Community Links

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Asia Pacific Forum
Asia Pacific Forum is a progressive pan-Asian radio show that covers underreported new, politics and culture stories and serves as an audio archive for Asian and Asian American issues. Based at WBAI in New York.

Asian American Artists Collective
The goals of this Chicago-based collective include education, advocacy and organizing through the arts.

Asian American Arts Alliance
A New York City-based nonprofit dedicated to designing smart and creative ways to build resources for the local Asian American arts community.

Asian American Cancer Support Network (AACSN)
A San Francisco Bay Area-based nonprofit and community resource network serving Asian Americans affected by cancer through social programs and creative fundraising.

Asian American Film
A one-stop resource for Asian American film -- as a filmmaker, or a supporter of independent films by Asian American artists. Run by filmmaker Greg Pak, this site contains listings for screenings, film festival submission guidelines, and interviews with new talent.

Asian American Film Lab
A collaborative of New York-based Asian American filmmakers who meet weekly to hone their craft and to share resources.

Asian American Journalists Association
A national organization of APA journalists. Site includes resources, such as a style guide for covering Asian America, as well as information about AAJA's annual conference.

Asian American Theatre Company
San Francisco's professional theater company, developing and supporting Asian Pacific Islander American actors, playwrights, designers and technicians.

Asian American Women Artists Association
A Sab Francisco Bay Area, intergenerational, pan-Asian network for emerging and established Asian American women artists.

Asian American Writers' Workshop
A resource for writers, readers and publishers on literature written by Asians living in America. Based in New York City.

Asian Improv aRts
A nonprofit Asian American arts presenter that has produced community events for over 15 years in the San Francisco Bay Area, including the annual Asian American Jazz Festival.

Asian Liver Center
The Asian Liver Center at Stanford University is the only nonprofit organization in the United States that addresses the high incidence of hepatitis B and liver cancer in Asians and Asian Americans.

Asian Pacific Fund
A San Francisco Bay Area community foundation for Asian Americans.

Asian Pacific Islander Queer Women & Transgender Coalition
A San Francisco Bay Area-based organization providing networking for Asian and Pacific Islander queer women's and transgender people's organizations and constituencies, including several ethnic or age specific support groups.

Bindlestiff Studio
A Filipino American community arts space in San Francisco.

Blacklava
A store for all things Asian American.

Center for Asian American Media
A nonprofit dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible. Home of the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, CAAM also provides funding, producing, distributing and exhibiting works in film, television and digital media.

Charles B. Wang Community Health Center
A nonprofit, federally qualified health center that provides high quality and affordable healthcare to the Asian American population to New York City. Founded in 1971 and formerly known as the Chinatown Health Clinic, the health center also conducts outreach, education, and advocacy for communities in Chinatown and in lower Manhattan.

Chinese for Affirmative Action
A progressive voice in and on behalf of the broader Asian and Pacific American community, advocating for systemic change that remedies racial injustice, ensures equal opportunities for communities of color, reduces language barriers, and promotes immigrant rights.

Contemporary Asian Theater Scene
A nonprofit arts presenter based in San Jose, CA.

DC Asian Pacific American Film Organization
Home of the DC APA Film Festival.

East-West Players
The nation's oldest Asian American theater company, based in Los Angeles.

EurasianNation
An online community for people of mixed European and Asian descent.

Flavorpill
An email magazine covering handpicked selections of local music, art and cultural events.

Gay Asian Pacific Alliance
Formed in 1999 to encourage participation in the arts among gay and bisexual Asians and Pacific Islanders.

(H)API Hour
A monthly gathering of Asian American and Pacific Islander community activists, nonprofits and professionals to support progressive Asian American Pacific Islander organizations, issues and causes.

Kaya
A publisher of Asian diasporic literature and culture.

Kearny Street Workshop
The oldest pan-APA, multidisciplinary arts organization, KSW holds writing classes and produces APAture, an annual expo of works by emerging San Francisco Bay Area APA artists.

Korean Community Center of the East Bay
A resource for the Korean American communities of the Bay Area, focusing on education, advocacy, service and the development of community-based resources.

Kundiman
Dedicated to the creation, cultivation and promotion of Asian American poetry, Kundiman offers a reading searies and an annual retreat for Asian American poets.

Locus
An all-volunteer organization of Asian American artists and arts supporters in San Francisoco dedicated to promoting community and consciousness through the arts.

Manilatown Heritage Foundation
A San Francisco-based nonprofit that promotes social and economic justice for Filipinos in America by preserving history, advocating for equal access, and advancing arts and culture.

Manja
Online guide to the San Francisco Asian American arts scene.

Ma-Yi Theatre Company
Based in New York, Ma-Yi develops and presents new plays and performance works by Asian American writers.

New America Media
The country's first and largest national collaboration and advocate of 2000 ethnic news organizations, NAM is dedicated to bringing the voices of the marginalized -- ethnic minorities, immigrants, young people, elderly -- into the national discourse.

Reel Asian
Home to the Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival, Canada's premier pan-Asian international film festival.

South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)
A national organization advocating for issues affecting South Asian communities through the use of a social justice framework.

Slant: Bold Asian American Images
An Asian American shorts film festival in Houston presented by the Aurora Picture Show, a nonprofit microcinema that presents artist-made, non-commercial film and video. Curated by Hyphen's founding editor, Melissa Hung.

South Asian Journalists Association
A networking and resource forum for journalists of South Asian origin and journalists interested in South Asia or the South Asian Diaspora.

Third I
A nonprofit committed to promoting diverse images of South Asians through independent film.

Tripmastermonkey
A cheeky news site for the Asia-savvy.

Viet Nam Women's Forum
A discussion list and a virtual space for academic, professional, and socially conscious women to exchange ideas and resources on Vietnamese women living in Viet Nam and abroad.

Visual Communications
A Los Angeles-based organization that supports media works by and about Asian Pacific Americans. Home to the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.