Aypal: Building API Community Power

We passed and implemented a historic Data Resolution! Together with OUSD's Office of Equity, AYPAL recently implemented a Disaggregated Data Resolution we originally passed in 2016, expanding the scope of the resolution to apply to even more student groups! This is the first resolution of its kind to disaggregate data for Asian Pacific Islander, LatinX, and African Immigrant students! There is also an increase of major categories students can identify as when they enroll, eli...minating several situations where they previously had to mark themselves as "Other". Check out this student produced video from KDOL for more info! New enrollment forms are due February 8th, so don’t forget to enroll on time to get your first choice schools! We hope this video offers an example of what other school districts and city's everywhere can do to increase the visibility of underrepresented students and communities. #WeHere History of the Resolution: Disaggregated Data means visibility for groups that are often overlooked. In the spring of 2016, AYPAL: Building API Community Power, Banteay Srei, and Asian Health Services Youth Program, advocated and passed Oakland's first ever Disaggregated Data Resolution for Asian and Pacific Islander students with support from School Board Member Aimee Eng. The original purpose of passing the resolution was to show clear data on what is happening in all Asian and Pacific Islander students enrolled in Oakland Unified, especially those with less enrollment numbers such as Southeast Asian youth. The resolution also added "Mien" and "Tongan" as categories students can identify as, categories that were missing from enrollment forms. After two years of advocacy from AYPAL with key ally support for OUSD's Office Of Equity, we are excited to announce the school district has moved to disaggregate data for more students, including the LatinX, and African Immigrant communities on top of the original agreement for API students! This is an unprecedented resolution. As part of the implementation process, OUSD has also added Yemeni and Mam as major categories of students, along with additional groups, who can identify with their ethnicity starting with this year’s enrollment process closing on February 8th! As a community, our hope is that this resolution will lead to increased visibility for underrepresented ethnicities so that we can better support our most struggling students. Youth from each of the impacted communities were interviewed about what this resolution means to them, check it out in the video! Thank you to the OUSD Office of Equity and the students at KDOL for helping to produce this student produced film! #WeHere www.aypal.org

In case you missed it, we passed Measure QQ! Thank you, Oakland, for voting for our youth. A BIG thank you to the youth organizers who led the way and al the orgs involved that supported them. What a team! #youthpower #yesonqq

A win for Oakland youth! Thank you Oakland voters and a big shout out to the youth organizers who led the way. Young folks can now vote in school board elections!

We support #Prop15 because our students and local communities cannot wait for the resources we need to thrive. Please join us! #YesOn15 #SchoolsAndCommuntiesFirst

Goapele supports Measure QQ. Will you support and empower Oakland youth as well? #YesonQQ!

Thank you, Deborah Sheffler, for this message! Oakland: Support the youth. Support Measure QQ!

Help uplift today's banner drop action with this toolkit, complete with info, messaging, and graphics. bit.ly/Oct6freethemall. #freethemall and #stopICEtransfers!

Today, there's a day of action demanding the governor #freethemall! If you missed the live feed highlighting various actions throughout the state, catch it here! The action is still happening. Check in with your local orgs for their banner drop schedule. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=362690094919663

OAKLAND! Vote YES on Measure QQ this November. If OUSD school board members are going to make decisions on our youth's education, youth should be able to have a say and vote for them!

come through Friday for our first Youth Virtual Open Mic COLLAB! we are hella excited to be in community with youth from across the bay area as we close out the week with some arts show some love for our youth leaders helping make this event happen & shout out to our partner orgs @ahs.yp @iwayproject @cerieastbay @apiloyac RSVP link in bio, see y’all soon

Fight for Our Future campaign kick-off happening now!

Kick off the fall with a youth open mic! Have fun sharing your own talent(s) & art + enjoying others~ Collab event with @iwayproject @ahs.yp @cerieastbay @apiloyac Last call for performers, sign up deadline 9/12 at 12pm -- link in bio RSVP form to attend will be released soon so keep a look out

Direct transfers are a danger to public health! Today, we're flooding @GavinNewsom’s office with phone calls demanding that he use his executive power to #StopICEtransfers now. Call his office at (916) 445-2841 & use these talking points: bit.ly/HealthNotTransfersTalkingPoints

AYPAL is honored to be a recipient of a Youth Arts Action grant from @CalArtsCouncil. Thank you for supporting our youth development and leadership programming as we continue to use the arts to engage in this work! #ArtsCA http://arts.ca.gov/news/prdetail.php?id=313 https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=192394851752016

URGENT ACTION NEEDED-- Arab American & Pacific Islander Studies have been cut from CA's Ethnic Studies curriculum sign this petition, send letters & SHARE by the 13th ... we must continue to fight for an Ethnic Studies curriculum which will reflect our communities, histories, & struggles #SaveArabAmericanStudies #SupportPIStudies #EthnicStudiesNow