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That's a wrap for another successful, well-executed, & well-supported #NAPAWFDC event! Thank you to the @PottersHouseDC for hosting our Open Mic Night & everyone for shining or smiling along tonight. This bookcase said good-night to us as we headed towards the door to go home. Social justice work is one for the books! #APAHM #BooksGalore #PottersHouseDC #Bookstore

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How will becoming a NAPAWF - DC member benefit me?

SIGN UP TO BECOME A MEMBER TODAY.  CHOOSE “WASHINGTON, DC”

Individual memberships: $40 and hardship/student membership: $20

By becoming a member of the District of Columbia Chapter of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, you will have access to and receive the following:

Listservs: as a member, you will be included in:

a NATIONAL listserv for updates/communication from National office

a MEMBERS ONLY listserv for special announcements and updates from DC Board

a GENERAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS listserv for updates from community members

Monthly newsletter: learn about job opportunities, upcoming events, and what the DC chapter has been up to

SWAG: receive merchandise with NAPAWF-DC’s brand

One free T-Shirt

Board Meetings: have an impactful say in the structure and future of NAPAWF’s DC chapter 

Attend and participate in monthly Board Meetings

Workgroups: become more involved by taking on a leadership role

Join any of the three workgroups (Membership, Leadership Development, Local Engagement) and assist in planning events for the NAPAWF-DC community

Afternoon Teas: discuss pertinent yet intimate issues affecting AAPI women and girls in a safe space with sisters and allies

Free to members

Quiz Bowl: take part in NAPAWF DC’s most popular and successful fundraising event of the year

Discount to join/create a team

Leadership Development Trainings: continue your professional development by attending exclusive webinars and trainings

Free or discount to members

Membership Dues

Individual memberships: $40

Hardship/student membership: $20 

Become a member by choosing "Washington, DC" under "I am a member of the following chapter"

For all membership inquiries, please contact Mai Nhia Vang at [email protected].

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2015 - 2016 Board Application Is Now Available!

As a board, we have had great delight in serving this chapter, putting on sisterhood events, and playing a role in the social justice movement for AAPI women and girls. Now it’s time to pass the torch.

You can find a link to the application here

The deadline to submit board applications is Tuesday, November 25, 2014

You can send all inquiries to [email protected]

We will host an information session and happy hour to discuss the application process in the coming weeks, so please be on the lookout for additional information.

We hope you will consider playing an active role in coordinating efforts to advance reproductive justice, immigrant rights, and economic justice as well as creating a much needed space for sisters living in our nation's capital.

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Afternoon Tea: #NotYourAsianSidekick

With treats spread across the table and sisters and allies gathered in the living room, we hosted our first Afternoon Tea of the year!

Afternoon Tea is an opportunity to discuss a current social issue that is relevant to the AAPI community in an intimate setting. Our theme this time around was the infamous hashtag, #NotYourAsianSidekick, which was conceptualized by Chicago-based activist and writer, Suey Park.

The premise of the hashtag was to create “a space for Asian-American, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian women.., build community, and be heard” (@Salon). With more than 50,000 tweets in two days, it acutely became a Twitter Trending Topic, but its viral success left many dubious about its contribution to an actual “revolution.” It became so widespread that even activists had their qualms about it, leaving the hashtag’s limelight questionable. Because of this, we thought it would be interesting to create our own (physical) space and ask ourselves, "What does feminism mean to us and how do we practice it in the AAPI community?"

There was no better way to share our reactions, insights, and experiences than with scrumptious scones, sweets, and tea by our side.

Here are some photos from that afternoon:

NAPAWF-DC sisters and allies

Before our discussion began, Minhchau Dinh, NAPAWF-DC Chapter Leader, guided us through an icebreaker, where we highlighted snippets of our past and future selves.

The decade marked here is the 1980s: a time in which our parents immigrated to the United States from the Philippines and other motherlands. 

When the conversation got going, it was a refreshing reminder that we are all ready advocating for ourselves and other women of color in our respective careers or communities.

Feminism exists and it lives strongly in the AAPI community. Can't you see the fierceness that extends from our shining eyes to our winning smiles? A nice caption to this photo should be--can you guess? #NotYourAsianSidekick. 

Further Resources

#NotYourAsianSidekick Discussion Guide – Resource by Devan Shea, NAPAWF-DC Chapter Leader

Anatomy of a hashtag – Via Al Jazeera