AAPI Month Reading Recs

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and we'd like to highlight some books from this community, along with some organizations that are actively working toward community safety.

• The Lowest Blue Flame Before Nothing by Lara Stapleton

• Junglee Girl By Ginu Kamani

• Babaylan: An Anthology of Filipina and Filipina American Writers Edited by Nick Carbó and Eileen Tabios

• Our Feet Walk the Sky: Women of the South Asian Women of the South Asian Diaspora By The Women of South Asian Descent Collective

Orgs to follow and support

• Red Canary Song

• Stop AAPI Hate

• Asian American Legal Defense Fund

• Chinatown Volunteer Coalition

• Oakland Chinatown Coalition

• Right to be (Formerly Hollaback)