…when two of her co-workers tested positive for COVID-19. “It hit me really hard, thinking, what if I got the virus too and gave it to my family,” Bea says….
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New Indie Film ‘Pink Opaque’ Explores Los Angeles’ Diversity And Complexity
…prior to COVID-19 and current Black Lives Matter protests. Continuing to support Black artists and including more people of color not only on film but also in the writers room,…
Q&A: Roshan Sethi and Karan Soni Share How They Crafted a Pandemic Love Story
…and find out what it was like to write, shoot and edit a brand-new kind of modern love story—all while grappling with COVID-19 restrictions, of course. “Just to create really…
8 L.A.-Based AAPI Social Justice Organizations Bringing Us Together
…a plethora of programming, from after-school and summer care to gang intervention seminars, and also regularly provides essential items like emergency food service, free car oil filters, COVID-19 vaccinations and…
From Snow to Ice, AAPI Athletes Showed Up and Showed Out at the Olympic Winter Games
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games have ended, but not without granting us fantastic performances from a myriad of Asian American and Pacific Islander athletes. Despite highly regulated COVID-19 protocols,…
All-Filipina Artistic Troupe Tita Collective Returns to the Stage With ‘KWENTO’
…two-year hiatus from live performances due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The troupe members are excited to share what they’ve been working on since their last time on stage. “In 2022,…
The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Is Back in Full Swing
…beloved hometown through the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although beginning their own adult lives outside of Bad Axe, the Siev siblings return home to be close to their…
Masala: How ‘Bullet Train’ Cast Keeps Chemistry on Track
…how their friendship resonated on the silver screen, Andrew Koji, who plays gangster muscle Kimura, discussed the production side of shooting the movie amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. “Almost everything was…
In Kristina Wong’s Latest One-Woman Show, ‘Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord,’ Theatrical Justice is at Play
…Sewing Squad,” a Facebook group dedicated to sewing masks for marginalized groups during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Wong got her start in live theater in 2006 with “Wong…
‘Bad Axe’ Captures a Mexican Cambodian American Family’s Pandemic Experience
…upon returning to his rural hometown of Bad Axe, Michigan at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. From there, Siev traces his family’s personal lives and struggles as owners of…
Get To Know Our Community’s Unsung Heroes
…solutions for issues developed during the COVID-19 pandemic or just expressing the desire to represent and honor the AAPI community, a number of nonprofits are taking a stand to effect…
Negate the Hate
…Oakland, Calif. Over 2.8 thousand hate incidents were reported last year after the COVID-19 pandemic started, and the first two months of 2021 have sprinted to match those numbers. Consequently,…
Q&A: Daniel Wu is More Than an Action Star
…last question, you’ve been vocal about anti-Asian racism, especially in the aftermath of COVID-19, how do you hope to use your platform to make a change toward the causes you…
Hate Is A Virus Creators Are Going Beyond Hashtags
…year, both cases of COVID-19 and hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders were on the rise, and Cho and Hanabusa felt that something had to give. “We felt…
K-pop Girl Group STAYC are Young and in Love in “RUN2U” Comeback Showcase
…media showcase to help promote and answer questions about their second mini-album, “YOUNG-LUV.COM.” While there was no in-person audience for the showcase due to COVID-19 restrictions, all six members (Sumin,…
