Showing posts with label SAFIRE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SAFIRE. Show all posts

Music video: dedicated to Mimi and all the young mamas

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

[This post was part of a Mama’s Day Series by The Strong Families Initiative  and has been reposted as part of the No Teen Shame Action Tow...

SAFIRE talks mamas

Friday, May 18, 2012

By Mai Doan Think about someone who is a mother in your life. It can be your mother or caretaker, your sister, your grandmother, your c...

SAFIRE is in session!

Monday, February 13, 2012

by mai doan, SAFIRE organizer SAFIRE at the 2011 Summer Celebration For the last two sessions, SAFIRE has been having critical, inform...

What SAFIRE means to me

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

By Susan Cuong My name is Susan Cuong and I am an alumni of ACRJ's youth organizing program, SAFIRE.  I was born and raised in Oakla...

Wear a costume, not a culture

Friday, October 28, 2011

By Amanda Wake, ACRJ Halloween is on it’s way here and I’m bracing myself as I always do during this time of year to be offended and dis...

Taking back our power: SAFIRE talks about street harassment

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Image from www.stopstreetharassment.org By Mai Doan, SAFIRE Youth Organizer “Psssssssssst.” “Hey Girl…” “Beautiful!” “Nice Rack!” “Hey...

Thank you SAFIRE!

Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Chiravann performing her piec By Chiravann Uch This summer, I had the great opportunity of being a part of SAFIRE's summer ses...

Reflections on our young men's program

Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Young men perform at the Summer Celebration. By Jack DeJesus, Young Men's Program Organizer When our Young Men's Program...

What happens when you bring Asian youth together to talk about gender and sexuality?

Thursday, August 11, 2011

By Mai Doan, SAFIRE Program Coordinator  This past weekend, SAFIRE young women and the Young Men’s Program gathered at the Occidental Agr...

A part of the vision for reproductive justice

Monday, June 13, 2011

By Patricia Barahona, Spring 2011 SAFIRE Youth Organizer I learned about ACRJ and their influence in the reproductive justice world in 200...

SAFIRE Mama's Day Series: we're on the radio TONIGHT!

Thursday, June 02, 2011

TONIGHT listen to the voices of ACRJ's SAFIRE youth program at 7pm PST on KPFA Radio 94.1FM either on the radio or online. SAFIRE yout...

ACRJ’s NEW summer youth programs challenge patriarchy and homophobia

Thursday, May 26, 2011

This summer we are doing exciting NEW things with Asian youth in Oakland. In addition to our 30 youth SAFIRE young women’s program we are l...

Dear Gmama

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

It is past Mothers Day, but there should never be a day that goes by where we don't honor the women in our lives who raised us. Here...

Staying strong in juvenile hall

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

By Miranda “Camboslice” Uong, SAFIRE Participant My family includes my mom and two younger brothers. My family never really had a father fig...

Mother's Day scavenger hunt for the impossible perfect gift

Friday, May 06, 2011

[This post is part of a Mama’s Day Series by The Strong Families Initiative . To follow all of the Mama's Day events, visit us on Faceb...

SAFIRE Mama's Day Series: "Babies need love, moms do too"

Tuesday, May 03, 2011

[This post is part of a Mama’s Day Series by The Strong Families Initiative . To follow all of the Mama's Day events, visit us on Faceb...

The self-determination of ACRJ

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

By Amanda Wake, Youth Organizer SAFIRE youth Judy Wu facilitating a workshop When I think of self-determination, the image I get in my m...

SAFIRE Alumnae Kick-off: family, love, happiness and success

Wednesday, March 09, 2011

By Ngoc-Y Mai, SAFIRE Alumni Intern If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then success must be felt by the individual who lived throug...

First SAFIRE alumni meeting

Friday, January 14, 2011

By Ngoc-Y Mai, SAFIRE Alumni Intern You know the feeling of rediscovering something that you once knew and had, but somehow misplaced, t...

Marching in CancĂșn--Ellen Choy on being inside and out

Tuesday, January 04, 2011

By Ellen Choy As UN security guards ripped accreditation badges off of the necks of 3 of my comrades during a staged march out from the UN...