Tag: Asian Americans

Celebrating Women-Many Voices Striving for Equality

On March 8 we celebrate International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is #Choosetochallenge. The IWD website challenges people to create videos that celebrate women and their varied voices. We can…

Mabel Lee: Chinese American Pioneer for Suffrage

Mabel Lee: Chinese American Pioneer for Suffrage May 2020, Asian Pacific Heritage Month LPF Forgotten Heroines Series Since the 19th century in the U.S., persons of Asian heritage have often…

Allies Needed for Asian Americans Targeted for Violence

ELCA Global Mission describes accompaniment as “walking together in a solidarity that practices interdependence and mutuality.” Filipinos, who were under Spanish rule for 300 years, call this concept pakikisama, “to…

Remembering Vincent Chin, American

June 19, 2018 marked the 36th anniversary of the murder of Vincent Chin. Shining a light back on this terrible event is important — especially as many do not know…

Asian Americans – including the poor

Asian Americans have often been called “the Model Minority,” reinforcing images of success that needs no support. But this label obscures the Asian American poor who live with the endless…

Syria: Keeping Our Eye on the Ball

Diplomacy and action around Syria’s chemical weapons are very encouraging. But we must direct our focus onto tasks that are at least as urgent: First, urge elected officials to oppose…