Thursday, September 29   07pm to 09pm
Asian American Writers’ Workshop
112 W 27th St, New York, New York 10001

Drop by for the special launch for AMPLIFY(HER), the first-ever zine by and for undocumented women from the Asian diaspora. Grab your copy and support undocumented Asian writers alongside event hosts Sonia Guiñansaca of CultureStrike and Kay Ulanday Barrett, author of When The Chant Comes (Topside Press 2016). Come hear from the editors Manolova “Manny” Yusuf, who leads police accountability and immigrant rights work at DRUM and Israt Audry, a core member of RAISE: Revolutionizing Asian American Immigrant Stories on the East Coast–as well as readings by contributors Michelle Chen and Soonaenae.

We’ll also screen a short film by immigrant filmmaker Laura X Moya, an experimental documentary filmmaker that explores the notion of solitude, immigration, desire, and estranged family dynamics in her/their work. We’ll also have a special dance performance by Deesha Narichania, who has studied classical and contemporary Kathak, and works full-time as a Domestic Violence Coordinator and Trauma-Focused Therapist. We’ll close out the night by jamming out to a special set by DJ Ushka, an AAWW Open City Fellow and Communications Manager at the New York Immigration Coalition.

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