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SUMMARY:Black & Asian Feminist Solidarities NYC Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the publication of We Are Each Other’s Liberation\, a groundbreaking anthology centering Black and Asian feminist solidarities. \nEmerging out of a collaborative project between Black Women Radicals and the Asian American Feminist Collective\, We Are Each Other’s Liberation: Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities offers an urgent call for the just future we might build together. Drawing out lessons from the revolutionary work of movement forebearers and bringing together organizers\, artists\, journalists\, poets\, novelists\, and more\, this collection envisions a cross-racial and internationalist politics. \nJoin us for a panel discussion with the book’s co-editors and readings from contributors in the anthology. We are excited to celebrate and be in community with you! \nSpeakers: \nAkemi Kochiyama-Ladson is a Harlem-based writer\, scholar-activist and non-profit consultant. The granddaughter of human rights activist\, Yuri Kochiyama\, Akemi is co-editor of Passing It On: A Memoir by Yuri Kochiyama and co-director of The Yuri Kochiyama Solidarity Project (YKSP) where she leads outreach and education programs centered in history\, culture and solidarity. \nRachel Kuo is an assistant professor of gender and women studies and Asian American studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison\, author of Movement Media: In Pursuit of Solidarity (Oxford University Press) and cofounder of the Asian American Feminist Collective \nJaimee A. Swift is the founder and executive director of Black Women Radicals and The School for Black Feminist Politics. She is an assistant professor of Black Politics at James Madison University. \nTD Tso is a feminist writer\, editor\, cultural organizer\, and cofounder of the Asian American Feminist Collective. \nKai Naima Williams is a multidisciplinary writer and performing artist based in Harlem\, New York. She is the author of The Bridges Yuri Built: How Yuri Kochiyama Marched Across Movements (Kaepernick Publishing\, 2024) and poetry chapbooks He Tried to Drown the Ocean\, I Waved (Hyacinth Girl Press\, 2018) and Tomorrow Maps (Hunger Press\, 2023). \n————————————————————– \nBlack Women Radicals (BWR) is a Black feminist advocacy organization dedicated to uplifting and centering Black women and gender expansive people’s radical political activism. Rooted in intersectional and transnational Black feminisms and Womanisms\, we are committed to empowering Black transgender\, queer\, and cisgender radical women and gender expansive activists by centering their political\, intellectual\, and cultural contributions to the field of Black Politics across time\, space\, and place in Africa and the African Diaspora. \nAsian American Feminist Collective (AAFC)is a grassroots racial and gender justice group based in New York City engaging in intersectional feminist politics grounded within our diasporic communities. We work to interrogate and dismantle systems of racism\, imperialism\, patriarchy\, and capitalism and are deeply invested in abolition\, queer liberation\, cross-racial solidarity\, and collective joy. \nThis event is sponsored by Black Women Radicals\, Asian American Feminist Collective\, Asian American Writers’ Workshop\, and Haymarket Books. While all our events are freely available we ask that those who are able make a donation to support our ongoing programming work.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/black-asian-feminist-solidarities-nyc-book-launch/
LOCATION:Mercury Store\, 131 8th St.\, Brooklyn\,\, NY\, 11215\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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