Extreme Heat Resources and Volunteer Opportunities
Image credit: Multnomah County
PBEM is going to set up to open daytime cooling centers and misting stations, but they need volunteers!
Extreme Heat Volunteers Needed
As temperatures rise, […]
A Year of Heartbreak and Resilience: Our Response
This past year has been a year of crisis and heartbreak for our communities. Disproportionate impact of COVID on Pacific Islander communities, over a hundred instances of Asian hate reported across the state, hundreds of our businesses closed or vandalized, leaving thousands unemployed, and recently 124 degree highs reported in our neighborhoods leading to the tragic […]
July Cultural Work Roundup
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Welcome to July! Summer is in bloom and I hope you are too. The unprecedented heat alongside the COVID restrictions ending are just two things forcing us to enter into an unknown. How do we take care of ourselves and the people around us on evershifting […]
Pride! An Interview with Kelly Novahom
June is coming to a close, but #Pride is more than just a month long celebration. Learn about Kelly Novahom (she/her), one of volunteer conveners of the Queer/Trans Subcommittee of our Art and Media Project and what it means to show up for our gender diverse community.
APANO: Any Pride-specific outings or activities that you missed […]
Meet Paola and Lillyanne – Our O82 Muralists!
In 2020, APANO was selected to participate in the Public Art & Civic Engagement (PACE) Capacity Building Initiative led by the Mural Arts Institute, a program of the renowned public art organization Mural Arts Philadelphia. Through this initiative, we are working closely with the Mural Arts Institute to build the capacity of local artists in working with the community to produce two socially-engaged, participatory public art projects from 2021-2023. We are pleased to announce that the selected artists for the first Artist Catalyst Project are Lillyanne Pham (they/she) and Paolo De La Cruz (she/her/ella). These selected artists will receive technical support and participate in deep learning opportunities with Mural Arts Institute as part of its Artist Catalyst program. Before they begin their project in August, we wanted to give you an opportunity to get to know them a little bit more: