Help Kevin Level Up APIENC!

Hi everyone! 

It has been a difficult year, there's no doubt about it. The COVID-19 pandemic has made it hard for communities to gather and be there for one another. From the recent anti-Asian violence against our elders, to the present-day influx of non-Indigenous folk colonizing Indigenous places; our API community has suffered a great deal throughout the pandemic, with our struggle not being a sole incident, but one that is tied to other marginalized communities' struggles as well. 

Thus, I am so grateful for APIENC. APIENC has provided a space for community building, collective healing, and the ability to share our stories𑁋stories that are often silenced and don't get told. Being Hmong, queer, and from the Central Valley of California, I didn’t know anyone, or any group, that I could reach out to and talk to about the struggles of understanding sexuality and connecting with culture. I wasn’t “white enough” in queer spaces and wasn’t “Hmong enough” in Hmong spaces. 

APIENC has recently become that bridge that connects my gender identity and sexuality to my cultural heritage. It’s a place where I can openly talk about my struggles of being queer within the API community and being Asian/Pacific Islander in the queer community. It’s a place where all of me is loved, cherished, and celebrated𑁋something I wasn’t able to do for a long time in a lot of spaces that I was in. APIENC is creating a better world right now through our committees, programs, events, outreach, and more, and I am so grateful to be a part of it, and would love for YOU to be a part of it as well!

Donate today to help APIENC level up the power of our people and our communities!!!

“No pride for some of us, without liberation for all of us.” - Marsha P. Johnson

With all the love and support in the world,

Kevin ♡