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Federal judge blocks Ohio ban on foreign donations to ballot campaigns
Columbus Dispatch, Sept 1, 2024 Excerpt from the article: "A federal judge blocked Ohio's ban on foreign nationals and green card holders contributing to ballot campaigns. U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Watson ruled Saturday that the Ohio law, which was set to...
Teach Students Asian American History and Advocacy: ‘Our Movements Are Stronger When We Stand Together’
Ms. Magazine, Oct 17, 2023 Excerpt from the article, written by OPAWL members Sharon Kim and Lalitha Pamidigantam: In June, a multiracial coalition in Ohio organized a statehouse advocacy day for community members across the state to come and share with their...
August Special Election, Opposition to Higher Education Changes
The Ohio Channel, May 5, 2023 OPAWL Co-Director Jona Hilario speaks about SB 83's proposed ban on academic partnerships with institutions in Ohio and the impact this would have on AAPI communities in Ohio. Link to watch the full interview
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...
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...
Building a Better Cleveland: combating hate crimes against Asian Americans
Cleveland 19 News, Feb 22, 2021 Excerpt: Vivian Yu and Tessa Xuan are always cautious when walking around, even in their own neighborhood. They’ve seen the devasting toll hate crimes have taken on people in their community. “A lot of our community, members of our...
Cleveland woman shares her immigration story in campaign
Spectrum News, Dec 26, 2021 Excerpt from the story: Jenika Gonzales said she didn’t initially understand the bigger picture behind her family’s immigration story. “I think our immigration story started, at least for me, when I was 8 years old. This was is in 1998,...