Peoples Collective for Justice & Liberation
Peoples Collective for Justice & Liberation is a pro-justice movement of Asians and Asian Americans building transformative solidarity with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and organizing with an intersectional, multi-generational and cross-sector framework.
Co-Founders, Gregory Cendana and DJ Kuttin Kandi, came together to organize the Peoples Collective for Justice & Liberation first town hall on anti-Asian Racism titled, “Race, Struggle & Solidarity In the Time of A Global Pandemic” on Saturday, March 28, 2020 which had over 7,000 registrants on Zoom, over 34,000 viewers across all social media channels and had the hashtag #AntiAsianRacism trending in the US. Through a debrief with townhall panelists and an event survey filled out by attendees of the town hall; the People’s Collective received crucial feedback that would further push the dialogue as well as expand the intersectionality of our movement work. The survey assessment included attendees asking for additional town halls, dialogues and workshops that would provide tools, resources and further knowledge on various topics such as coalition-building, restorative justice, economic justice, disability justice, mental health, education, anti-Black racism, gender violence, gender and LGBTQ justice, and so much more.
Since then, the Peoples Collective for Justice & Liberation has grown extensively with a phenomenal Organizing Committee and an esteemed Advisory Council. In addition, PC4JL has expanded its endeavors by establishing the University for Justice and Liberation in partnership with the Bulosan Center, housed in the Department of Asian American Studies at the University of California Davis.[1]
Accessibility Coordinators
Organizing Committee
- Jude Dizon Research
- Joyhanna Garza Digital & Social Media
- Andrew Hong Organizing Workshops
- Thavry Khun Operations & Admin
- Helen Leung Organizing Town Halls
- Ana Laura Martinez Operations & Admin
- Bobby Dalton Roy Fundraising
- Bee Uytiepo Organizing Workshops
- Karen Villa Research
- Jingxuan Wang Fundraising
- Shengxiao “Sole” Yu Organizing Town Halls
Advisory Council
- Fahd Ahmed DRUM - Desis Rising Up and Moving
- Paul Khalid Alexander Pillars of the Community
- Jason Oliver Chang University of Connecticut, Asian and Asian American Studies Institute
- Montha Chum Release MN8
- Jennifer Falcon Indigenous Environmental Network
- Chris Melody Fields Figueredo Ballot Initiative Strategy Center
- Ash-Lee Henderson Highlander Center
- Mia Ives-Rublee
- Timmy Lu AAPIs for Civic Empowerment
- Kirin Macapugay Asian Pacific Islander Community Actions
- Cayden Mak 18 Million Rising
- Kim Moore DeDe McClure Memorial Bail Fund
- Carmen Perez-Jordan The Gathering For Justice
- Xoai Pham Transgender Law Center
- Robyn Rodriguez Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies, University of California Davis
- Tavae Samuelu Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC)
- Lakshmi Sridaran South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)
- Nathaniel Tan Asian Prisoner Support Committee
- Kabzuag Vaj Freedom Inc
- Turner Willman 18 Million Rising
- Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
- Nkauj Iab Yang Hmong Innovating Politics (HIP)[2]
Advisory Committee
- Emalani Case
- Gregory Cendana
- Jason Oliver Chang
- Soya Jung
- DJ Kuttin Kandi
- Beshara Kehdi
- Suparna Kedesia
- Katherine Nasol
- Robyn Rodriguez
- Monica Thammarath
- Allyson Tantiango-Cubales
- Alex Tom
- Kent Wong
- Edgar Wong-Chen
- Nikauj Iab Yang
- Eddy Zheng
Townhall on Safety & Security
- Sammie Abbiaza Wills
- Montha Chum
- Linda Sarsour
- Christina Jimenez
- Ash-Lee Henderson
- Eddy Zheng
- Dr. Emalani Case
- Mia Ives-Rublee
A Townhall On Anti-Asian Racism
AAPIs for Civic Empowerment Education Fund March 25 at 9:13 AM ·
Tune into this webinar on Anti-Asian Racism, featuring AAPI FORCE-EF executive director Timmy Lu, along with other organizers and scholars!
Peoples Collective for Justice & Liberation Presents
A Townhall On Anti-Asian Racism: Race, Struggle & Solidarity in The Time of A Global Pandemic
DATE: Saturday, March 28, 2020 TIME: 3:00-5PM PST / 6:00-8PM EST
We are living in unprecedented times with COVID--19 or the Coronavirus. There has been a rise in anti-Chinese and anti-Asian discrimination and many efforts to combat it during this public health crisis.
Asian American organizers, and other people of color we are in community with, will facilitate a conversation on race, struggle and solidarity in the time of a global pandemic.
Featured Speakers:
- Jason Oliver Chang, University of Connecticut Asian and Asian American Studies Institute
- Jennifer Falcon, Indigenous Environmental Network
- Timmy Lu, AAPIs for Civic Empowerment Education Fund
- Scot Nakagawa, ChangeLab
- Angela Peoples, Black Womxn For
- Carmen Perez-Jordan, The Gathering for Justice
- Lakshmi Sridaran, South Asian Americans Leading Together
- Kabzuag Vaj, Freedom, Inc.
- Helena Wong, Seeding Change
Co-Hosted by:
Gregory Cendana, Can’t Stop! Won’t Stop! Consulting and DJ Kuttin Kandi, Asian Solidarity Collective.
Cosponsored by Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop; Asian Solidarity Collective, University of Connecticut Asian And Asian American Studies Institute, 18 Million Rising, and Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), AFL-CIO