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Organizing Asian America✊🏼

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Hello! We are 18 Million Rising, an organization that grows political power by educating, mobilizing, and organizing Asian Americans towards taking collective action online and offline!✊🏼✨

Learn more about our work at www.18mr.org
We’re calling on young people who care about justice, who are scared about rising authoritarianism, and who want to build a truly regenerative society to stand up, speak out, and take action.

Join Dissenters on Tues. 7/1 to demand No War with Iran & to Block Bombs to Israel!

RSVP: bit.ly/NoWarCall
Dissenters Membership Call: One Year of Encampments
.I'm attending an event called Dissenters Membership Call: One Year of Encampments. Can you join me? Click here for details and to RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/youth-against-us-empire-no-...
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June 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Re: Skrmetti and the ongoing attacks on trans youth and gender-affirming care, including in media outlets like NYT: This has never been about care or concern for young people.

Re-sharing our resource, We Must Fight In Solidarity With Trans Youth: bit.ly/SolidarityWithTransYouthBrief
June 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Asian Law Caucus Seeks Records on Arrests and Deportations of Bhutanese American Refugees

Since March, U.S. Government Has Forced Dozens of Family Members and Community Leaders Into Statelessness

Read about the FOIA: bit.ly/alc-aru-foia
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June 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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ICE's "Operation At Large" is a hyper-militarized police state and an inflection point in the rising authoritarianism of Trump's regime.

Learn more via our press release: www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/pressroom/re...
Operation At Large - Trump’s latest campaign is a hyper-militarized police state, an inflection point in his rising authoritarianism
Washington, DC — With details emerging of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) latest campaign, “Operation At Large,” Setareh Ghandehari, Advocacy Director of Detention Watch Network issued the...
www.detentionwatchnetwork.org
June 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Avelo Airlines has accepted a $150 million contract to operate ICE deportation flights, aiding in the illegal removal of individuals without their right to a fair hearing or due process.

Take action and #StopAvelo : defendandrecruit.org/stopavelo/
Stop Avelo "Abduction Airlines" - Defend and Recruit
Avelo, a little known budget airline, is now the carrier for ICE deportation flights. But the airline’s government approved abductions can – and must – be stopped. Avelo “Abduction Air” said it took t...
defendandrecruit.org
June 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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On the 77th anniversary of the 1948 Nakba (1947-1949) the BDS movement shares these 7 facts and 7 demands for meaningful solidarity.

Only mass, intersectional people power can end this.

Join us!
#Nakba77
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Nakba 77: 7 Facts and 7 Demands
On the 77th anniversary of the 1948 Nakba (1947-1949), the BDS movement shares these 7 facts and 7 demands for meaningful solidarity.
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May 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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"I felt this moment of betrayal." How a 15-month-old Instagram post cost one of the largest Asian American advocacy groups $250,000 in crucial funding — and why similar cuts are happening in silence across the progressive nonprofit world.
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How a Single Instagram Post Cost One Nonprofit a Quarter of Its Budget
When a progressive group posted in support of Palestinians in Gaza, it saw funding evaporate. Similar fissures are reverberating across the nonprofit world.
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April 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
From the federal government to philanthropy, repression against movement groups fighting for a free Palestine remains on the rise. 18 Million Rising lost $250K in funding for standing with Palestine. But we refuse to be silent in the face of genocide.

Read our story at bit.ly/18MR_PHILANTHROPY
How a Single Instagram Post Cost One Nonprofit a Quarter of Its Budget
When a progressive group posted in support of Palestinians in Gaza, it saw funding evaporate. Similar fissures are reverberating across the nonprofit world.
www.philanthropy.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
From bills to ban immigration reform to attacks on sanctuary status, we have a duty to keep our immigrant communities safe.

Join us and @nonviolentpeaceforce.org this Thurs, 3/20 1PM - 2:30PM PT for “Community Safety” virtual workshop

RSVP: bit.ly/18MR_NVP1
March 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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This year marks the 83rd anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which led to the forced removal and incarceration of more than 125,000 Japanese Americans during World War II by the United States government.
February 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Feeling overwhelmed in the face of rising fascism + attacks on our communities? Digital security is one way you can resist.

Join us for Digital Security 101 for activists, organizers, and anyone from a community that may be targeted by online attacks and government repression.

RSVP: bit.ly/DS_FEB
February 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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NEW op-ed by @stacysuh.bsky.social, DWN’s program director in @truthout.org: “Now is the time not only to hold the line and defend existing sanctuary policies, but to go even further to implement policies that can throw a wrench into the deportation machine." truthout.org/articles/let...
Let’s Defend Sanctuary Policies and Throw a Wrench Into the Deportation Machine
Local officials must not give in to Trump’s bullying and obey in advance, which will only set a dangerous precedent.
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January 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Hello! We are 18 Million Rising, an organization that grows political power by educating, mobilizing, and organizing Asian Americans towards taking collective action online and offline!✊🏼✨

Learn more about our work at www.18mr.org
January 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
We're hosting Asian American Momentum Training to develop the Asian American left. Learn hybrid organizing skills, dig into campaign development, and develop base building tools while deepening our analysis of power, oppression and current issues.

Apply by 2/3: bit.ly/AAMomentum2025
January 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Happy LNY from 18MR!🧧🐍

Let this year of the wood snake be one where we shed old skins that no longer serve us and adapt to whatever comes our way. Just like how snakes have scales to protect themselves, may we also rely on our community, our allies, and our ancestors, to keep each other safe💚
January 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM