6/17/10 APIs at the US Social Forum, Shakti Resource Center, and AID

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This week on APEX, Aniruddhan Vasudevan, LGBTQ activist and founder of The Shakti Resource Center in Chennai, India talks to us about organizing public dialogue around issues of gender and sexuality in India and about Shakti’s upcoming cultural program “Nirangal” or “Colors.”

Tammy Bang Luu, senior organizer and co-coordinator of National School for Strategic Organizing, talks to us about API community involvement at USSF 2010 being held in Detroit.

Finally, we talk to organizers from Association for India’s Development (AID) and their upcoming fundraiser.

4/15/10 Cambodia’s women’s movement, Kulture Kulcha, and Asha for Education

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Cambodian human rights and feminist activist Mu Sochua shares her reflections and experiences of being in the Cambodian women’s movement.

Rakesh Modi from Trikone, a South Asian gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgeneder organization based in the Bay Area talks about “Kulture Kulcha,” their next fabulous event.

And Sapan Aggarwal from Asha for Education, a group that raises funds for grassroots efforts providing eduction to disadvantaged children in India, discusses their upcoming event with Penn Masala, the world’s first Hindi a cappella group.

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