity and fairness for the millions of domestic workers in the United States, most of whom are women. NDWA works for the respect, recognition, and inclusion in labor protections for domestic workers.
BOOK: Hawaii's Story By Hawaii's Queen by Liliuokalani: written by Queen Liliuokalani, the last monarch of the Kingdom of Hawai'i, this book is seen by many in the Hawaiian sovereignty movement as a key source documenting the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy.
IMPACT: Supporting Pacific Islander communities
ORGANIZATION: Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC): EPIC's mission is to promote social justice by engaging Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities through culturally relevant advocacy, research, and development
BOOKS: Building Community, Chinatown Style by Gordan Chin: This narrative covers the birth of Asian American activism and how, despite natural disasters, civic neglect, and racism, its grassroots community leadership spearheaded affordable housing, open space, accessible transportation, and effective community and youth leadership in San Francisco Chinatown
We Gon’ Be Alright by Jeff Chang links #BlackLivesMatter to #OscarsSoWhite, Ferguson to Washington D.C., the Great Migration to resurgent nativism. Chang explores the rise and fall of the idea of “diversity,” the roots of student protest, changing ideas about Asian Americanness, and the impact of a century of racial separation in housing.
IMPACT: Support communities facing housing insecurity
ORGANIZATIONS: Chinatown Community Development Center and Housing Rights Committee: CCDC and HRC are organizations that serve and advocate for tenants in San Francisco living in various housing such as single-room occupancies, public housing, section 8, and rent controlled housing. Both offer services for mono-lingual speakers.
BOOK: Other: an Asian & Pacific Islander Prisoners' Anthology: This anthology of work by Asian and Pacific Islander prisoners is the first book to highlight the unique stories and perspectives of this growing prisoner population in the U.S. In total, 22 talented API prisoner writers, poets, and artists have contributed to this anthology, which was initiated and co-edited by Eddy Zheng, who was recently released from prison and immigration detention after over two decades behind bars.
IMPACT: Support API communities impacted by incarceration
ORGANIZATION: Asian Prisoner Support Committee: The mission of the Asian Prisoner Support Committee is to provide support to Asian & Pacific Islander prisoners and educate the broader community about the growing number of Asians & Pacific Islanders in the United States being imprisoned, detained, and deported.
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