Hosted by GAPA Theatre and The Connection
Location: Commonwealth Club of California
Duration: 1 hr
Moderated by: Michelle Meow
This event is a free live hybrid in-person and live streamed event.
Stay tuned on updates for speakers and ticket info!
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In partnership with the Commonwealth Club, The Connection at the San Francisco Community Health Center, and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, GAPA Theatre will host a three-session series of intergenerational conversations with LGBTQ Asians and Pacific Islanders and their allies.
The sessions will include esteemed panelists who are community leaders, activists, artists, and educators. The conversations will include our QTAPI stories and experiences of the dual pandemics of HIV/AIDS and COVID-19; our histories as Asians and Pacific Islanders in the U.S.; our past and current role in community organizing and the political process; as well as other issues that are part of the current cultural and political shifts and relevant to our experiences QTAPI individuals.
Funded by the CA Humanities whose mission is “to connect Californians to ideas and one another in order to understand our shared heritage and diverse cultures, inspire civic participation, and shape our future”. That is the shared vision for these conversations, and it is to that end that GAPA Theatre’s “Hearts and Minds” program continues its work in making sure our QTAPI stories continue to be told.
As part of the CA Humanities funded program, GAPA Theatre is enrolling QTAPI participants into its Hearts and Minds Artist Cohort. Through an application process, the selected QTAPI artists will attend the three community conversations (September-November 2021), a five-session writing workshop series (January-March 2022) and participate in a public reading of their works in development (April 2022). Each participant in the Hearts and Minds Artist Cohort will receive and artist stipend of $250. If you are a QTAPI individual and interested in applying, please contact us at theatre@gapa.org.
“This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit www.calhum.org.”