Asian Pacific Islander American outreach

Asian Pacific Islander American collaborative at USSF 2010

To connect, join the e-mail list listserv at:

http://groups.google.com/group/ussf2010apia

Check out and contribute to the APIA Collective Blog

-Blog...Documenting the APIA Collective's presence at the 2010 USSF. -In the coming days, this blog will feature profiles of the many varied APIA organizations that will be represented at the USSF. During the social forum itself, check back for spotlights on individual APIA attendees; we’re hoping to highlight the diversity of our community and also to explore the relationships between these individuals and social justice initiatives.

Previous info resources

Check out the facebook page for APIAs attending USSF2010: Facebook APIAs at USSF

Please add information on events planned at USSF, workshops, culture, social networking, film, informal get-together. We'll be distributing online an in print, SECND google sheet Events and info google sheet

Please put your information and your interests on the FIRST google sheet: google sheet

Conference Call - Tuesday, June 1st - Notes

June 01, 2010 APIA/USSF conference call

AGENDA

• Check-in - where you from, how are things going, how many people coming from your group?
• Update on APIA events/workshops broadsheet
• Proposal to create people's movement assembly (PMA) to organize APIA's nationally - identify a few key national questions for our committees to move forward ton after USSF. if yes, will need facilitators and/or leaders to plan
• Overall schedule
• Media outlets
• Documentation

NOTES

• CHECK-IN

- Jasmin from Alliance of South Asians Taking Action (ASATA). There's about 10 folks coming in out delegation. We're working hard on fundraising and will have an event next week to help raise funds. - Linh Nguyen from University of Michigan - Stephanie from Detroit Youth Project and they're working with youth on workshops and the Detroit tour. - Marcia from Detroit Youth Project, will be working on the youth camp - Jennifer from Detroit Youth Project with a focus on flyers for organizations - Iimay from the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) based in DC. There's 3 total staff going. Prep is going well and funding is complete. - Melanie from Asian Immigrant Women Advocates (AIWA) are bringing 10 youth. Next Saturday (06.05.2010) they're having a karaoke contest for fundraising that everyone is excited about. - Armael from Asian/Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership (AYPAL) is sending 7 youth and 3 staff for a total of 10 folks. AYPAL is working with Serve The People (STP). AYPAL is also working with Coleman Advocates on a workshop. There will be an all-day retreat to prep pre-USSF. - Karn from Korean American Resource and Cultural Center,Chicago is sending 4 total. They are trying to figure out Asian youth component. - Virali from ASATA & KPFA's APEX Express. Figuring out what stories to feature. - Ken, from Sincere Justice Project, Chinese Progressive Association (CPA) is planning on bringing 25-30 youth. There will be an orientation on June 7th. Working on a workshop with Marcia. - Liza from ACLU-Washington and NAPAWF - Lisa from Healthy Nail Salon Workers Collaborative is doing okay with prepping with folks and sharing background on USSF. - RJ - working on Vincent Chin tour - Marirose from Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) is bringing 10 folks including 8 staff. Wokring on workshop, PMA prep and event publicity. - Stacy from Rockwood Leadership is the only staff person going and also works with political API folks in the Bay, Boston and NY - Rob is doing work with Boggs Center, based in Santa Cruz. - Soh Suzuki based in Detroit.

MARCIA: overall schedule

Monday - fireworks

Tuesday - Detroit focused workshop, open march 16-17 blocks, demo & protests at the same time, link up on big street

Wednesday-Friday - three sets of times for workshops (10am-12pm, 1pm-3pm & 3:30pm-5:30pm), panels, gathering & musical performances

Saturday - PMA, Detroit experience workshop, gathering for everyone, done by 5/6pm

Bus transportation will be accessible. Committee working on making transpo affordable. If you have further questions, e-mail Marcia at marciaylee@gmail.com.

Stacy - there's also further information at www.ussf2010.org

JENNIFER: flyer

• thanked team of folks. Working on organization outreach & collecting events currently happening (workshops/formal gatherings/informal gatherings). Please check the googledoc (https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Am7dgWt0XJEqdDFjWE5HMTVEYnktbS1HVzhFMWMyM1E&hl=en) to make sure your organization & its events are listed. Also, make sure that other folks you know will be attending are also listed on the googledoc with their events. Wants to send it out in a couple of weeks before USSF. Someone needs to design the hard copy flyer. Jennifer asks if there's a printer to use.Stacy & Marcia confirm there's no budget with printing and that'd take additional fundraising. Does anyone have access to a printer? Quarter/half/full sheets? Use texting for primary? What events? Do we have volunteers to hadn out flyers? Want to make sure we have enough copies for folks. Asks people to 1. Look at Google Docs and 2. Facebook Page (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=325568768133&ref=ts&v=info) Weekly USSF blasts until USSF - distribute widely!
• Linh: Do we want color/black & white? Local copy printer/Kinko's? Jennifer: Flexible on color/black & white on color paper Willing to help.

