Akemi Kochiyama will be the guest speaker at the JACL Philadelphia Chapter Day of Remembrance lecture - in collaboration with Professor Rob Buscher’s Asian American Activism Course and the Asian American Across the Disciplines Speaker Series at the University of Pennsylvania.

On Monday, January 20, the entire greater New York Area will take the streets! Join us in NYC, Newark, NJ, and in Long Island! On Inauguration Day, Jan 20th, people will come together in cities and towns across the country in a nationwide mobilization to oppose Trump’s ultra-right, billionaire agenda.

This Thursday, January 9th, City Lights Bookstore will host a virtual event celebrating the publication of “The Bridges Yuri Built: How Yuri Kochiyama Marched Across Movements” with author Kai Naima Williams in conversation with artist Katie Yamasaki.

Join us in celebrating the life and revolutionary spirit of Bilal Sunni - Ali. See post for details about the Janazah for Sheikh Baba Bilal Sunni - Ali.

On November 15th, 2-3:30pm EST, join Dr. Orisanmi Burton at Red Emma’s bookstore in Baltimore, MD for a reading and discussion of Walid Daqqa’s essay, “Consciousness Molded or the Re-identification of Torture.”

EMERGENCY ACTION: END THE SIEGE ON JABALIA, ALL OUT FOR GAZA & LEBANON!

Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama (directed, produced, and edited by C.A. Griffith & H. L. T. Quan) is a historically rich and unique documentary about two formidable women who share a profound passion for justice: Angela Davis, an internationally renowned scholar, writer and activist, and Yuri Kochiyama, a revered grassroots community activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee. A talk with Yuri’s granddaughter, our very own Akemi Kochiyama, will follow the screening.

On September 12th, Claim Our Space NOW's Root to Rise Rally is boutta be a collectively throw that ass in a healing circle, FUBU, Black, queer, and global majority community harvest at Marcus Garvey Park. Pull up for a day of practicing community care and action through collective healing - unifying our revolution from Harlem to Haiti to Palestine.

Join us in Marcus Garvey to hear a speech from YKSP’s Akemi Kochiyama!

Join us at the Center for Research and Alliances for the launch of Mapping Malcolm! Friday, September 13th at 7pm - we will get to hear from the editor of the book - Najha Zigbi-Johnson in conversation with contributors such as,  Akemi Kochiyama, Denise Lim, Joshua Bennett, Nsenga Knight, Ladi’Sa Jones, and Darien Alexander Williams. 

In partnership, People's Kitchen Collective (PKC), Lacuna Giving Circle & AAPIP-SF Bay Area are proud to present a community screening of PKC's incredible documentary, EARTH SEED, at the New Parkway Theater in Oakland. 

Amplifying WOW Project NYC’s open call for their arts and activism youth program Resist Recycle Regenerate! Apply by September 13, 2024 at this link.

On August 3 from 5 - 9:30 pm, the Oakland Asian Cultural Center presents BomBay to the Bay: A Garba Dance Festival, featuring live music by Bay Area garba legends Madhvi and Asim Mehta, a dance lesson, community dancing, and more artists to explore!

Come to the Youth Power Festival from 2-9 pm on Saturday, July 27th! There will be FREE food, a clothing swap, performers, vendors, tattoos, tarot readings, raffle, free zines, workshops, and more!

Join us for a FREE webinar celebrating the debut of the Yuri Kochiyama archives at UCLA. Register here.

Join the granddaughter of Yuri Kochiyama, Akemi Kochiyama, for this FREE Summer in the City event at Lincoln Center on July 20th at 5 pm.

Register for this Zoom event on talking about support for Black reparations held by Tsuru for Solidarity!

Bay Area - Join us in the celebration of our own Kai Naima Williams at her book signing for her debut children’s book The Bridges Yuri Built! There will be two events in the Bay Area next weekend on the 4th and 5th of May. The Yuri Kochiyama Solidarity Project proudly co- sponsors these events at East Side Art Alliance and J-Sei in Emeryville.

Join us in Chinatown for the book launch party for Corky Lee’s Asian America: Fifty Years of Photographic Justice. RSVP here!

SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2024

4 – 6PM

Join our very own Akemi Kochiyama for the discussion of new book Corky Lee’s Asian America.

IN-PERSON:

Thu 18 Apr 2024

6:30 - 8 p.m.

Asia Society

725 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10021