APIQWTC co-sponsors QWOCMAP Film Fest this weekend, June 13-15
The 10th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival celebrates a Decade of Love! with 32 new films fully captioned, and a Festival Focus, “Re-Generation” From young girls budding with power, to the first bloom of desire, to the monumental strength of queer refugees, these films sow seeds of fearless resistance!  APIQWTC is proud to co-sponsor this one-of-a-kind showcase of queer API talent including many individual filmmakers from our local community The Festival runs this weekend, from Friday to Sunday, at the Brava Theater in SF.  See all the details, including film showtimes and...
Read MoreVolunteer at our SF Pride booth!
We wantYOU to be part of our SF Pride booth fun and outreach! APIQWTC will be sharing a street fair booth on Sunday, June 29, with API Equality Northern California (thanks APIENC!) and we are looking for a few good volunteers to be at our booth for 1 or 2 hour shifts. Why volunteer? It makes for a very rewarding Pride experience, gives you the chance to meet wonderful folks (other volunteers, including the awesome summer interns of APIQWTC and APIENC, as well as the public), and you get a front row seat to all the goings on by the API Stage at SF Pride in the Civic Center area. This year our...
Read MoreMovie Night Sat. June 21 @ Sports Basement
Excited for PRIDE month? Do you love attending all those LGBTQ film festivals? Do you miss hanging out with APIQWTC folks?? Well… (in lieu of June’s Second Friday) YOU’RE INVITED TO APIQWTC MOVIE NIGHT!!! What: Special screening of Family Blessings* When: Saturday, June 21, 5-7 pm Where: 1590 Bryant St. SF (Sports Basement Community Room, next to bike and snow department)   **SPECIAL** SHOP at Sports Basement on this day, tell them you’re with APIQWTC and you’ll get 10% off. In addition 10% of the proceeds will go back to the community. What a deal!!!...
Read MoreMeetup this Friday 5/9 in Alameda
** Thanks Everyone for a super-fun night of Mexican food and ping-pong in Alameda! We took over the club, literally — with folks of all ages and skill levels, we witnessed heroic matches and hilarious moments!  As some attendees said, it was well worth the drive to the Island. Yes folks we will have to repeat Ping-Pong Night sometime.  See you at the next Meetup! ** Celebrate the start of the weekend with us in Alameda! This is gonna be FUN!! APIQWTC’s next Monthly Meetup is Friday, May 9th! Please join us for our upcoming “SECOND FRIDAY” – a monthly...
Read MoreSilent Auction
Support our Banquet Silent Auction! This is a fun part of the event and we thank our community donors for making it possible. In the past years our banquet has raised funds for annual scholarships for young API people and causes such as breast cancer and Japan earthquake relief. Â This year’s auction and raffle raises funds for the scholarships as well as for our chosen beneficiary, Banteay Srei, a local non-profit empowering young Southeast Asian women who are at-risk or engaged in sexual exploitation. Join our generous in-kind donors with a tax-deductible donation of your item,...
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