February 2010

NGLTF Creating Change 2011: AAPI Institute
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Minneapolis, Minnesota

“Building a Queer API Movement”

Join this movement-building Day Long Institute for all Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander (AAPI) LGBT people. Network with LGBT AAPI activists from around the country. We will discuss concrete ways to overcome barriers, leverage resources, and create templates for more effective LGBTQ AAPI organizing. Learn strategies to advocate for public policy issues, increase visibility, and counter homophobia and transgenderphobia in the larger AAPI community and racism within larger LGBT movements. Gain an understanding of Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander queer histories in the U.S. and the connections with current movements. You will leave with a better understanding of the multiplicity of our communities across gender, nationality, and religion and how this affects our ability to build a national movement. This Institute is intended only for Asian American (including South Asian and Southeast Asian) and Pacific Islander attendees.

November 2010

IMMIGRATION FORUM DETAILS

November 18 - SEATTLE, WA

A Community Forum on LGBT Immigration

Seattle Central Community College
BE1110 Students Events Center
1701 Broadway
Seattle, WA 98122

Reception and Networking: 6:00 PM
Program: 6:30 – 8:00 PM

Join us for a special panel discussion about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) immigrants’ rights. Panelists will provide a post midterm-election update on developments from both the federal level in Washington, D.C. as well as on the local level in Seattle; how immigration reform may affect LGBTQ individuals, and how the audience can get involved.

Free and open to all participants. Light refreshments will be served.
RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159755594064031

Invited speakers include:
Ben de Guzman, NQAPIA
Sergio Cueva Flores, Sen. Patty Murray’s Office
Katrina Pestano, Pinay sa Seattle
Hyeok Kim, Inter*IM Community Development Association and White House Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Special Guest: Marion Mageo, Miss Gay API

Co-Sponsors:
The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA)
Trikone- NW
Asian Counseling and Referral Service
Pinay sa Seattle (Gabriela- USA)
Seattle Central Community College
South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)

For more information about the event or about NQAPIA:
Ben de Guzman, NQAPIA Co-Director for Programs
E-mail: ben_deguzman@nqapia.org
Phone: 202-422-4909
Web site: www.nqapia.org
Look for NQAPIA on Facebook and Twitter

November 17 - PORTLAND, OR

LGBT Immigration Forum: Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander Perspectives

Center for Intercultural Organizing (CIO)
700 N Killingsworth Street
Portland, OR 97217

Reception and Networking: 6:00 PM
Program: 6:30 – 8:00 PM

Join us for a special panel discussion about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) immigrants’ rights in Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. Panelists will provide a post midterm-election update on developments from both the federal level in Washington, D.C. as well as on the local level Portland and Oregon; how immigration reform may affect LGBTQ individuals, and how the audience can get involved.

This event is open to all members of the AAPI community and their allies. It is free to attend, and light refreshments will be served. Made possible with the support of the Pride Foundation.

RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=163280277025684

Invited speakers include:
Ben de Guzman, NQAPIA
Rev. Joseph Santos-Lyons, APANO
Kodey Park Bambino, Basic Rights Oregon
Aeryca Steinbauer, CAUSA
LGBT Immigrant perspectives will also be included and discussed

Co-Sponsors:
The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA)
API Pride- Portland
Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO)
Basic Rights Oregon
CAUSA

For more information:
Ben de Guzman, NQAPIA Co-Director for Programs
E-mail: ben_deguzman@nqapia.org
Phone: 202-422-4909

August 2010

2010 National LGBT API Leadership Summit and Reception/Dinner event.

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March 2010

IMMIGRATION FORUM DETAILS

March 1 - BOSTON

Date: Monday, March 1, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Raytheon Amphitheater - Eagan Center Northeastern University
Street: 120 Forsyth Street
City/Town: Boston, MA
Web: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=340240682624

Confirmed speakers include:
-Attorney Anita Sharma Esq. with the Political Asylum/Immigration Representation (PAIR) Project;
-Attorney Richard Iandoli Esq. with Iandoli and Desai, P.C.; and,
-Ben de Guzman, Co-Director of the National Queer Asian and Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA), Washington DC.

Discussion will be moderated by Attorney Nima Eshghi, Esq. from Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders.

Contact Us: Please RSVP to Noreen Giga at ngiga@glad.org

March 2 -PROVIDENCE

Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Location: PrYSM
Street: 669 Elmwood Avenue
City/Town: Providence, RI
Web: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=321508911357

Interpretation will be provided in Spanish. Habrá Interprete en Español.

Invited speakers include:
Alison Foley, Immigration Attorney
Ben de Guzman, National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA)
Dimple Rana, Deported Diaspora
Kathy Kushnir, Marriage Equality Rhode Island
Michelle Deplante, Immigrants United
Raúl Iriarte, Community Member

March 4 - NEW YORK

Date: Thursday, March 4, 2010
Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: Asian American Writers' Workshop
Street: 16 West 32nd Street, Suite 10A
City/Town: New York, NY
Web: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=350810828967

Featuring:
LGBT AAPI Immigrants and Experts
Miriam Yeung, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum
Hon. Daniel Dromm, Chair of the NYC Council Immigration Committee
Trishala Deb, Arcus Foundation and formerly with the Audre Lorde Project

Moderator: Ben de Guzman, National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA), Washington, DC

March 8 - CHICAGO

Date: Monday, March 8, 2010
Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Merlo Public Library
Street: 644 W. Belmont
City/Town: Chicago, IL
Web: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=323929167621

Speakers include:
Ben de Guzman, NQAPIA
Mimi Wilson, Davidson & Schiller, LLC
Ifti Nasim, Community Activist

Presented by:
The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA),
Invisible to Invincible (I2I): Asian and Pacific Islander Pride of Chicago
Trikone- Chicago, an LGBT South Asian Group and
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South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)

March 20 - WASHINGTON DC

NQAPIA and Immigration Equality Meet-Up

Date: Saturday, March 20
Time: 6:00pm- 8:00pm
Location: Nellie’s Restaurant
Street: 900 U Street, NW
City: Washington, DC (Metro: U Street/ Cardozo)

March 24 - WASHINGTON DC

AAPIs and the Urgency for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Date: Wednesday, March 24
Time: 6:00pm-7:15pm
Location: Cannon House Office Building Room 121
Web: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=369482499670

October 2009

October 10

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
Join NQAPIA and your fellow API at the . . . National March on Washington

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Asian Pacific Islander Welcoming Event and Summit
Saturday, October 10, 2009 from 12 - 2 PM
Cafe Asia (1720 I St NW)

Washington, DC's LGBTQ Asian Pacific Islander (API) organizations welcome our fellow API guests in town for the National Equality March. Come join us for lunch and learn more about the work local organizations are doing. Catch up with old friends, make new ones, and strategize about a national LGBTQ API agenda.

12 - 1 PM

Lunch and Introductions
Light refreshments on a first come first serve basis

1 - 2 PM

Facilitated Group Conversation
Defining an LGBTQ API agenda: What Issues Matter to Us and Why?

THIS EVENT IS CO-SPONSORED BY:

AQUA (Asian/Pacific Islander Queers United for Action)
APIQS (Asian Pacific Islander Queer Sisters)
NAPAWF-DC (National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum)
KhushDC (South Asian LGBT Community)
NQAPIA (National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance)

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