Are you a Thai-speaker who can speak to festival attendees in Thai? This training will provide folks the opportunity to go over vocabulary and a chance to practice a one-on-one conversation about marriage equality in Thai before you start speaking with attendees! You will also receive a script to help jump start the conversation and an API Equality-LA shirt!

We invite you to join our team of volunteers who will be out talking to festival participants about equality for the LGBT community! Come talk to community members, meet fellow activists, and have an amazing time – AND receive a FREE API EQUALITY-LA T-SHIRT as well!

When: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 | 7:00-9:00 PM

Where: Korean Immigrant Workers Alliance (KIWA) 3465 W. 8th St., 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90005 | [View on Google Maps]

Questions/Volunteer: contact@apiequalityla.org | (323) 860-7348

Recently, the Asian Pacific American Bar Association honored Justice Morena.

In my view, Proposition 8 was a “change to one of the core values upon which our state constitution is founded.”

Click here to read his speech.

Join us! This committee educates Asian journalists; plants stories, op-ed pieces, and letters to the editor in ethnic media; maintains our web site and produces educational pieces for you-tube and other web-based media. A light meal will be provided so PLEASE RSVP!

Join us! We will discuss our work to engage API Christian and Buddhist congregations and to collaborate with the statewide coalition, California Faith for Equality. A light dinner will be provided, so PLEASE RSVP!

When: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm

Where: Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA) | 3200 W. Temple St, Los Angeles, CA [View on Google Maps]

Questions/Comments: Jonipher Kwong & Alex Fukui | contact@apiequalityla.org | (323) 860-7348

Attention all Whitneys, Mariahs, and Beyonces, your presence is requested at API Equality-LA’s “Diva’s Karaoke.” Whether you’re already a diva or simply someone with an amazing voice and a bad attitude, come on out and join APIELA for a few drinks and some star-studded renditions of your favorite diva. It’ll be a great opportunity to meet some of our current volunteers, learn more about our organization, support marriage equality – and of course, sing your heart out! Primadonnas welcomed as well.

When: Sunday, March 21, 2010 | 5:00pm – 9:00pm

Where: Cafe Bleu | 3470 West 6th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90020-2556 [View on Google Maps]

RSVP: Steven | ucla.steven@gmail.com

Questions/Comments: contact@apiequalityla.org