Please make a note of our new physical address in the Asian Pacific American Legal Center’s Non-Profit Center as well as our new email addresses.
API Equality – LA
1137 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Telephone: 213-580-1800
Staff e-mails:
Eileen Ma, Executive Director
Brian Nguyen, Community Organizer
Tommy Tseng, Program Manager
Tran Le, Intern
Join us! We will discuss our work to engage API Christian and Buddhist congregations. A light dinner will be provided, so PLEASE RSVP!
When: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Where: Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) | 1145 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90017 [Map]
Questions/RSVP: Alex H. Fukui & Ezra Evangelista |contact@apiequalityla.org
Join us! We organize fundraising events (e.g., house parties, Bingo nights, restaurant mixers, etc). A light dinner will be provided, soPLEASE RSVP!
When: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM | Monday, August 22, 2011
Where: Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) | 1145 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90017 [Map]
Questions/RSVP: Yvonne Teruya & Steven Truong |
Self Help Graphics, a Chicano arts organization along with Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress (NCRR) and Visual Communications will be screening the film, “Stand Up for Justice” at Self Help Graphics on August 18th at 7:30. This 30-minute film is based on the true story of a 16-year-old, Mexican-Irish American high school student from Belmont High School who joined his Japanese American friends at Manzanar during World War II. Ralph Lazo voluntarily lived at Manzanar as the only non-Japanese (non-spouse), was drafted from the camp, and in later years continued to support his Japanese American friends in the fight for redress and reparations.
The film premiered in 2004 and has been shown at film festivals in Hawaii, Chicago, San Francisco, San Diego and won the Special Jury Award at the WorldFest in Houston, Texas. It has been part of the Day of Remembrance programs on difference college campuses and in various communities. Los Angeles Times film critic Kevin Thomas commented, “Stand Up for Justice is a heart-wrenching 30-minute drama that deserves to become a feature-length film.”
After the film, members of the community will answer questions and share plans for future screenings and teacher workshops. Attendees may also purchase the DVD. The audience is invited to stay for refreshments. Contact NCRR or Self Help Graphics for more information.
When: Wednesday, August 18th at 7:30PM
Where: 1300 East 1st Street, Los Angeles, CA
Contact: NCRR, (213) 284-0336 or Self Help Graphics, (323) 881-6444
Nisei Week is an annual festival celebrating Japanese American (JA) culture and history in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. Join API Equality-LA for the parade where we will be doing outreaching to the JA community to increase support for marriage equality!
Kizuna
244 S. San Pedro Street, Suite 306
Los Angeles, California 90012
(located in the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center building in Little Tokyo)
When: 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM | Sunday, August 14th, 2011
Where: Meet at Kizuna Office | 244 S. San Pedro St Suite 306, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Questions/RSVP: Tran Le, tran.le.762@gmail.com, (818)292-6922
Join API Equality-LA for an afternoon to have fun, network with passionate activists, and find out about our amazing volunteer opportunities. Once again, California’s LGBTQ community is under attack. Now is the time for us to come together to learn about the challenges we face and take action for LGBTQ equality. EVERYONE is welcomed!
Volunteering with API Equality-LA offers opportunities to:
- Work with seasoned activists in the API community
- Stay informed about LGBTQ community issues
- Be a part of a great community.
Lunch and snacks will be served, please RSVP with Tran Le at tran.le.762@gmail.com or 818.292.6922
When: 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Saturday, August 13, 2011
Where: Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) | 1145 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90017 [Map]
Questions/RSVP: Tran Le | tran.le.762@gmail.com | (818) 292 – 6922
Guest Speaker: Roland Palencia, newly-appointed Executive Director of Equality California.
Last month, trailblazing LGBT activist Roland Palencia took the helm of Equality California, the largest LGBT civil rights organization in the state. He possesses more than two decades of organizing experience and expertise with LGBT and healthcare issues and has long worked to provide resources to underserved communities, including LGBT communities, undocumented immigrants and the uninsured. Previously, Roland held leadership positions with the California Endowment, Clinica Monsenor Oscar A. Romero and the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. He was a co-founder of pioneering community-based organization, Gay and Lesbian Latinos Unidos (GLLU), the first major Latino LGBT advocacy group, which later led to the establishment of Bienestar Human Services. Roland is currently an Advisory Board Member of HONOR PAC, an LGBT Latino Political Action Committee that supported and led efforts in East Los Angeles to fight Proposition 8.
Roland will discuss current efforts by homophobic forces to place an anti-gay initiative on the ballot in 2012 that would overturn the FAIR Education Act, legislation that mandates that LGBT history be taught in California schools. Come meet the new Executive Director of Equality California and learn how to support this groundbreaking pro-LGBT legislation!
As always, we will hear exciting reports from the many events API Equality-LA engaged in this past month as well as the buzzing activities of our standing and ad hoc committees.
As we will be serving dinner, PLEASE RSVP NOW.
When: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Where: Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) | 1145 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90017 [Map]
Questions/RSVP: Brian Nguyen | contact@apiequalityla.org
Jorge Ortiz is putting together a pilot for his new groundbreaking, scripted TV show that will be an important step forward not only for the LGBT community as a whole, but for the LGBT youth community in particular. The show features Latin characters in leading roles, as well as a series regular on my show who is an 18 year old Korean kid. He is the best friend of the lead character. Ortiz’s series goes beyond mere entertainment to include an awareness outreach campaign aimed at LGBT youth by providing them with positive role models and organization information after every episode. Starting with the pilot episode, and screening it at high schools and colleges through their LGBT organizations, websites will be posted at the end of the episode so that LGBT youth can find help and answers.
Ortiz is currently in the process of shooting a 22 page pilot and has launched an Indiegogo campaign to help raise funds to cover certain production costs. Please support his groundbreaking endeavors in any way possible.
Link: http://www.indiegogo.com/
Join us! This committee engages in planning our participation in parades as well our presence and outreach at community events, festivals, protests, demonstrations, etc. It is also responsible for reaching out to new community leaders, organizations, and celebrities. A light dinner will be provided, so PLEASE RSVP!
When: 7:00 – 9:00 PM | Thursday, August 4, 2011
Where: Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) | 1145 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90017 [Map]
Questions/RSVP: Mimi Saidane | contact@apiequalityla.org
Join us! This committee develops relationships with Asian journalists, places articles in ethnic media, and produces content for our website, Facebook, and Twitter pages. A light dinner will be provided so PLEASE RSVP!
When: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Where: Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) | 1145 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90017 [Map]
Questions/RSVP: Noel Alumit & Alan Chan |