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Mostly green textured graphic with an illustration of a dark-skinned hand holding a red 1940s style house key. There are three of them staggered down. In the background is an overexposed photo of a crowd. Text reads: Al-Nakba: Resistance Until Return! Liberated Palestine Within Our Lifetime!

Nakba Day

Communities • May 14, 2024 • By 18MR Staff

On May 15, 1948, over 700,000 Palestinians were displaced in the Nakba - Arabic for “catastrophe.” This May 15, we’re remembering the 76 years of the ongoing ethnic cleansing and genocide, demanding all of us to #Escalate4Gaza. In the same year as the first Nakba, the U.N. released a Universal…

orange background with leaves, in white says, "OUR COMMUNITY IS OUR REMEDY". Below, an aqua ractangle with black text, "RSVP: BIT.LY/18MR_COMMUNITY". Then an orange tiger (hand drawn) rotate facing the Aqua rectangle, over drawings of South Asian Lotus, in orange and green. In purple on the center says, "May 30, 1pm pt/ 4pm et, "Learn how Asian Americans and Palestinians are building power through community care and cultural resistance." Below, in a green bow, white text says, "Featuring Speakers, Jen Soriano, Mawal Rashid, Spenta Kandawalla."

Our Community Is Our Remedy Event

Communities • May 9, 2024 • By 18MR Staff

Learn how Asian Americans and Palestinians are building power through solidarity, community care, and cultural resistance❤️🍉Co-sponsored by @aroc_bayarea Our Community Is Our RemedyMay 30, 20241 pm PTRSVP: bit.ly/18MR_COMMUNITY(case sensitive) Hear from guest speakers:✦ Jen Soriano @jensorianowrites✦ Nawal Rashid @nawal340✦ Spenta Kandawalla @spentawalla It is only through building community power that we can dismantle systems…

TAAF: Drop the ADL! Community Letter

Action • May 2, 2024 • By 18MR Staff

Board of DirectorsThe Asian American FoundationAttention: Joseph Bae, Norman Chen, Jonathan Greenblatt, Li Lu, Sheila Lirio Marcelo, Joe Tsai, Jerry Yang, Peng Zhao An Open Letter to The Asian American Foundation We recognize The Asian American Foundation’s leadership as one of the only Asian-led philanthropic organizations that convenes, incubates and connects…