Organizing Asian America
Dear Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, Your fight for women’s suffrage at the turn of the 20th century embodied what Grace Lee Boggs taught us decades later, that we are the leaders we have been looking for. At 16, you were organizing for New York’s suffrage movement. When New York City suffragists…
Asian Americans won the right to vote as American citizens in 1952 – only 66 years ago. And it’s time to put that right into action. In this moment in history, our democracy is under attack, and our votes are critical. Asian Americans can be the decisive vote in elections…
As we walked through the dusty red dirt surrounded by tall dry grass with the sun bearing down on us, I was astounded and how quickly the environment had changed. Just moments before, we were surrounded by swaying palm trees and were spritzed by delicious salty waves crashing on volcanic…
