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[Virtual Event] Friday, November 12, 6-8pm Register HERE Join us for a virtual gathering of AAAM members, community friends, and allies! This year, we are aligning with United Against Hate week (Nov. 14-20).  Also, we will have Dr. Russell Jeung from SFSU to share important findings and insights from his research on anti-AAPI attacks duringContinue reading “AAPI United Against Hate: AAAM Annual Community Gathering”

[Virtual Forum] Time: May 21, 2021, 6pm-7:30pm  Register for zoom link: https://forms.gle/E3ocmzHCsoC6Ggcz5 Last month, Marin County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution denouncing Anti-Asian hate in the county.   However, that’s only the start!  AAAM is hosting a virtual forum to discuss how we move forward.  We want to identify key challenges, align existing resources, and discuss possible actionContinue reading “Building Alliances for Advocacy & Accountability”

[Official Press Release, March 26, 2021] Led by the Asian American Alliance of Marin, a coalition of Asian American and faith-based organizations in North Bay gather together, at noon on March 26 at 4th and City Plaza, to grieve for the lives lost and souls damaged by Anti-Asian attacks.  We stand in solidarity against race-basedContinue reading “Rally to Stop Anti-Asian Hate”

RSVP on Facebook Time: Friday March 26, 2021, 12pm-1pm Place: San Rafael Courthouse Plaza (1000 4th St, San Rafael; the courtyard next to Arizmandi Bakery) Organized and sponsored by Asian American Alliance of Marin (AAAM), Women’s Rights and Peace of Bay Area (WRAPBA), Vietnamese Association of Marin, Multicultural Center of Marin, Marin Nakayoshi Club, KoreanContinue reading “Rally to Stop Anti-Asian Hate”

Link to recording of Ms. Huang’s talk on 11/6/2020: https://youtu.be/iHLf_XOSbqc JEAN BEE CHAN Thank you for being here today. It is now my pleasure to introduce our main speaker Margaret Huang. Ms. Huang is an internationally renowned advocate for human rights and racial Justice, and she is now the new president and CEO of theContinue reading “Full Transcript of Margaret Huang’s Talk”

Our keynote speaker for the 2020 Community Gathering, Margaret Huang, CEO and President of the Southern Poverty Law Center highlighted the following areas of urgent action with the new presidential administration in January 2021: End, close all federal detention camps and centers. 500,000 individuals are currently in detention. Focus on ending poverty. Micronesian, Bangladeshi, andContinue reading “Guest Speaker: Margaret Huang on Asian American Advocacy”

On November 6, 2020, AAAM continued the tradition of our annual community gatherings–virtually to keep everyone safe during the pandemic. The recordings of the gathering are here: Welcome Keynote Speech by Ms. Margaret Huang of Southern Poverty Law Center Community Announcements Social Justice Discussion Report-Back We encourage all to donate to Southern Poverty Law CenterContinue reading “AAAM’s 2020 Virtual Gathering”

Click to Register for FREE This year, the AAAM community will be gathering online on Friday, November 6, 2020 at 6pm! Connecting through Zoom, we will socialize and have social justice topics discussions, as well as share community announcements as we had before. Our guest speaker will be Margaret Huang, who is internationally recognized forContinue reading “Join us virtually!”

[The Board of Asian American Alliance of Marin, September 2020] Standing in solidarity for basic human rights and the elimination of structural racism is an ongoing quintessential moral position—and not merely a temporary political position. All members of the Board of Asian American Alliance of Marin (AAAM) express our deepest grief over the tragic lossContinue reading “Solidarity Statement and Call to Action”