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We hope you are finding grounding and warmth.

With the month wrapping up, we are reflecting on the Atlanta shooting victims, six of which were Asian women. March, which also commemorates Women’s History Month, brings light to the intersections of racial and gender identity related to this event. In continuous learning and advocacy, here are additional content and resources you can read and watch.

Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong, illustrates the experiences the author has growing up and living in the United States as an Asian American woman. This vulnerable and honest novel bring reflection and grounding about Asian identity.

Read Jezz Chung’s article, For an Asian American woman, the spa shootings reignited the trauma of everyday racism and misogyny, which discusses in depth the reflections upon gender and racial identity from the author’s perspective.

You can learn more about Asian-American history, the prejudices against AAPI communities, and how to be a strong advocate through the documentary, We Need To Talk About Anti-Asian Hate, directed by Eugene Lee Yang.

You can find additional resources to educate and advocate for AAPI communities here.

In other news:

This interview with Activist Lydia X. Z. Brown on Disability Justice, Mutual Aid, and How Race and Disability Intersect, touches on the intersections of identity in their experiences as a disability justice activist, attorney, community organizer and more.

Learn more about accessibility in theater spaces through Jagged Little Pill’ Shows Broadway Should Prioritize Accessibility.

In celebrating Women’s History month, check out this reflection on Latinx identity and feminism: Luminarias: Celebrating Latinas Who Inspire Us

Want to increase your knowledge and education on AAPI identity? Check out the We Are Not a Stereotype series created by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center.

Learning Opportunities and Activities:

April 5^th: Looted Art and Postcolonial Justice: Decolonizing the Art Museum (Free)

The symposium "Looted Art and Postcolonial Justice: Decolonizing the Art Museum," hosted by the California State University, Sacramento Art Department, will delve into repatriation struggles across the globe.

April 7^th: Fostering Cultural Humility in Disability Services (Free)

This workshop is designed to provide tools and strategies to increase multicultural awareness, knowledge, and skills in the competencies necessary to effectively work with and relate to ethnically and culturally diverse clients receiving disability services.

April 10: Activate Equity 2021: Landscaping Abundance (Sliding Scale)
Activate Equity brings together of a community of artists, activists, and educators who seek to disrupt the racial and social inequities in the arts & culture sector through creative solutions.

April 12^th: How to Be an Anti-Racist Organization Series with Dwinita & Tariana (Free)
Please join Denver Arts & Venues for the sixth installment in our Speaker Series events. We continue to discuss the necessary work organizations must commit to in order to be anti-racist with a focus on tactical and actionable steps.

April 22^nd & 23^rd: Creating Change: Moving Towards Equity, Justice, and Anti-Racism in the New Jersey Arts Community ($20 to $75)
This two-day virtual gathering is built around reflecting, healing, and learning as we work toward a more equitable, just, and anti-racist arts and cultural sector in New Jersey.

Thank you for reading, and have a grounded and joyful week! If you want to share ways this work is showing up in your organization or community, or if you have questions, let us know using this form.

“History is not the past. It is the stories we tell about the past. How we tell these stories - triumphantly or self-critically, metaphysically or dialectally - has a lot to do with whether we cut short or advance our evolution as human beings.” – Grace Lee Boggs

Warmly,

Ami

Ami Scherson

(ah-mee shure-sun)

Equity in Arts Leadership Program Coordinator

Americans for the Arts

One East 53^rd St 3^rd Fl

New York, NY

(212) 223-2787 x2083

www.AmericansForTheArts.org

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