Current Fundraiser
We are bringing back some of our beloved totes! We hope you love these as much as we do. All proceeds will go toward printing costs, and any additional funds collected and sent to the Southeast Asian Freedom Network (SEAFN)’s Southeast Asian Relief & Responsibility (SEARR) campaign:
“For 50+ years, our communities have experienced irreparable harm and violence at the hands of the U.S. government through the destabilization of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam from war and genocide, to the failed refugee resettlement process that drove our people into the carceral system, and the passage of harmful policies that funneled Southeast Asian refugees and immigrants from the prison-to-deportation pipeline. From escaping war and genocide fifty years ago, our people still have not been able to rest and heal. 20+ years of Southeast Asian grassroots organizing against deportations and building up SEA leadership, organizations and formations, has led us to this historical moment to push forward a national campaign to end the mass detentions and deportations of our people. The shift in the political landscape in 2021 created an opening for us to coalesce our organizing to launch a national campaign to demand for U.S. accountability for the violence it caused on our people, and allow for our communities to begin healing. This campaign is part of our larger vision of reimagining our immigration system through an abolitionist framework, and working towards the world that we know is possible.”
Available:
Refugee Legacy Tote
Immigrant Legacy Tote** (Limited)
Child of Immigrants Tote** (Limited)
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Product Information
Medium Self-Fabric Handles Gusseted Canvas Tote Bag
16"H x 15"W x 3"D
12 oz. Cotton Canvas
20" Self-Fabric Handles
Current Fundraiser
We are so excited to share these postcard size (4.2 x 5.5) versions of this beautiful print by REALSOUL (formerly This Asian American Life (TAAL) featuring our PYD team and Southeast Asian diaspora history. For every donation made, you will receive a free postcard as a thank you, and you can also order a pack of 5 postcards for $10. All proceeds will go toward helping us raise funds to cover our annual overhead costs, with a small percentage going right back to support REALSOUL’s incredible work.
Previous Fundraisers
MARCH 2021: All donations made were matched by our PYD cofounders and a circle of amazing SEA Aunties and split between Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta, who on top of their integral legal advocacy work in Georgia and the Southeast are raising funds to support the victims and their families impacted by the violent acts that took place on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, and AAPI Women Lead, an organization doing incredible work to challenge and help end the intersections of violence against and within AAPI communities. Total funds raised: $1250.00 for AAAJ and $1660.00 for AAPI Women Lead.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta is the first and only nonprofit legal advocacy organization dedicated to protecting the civil rights of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) in Georgia and the Southeast. Through our work, we envision a social movement in which communities of color are fully empowered, active in civic life, and working together to promote equity, fair treatment, and self determination for all. Founded in 2010 as the Asian American Legal Advocacy Center (AALAC), our organization became part of the Asian Americans Advancing Justice affiliation in 2014. Since then, we have re-organized our focus areas more specifically into four groups: Policy Advocacy, Organizing & Civic Engagement, Impact Litigation, and Legal Services.
AAPI WomenLead and #ImReady Movement aims to strengthen the progressive political and social platforms of Asian and Pacific Islander communities in the US through the leadership of self-identified AAPI women and girls. Our goal is to challenge and help end the intersections of violence against and within our communities. We do this work in solidarity with other communities of color. The #ImReady Movement raises visibility around self-identified AAPI women and our experiences with #MeToo, racial discrimination, war, immigration, and more. It also celebrates the leadership and power of AAPI women in Education, Business, Technology, and Politics. At the conferences, we bring together AAPI women leaders and our supporters to learn from one another, tell our stories, and to highlight our diverse leadership stories.
OCTOBER & NOVEMBER 2020: Half of all donations made to PYD were matched (up to $300) and sent to People’s Programs (FKA People’s Breakfast Oakland), a grassroots Black socialists political organization which serves the houseless community essential resources. Founded by Delency Parham and Blake Simons in 2017, the organization has fed, provided clothing, and hygiene packs to over 5000 of Oakland residents. Total funds raised: $630.00
AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 2020: Half of all donations made to PYD were matched (up to $300) and sent to The Marsha P. Johnson Institute, an organization that focuses on protecting and defending the human rights of Black transgender people. They also provide fellowships to help supply income for transgender artists as well as ones to support community-driven projects in the Midwest and South. Total funds raised: $717.00.
The Marsha P. Johnson Institute (MPJI) protects and defends the human rights of BLACK transgender people. We do this by organizing, advocating, creating an intentional community to heal, developing transformative leadership, and promoting our collective power. We intend to reclaim Marsha P. Johnson and our relationship as BLACK trans people to her life and legacy. It is in our reclaiming of Marsha that we give ourselves permission to reclaim autonomy to our minds, to our bodies, and to our futures. We were founded both as a response to the murders of BLACK trans women and women of color and how that is connected to our exclusion from social justice issues, namely racial, gender, and reproductive justice, as well as gun violence.