4/2/2015 – Rebroadcast – Disability and Disability Justice in the Asian American Community

Claire Light

Jean Lin

Mia Mingus

Austin Tam

On tonight’s show we explore disability and disability justice:

We’ll hear from folks with disabilities spanning the visible like Jean Lin who has Cerebral Palsy to the invisible like Claire Light who has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Austin Tam who has ADHD and a cognitive disorder.

We’ll also hear from disability justice organizer Mia Mingus and her views on novel ways to conceive of disability and its contributions to the movement for collective liberation.

Peppered throughout the show, award-winning poet Anhvu Buchanan treats us with readings from his book The Disordered based on entries from the DSM IV.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

DIS/PLAY GROUP EXHIBITION, MARCH 24 THROUGH APRIL 23, 2015

Group exhibition in which artists with and without disabilities artists claim and define their own identities, experiment, and make their own rules at SOMArts Cultural Center 934 Brannan Street in San Francisco

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY IN THE ARTS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, APRIL 16

Bay Area Arts Access facilitates a workshop about employment equity in the arts for people with disabilities – also at SOMArts Cultral Center

 ASIAN AMERICANS AND THE NEW RACIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT, THURSDAY APRIL 2, 6- 9 pm

Tonight from 6 – 9 pm at the Asian Art Museum join us for “Asian americans and the new racial justice movement” – Join Asian American and African American leaders, thinkers, and organizers in a conversation focused on the current Civil Rights crisis, the #BlackLivesMatter movement, and the connections between their experiences. 

ON MEMORY AND PLACE: WRITING WORKSHOP WITH MANILATOWN’S TONY ROBLES, APRIL 4 – MAY 2, 1 – 3 pm

Join Kearny Street Workshop for a 4-part writing workshop exploring the sacred places where our poetical sense of community blossoms and grows. Guided by Tony Robles, participants will write about their sense of home, sense of self, and sense of place. Saturdays, 1-3PM Starting April 4th.

 COLONIALISM, IMPERIALISM & RESISTANCE: THIRD WORLD STRUGGLES THEN AND NOW, APRIL 6 – MAY 4. 6pm – 9pm.

The Center for Political Education and the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Initiative (AMED) will hold a five week class comparatively examining Third World liberation movements in Africa, Latin America, and the Arab World and reviewing debates about postcolonial studies and the relevance of such intellectual projects to the postcolonial world. That’s at 518 Valencia starting April 6th

1/28/10 South Korea, Labor rights, US militarism

This week on Apex Express, we explore the threat to media freedom in South Korea, labor rights in Asian countries and organizing against US militarism in Asian countries.

On tonight’s show, hosts Preeti Shekar and Amit Pendyal talk with Tammy KoRobinson about the threat to media democracy under the new right regime in South Korea. We also feature an interview discussion with Sanjiv Pandita, labor rights activist and organizer with the Asia Monitor Resource Centre, a labor rights group based in Hong Kong. And, Women for Genuine Security is an organization based on justice and respect for others across national boundaries, Deborah Lee and Erica Benton join us to talk about WGS’s mission and programs.

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