Events
OPAWL statement on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
In the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, we are outraged but remain determined. Even though we anticipated this reversal, the decision shook us to our core. Abortion bans and restrictions disproportionately criminalize and disproportionately...
Job Posting: Operations Manager
OPAWL is a grassroots membership-based community that organizes for social justice and elevates the voices, visibility, and progressive leadership of Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women and nonbinary people in Ohio. By co-creating an organized and...
OPAWL statement on the leaked decision of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
The leaked decision of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization foreshadows a future where Roe v. Wade is overturned and states can make abortion illegal, criminalizing person’s right to bodily autonomy. The health and safety of people of all genders is...
Job Posting: Voter Engagement Organizer
OPAWL is a grassroots membership-based community that organizes for social justice and elevates the voices, visibility, and progressive leadership of Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women and nonbinary people in Ohio. By co-creating an organized and...
A New — and needed — LGBTQ+ caucus has launched for AAPI women & nonbinary Ohioans
The Buckeye Flame, Apr 26, 2022 Excerpt from the article: "Since 2016, OPAWL: Building AAPI Feminist Leadership has been providing a vital communal space for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women and nonbinary people in Ohio. The organization’s first event...
OPAWL Statement on Dangerous Political Rhetoric
As we approach Ohio’s primary election on May 3rd, OPAWL believes our leaders and elected officials can and must uplift popular policies like jobs, protecting workers’ rights, and infrastructure without fearmongering rhetoric that puts marginalized immigrant &...
These AAPI change-makers are going to help liberate the world…starting with Ohio
The Buckeye Flame, Mar 24, 2022 Excerpt from the article: To get a sense of how these OPAWL F4L Fellows will soon change the world, we chatted with Aarti Raghavachari (she/they/he), a recent Fellow graduate, to chat about what they’ve learned from the fellowship and...
OPAWL: Building Community within Ohio’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Community
Prognosis Ohio, Mar 14, 2022 As the one-year anniversary of the Atlanta spa shootings approaches, host Dan Skinner talks with Sharon Kim and Rebecca Nelson of OPAWL, a grassroots member-led community that organizes for social justice and elevates the voices,...
Socially Constructing “The Other”
Growing Democracy Podcast, Feb 28, 2022 This episode is part of Series 6, Race and Democracy in Northeast Ohio. Our third episode begins by exploring how individuals identify themselves, and why self-identification is a fundamental part of autonomy. Ashley and...
How anti-Asian hate crimes are connected to state-sanctioned violence
Prism, Feb 22, 2022 Excerpt from the article: Advocates say teaching students the history of Asian Americans will help dismantle the perpetual foreigner stereotype forming the basis of many hate incidents. Coalitions with other communities harmed by white supremacy...