STACY: PMA

• Organizing tool that Social Forum folks designed to take tools back home from the forum. Basic gathering & commit to action
• Conceptualize common themes to take action around & move forward
• Marcia: Friday discussion at church 4pm-6pm at the garden. Saturday morning split half of the room with the Detroit Engineering Project. The room has a 144 person capacity.
• Stacy: Questions? Concerns?
• Stephanie: Youth call PMA same day. Make sure to not conflict. Answer: All PMAs are on the same day.
• Someone asked (sorry didn't catch a name): What to expect/intentions of PMA? action plan? broader visioning? Answer: both - we can design it as we want - propose issues we're engaged in, follow-up work, leave it open. Concretely, we need to fill out a form for an APIA PMA.
• RJ: Good idea but complicated. APIA is not homogenous. Answer: 2 or 3 issues we think are important versus next steps with smaller groups. Open but no obligations
• Marcia: We want to add orgs from different regions,. While we got logistics here in Detroit, we need different regions to design what it will look like.
• Stacy: Next steps? Facilitators? Help plan?

VOLUNTEERS: Marcia, Stacy, Lisa, RJ & Rob. E-mail the list if you're interested it's not closed and more folks would be helpful.

• Rob: At Atlanta in 2007, Domestic Workers Alliance formerly formed. Are there hot issues like the Detroit PMA's raising up the restaurant opportunities center campaign? Ideas? What's pressing right now collectively? San Francisco participated in the National Day of Action on May 29th against SB1070 - something specific to take action around in the coming year.

STACY: Media/Documentation

• Marcia: Another piece we've been thinking about is documentation of where we've been, where we are and where we're going as an educational tool to get out of USSF. Are there ideas of what that would look like? It's good to know there's media out lets like APEX Express on this call right now. What other different media outlets are there? Could we have live streaming during our PMA on Friday from 4pm-6pm to broadcast where we've been, where we are and where we're going? Feedback? Take on different pieces?
• Sincere Justice: How long? Who Wants to take it on? Answer: It's open. There's been little development yet.
• Marcia: Are there media outlets to send/be a part of? Videographers? Photographers?
• Rob: NY with small film crew will be there. Renee from APEX will be at USSF & AMC for KPFA. Exhchange media already at USSF.
• Marcia - There's extra space at the youth tent - ask Marcia if interested.

Final Conference Call Before USSF - Tuesday, June 1st at 7pm, Eastern Time Zone/ 4 pm Pacific Time Zone

Access Code: 259194

Dial-in Number: (712) 432-1438

AGENDA

• 1. check in - where you from, how are things going, how many people are coming from yr group? (SK)
• Notetaker volunteer?

• 2. Update on the APIA events/workshops broadsheet (committee)

• 3. Proposal to create People's Movement Assembly (PMA) to organize APIA's nationally - identify a few key national questions for our communities to be able to move forward on after the USSF. (SK/ML)
• If yes, we'll need facilitators and/or leaders to plan.

• 4. Q&A (ML)

e-mail May 24 Hi!

Hope everyone is well. Looking forward to folks coming through in less than ONE MONTH! We wanted to talk one last time before the USSF to touch base.

A couple of things for now:

1. Is there anyone (or do you know of anyone) that would be interested in creating some sort of educational piece using film/stills/etc. (& shooting film, taking photos, audio etc at USSF) to document the APIA movement at the USSF? The Detroit folks were talking and we thought it would be dope to use the USSF as a way to see the past, live in the present, and envision the future. If you are interested, send me an email (marciaylee@gmail.com) and we can talk.

2. Get the word out on your APIA event!

The Asian Pacific Islander American USSF collaborative wants to help you get the word out on your APIA organization and event at the USSF. Please send your APIA organization name, contact information and event details to Jennifer (jennifer.r.jaramillo@gmail.com) by Tuesday, June 1. Events may include both formal workshops and non-workshop gatherings such as: cultural events, films, social networking, community-based and informal gatherings.

To connect and collaborate on USSF APIA initiatives,

join:

the google group:http://groups.google.com/group/ussf2010apia.

Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=325568768133&ref=ts&v=info

Catch up on what's been going on: http://wiki.ussf2010.org/wiki/Asian_Pacific_Islander_American_outreach

peace. marcia

Updates from Detroit APIAs - April 21

update report at link above

Some APIA Organizations at USSF 2010

Over 30 organizations registered (as of May 10, 2010):

Initial API USSF Conference Call - Notes -3/16/10

Notes from call(s) at link above