preloader

18 MILLION RISING

Activating Asian America.

via dreamdefenders: a crucial part of the struggle for civil rights started today in 1963.

Today is the anniversary of the Children’s Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama, from May 2nd to May 5th, 1963. 

Children jumped out of school windows and ran out of school gates just to be arrested each day, set free, & get arrested again. To many’s disbelief, head of police Bull Connor set firehoses & dogs on the children for four days straight. The children showed great bravery- #Birmingham, nicknamed “Bombingham”, was one of the most segregated cities in the United States. They remained nonviolent the entirety of the march.

The Childrens’ Crusade prompted President John F. Kennedy to publicly support racial equality in the national media, and is credited with passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Of the children, JFK said, “The events in Birmingham have so increased the cries for equality that no city or state or legislative body…can prudently choose to ignore them.”

“Why does McDonald’s need four years to bring their workers out of poverty?” Things I love about Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant’s take on the $15 minimum wage plan announced by the mayor: • She starts by crediting people around the country...
“Why does McDonald’s need four years to bring their workers out of poverty?”

Things I love about Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant’s take on the $15 minimum wage plan announced by the mayor:

  1. She starts by crediting people around the country who have been organizing for $15/hr.
  2. She points out structural issues with the way the Mayor’s plan was developed and announced.
  3. She raises serious questions about the extended timeline.
  4. She points out that she led a process to develop a plan that was never voted on.

Kshama Sawant is kind of my hero right now.

Listen to the interview. It’s the best. - CM

This International Worker’s Day, China is charging one of the organizers of the Yue Yuen factory strike, Lin Dong, with disturbing public order. He and another organizer were released after questioning, and the majority of the Yue Yuen factory workers have returned to work for the employer who is the largest manufacturer of athletic shoes in the world.

I hope Lin fights, and defeats, the charges. Solidarity forever. - CM

Happy AAPI Heritage Month! We’re excited to announce that, along with AAPI-Data, we’ve launched a new website, http://aapivoices.com/ This month, we’ll be crunching numbers, telling stories, and busting myths about Asian Americans & Pacific...
Happy AAPI Heritage Month! We’re excited to announce that, along with AAPI-Data, we’ve launched a new website, http://aapivoices.com/ This month, we’ll be crunching numbers, telling stories, and busting myths about Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders. Check it out! - CM

Today in 1975, Saigon fell to Viet Cong forces, precipitating the one of the largest mass exoduses in modern history. The Daily Beast talks to author Carina Hoang about her recent book and the brutal, and necessary, process of remembering what it was...
Today in 1975, Saigon fell to Viet Cong forces, precipitating the one of the largest mass exoduses in modern history. The Daily Beast talks to author Carina Hoang about her recent book and the brutal, and necessary, process of remembering what it was like to be boat people.

There’s more than one way to tell a story. Deepa Iyer considers the ways Desis have stood up to erasure, silencing, and violence in the post-9/11 United States. - CM
There’s more than one way to tell a story. Deepa Iyer considers the ways Desis have stood up to erasure, silencing, and violence in the post-9/11 United States. - CM

Theme by Other