InterAction Initiative Inc.

In celebration of our Storytelling for Racial Justice Fellowship, InterAction hosted an open mic for our fellows and community 💖 We spent a wonderful night eating empanadas from , sharing our counter-narratives (stories from the margins), and reading our fellows' newly published zine - Finding Comfort...in THIS Economy??

Thank you to for your vibrant energy and for taking pictures of the night. Thank you to for letting us use your GORGEOUS venue. We couldn't have done this without you!

It was really a wonderful night 🥰 What a great way to cap off the summer!!

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If folks want a copy of our newly published zine (graciously printed by ), please go to bit.ly/findingcomfortorderform

WE'RE BACK!!! After some intentional rest, we're ready to return to the work with fresh eyes 🤩 and newfound energy.

InterAction is looking for like-minded folks who want to work through and build towards Black-Asian solidarity. We'll be creating a collective project aimed at shifting the narrative around Black-Asian solidarity, which addresses these questions: After everything that's happened, what does Black-Asian solidarity look like now? How can we continue to support each other in the fight for collective liberation?

Exciting stuff, we know ⚡️ Please join us in this endeavor! Applications are open until Jan 23rd at 11:59pm CST. Feel free to share with folks in your community! You can access the form (with more specific details about the program) through bit.ly/YBAform

🌼ANOTHER APPRECIATION POST 🌼 Sending love once more to .vsqzz for pouring their creative talents and time to this zine collab 💗 Our last post couldn’t encompass how thankful we are of you. SO PLEASE FOLLOW ASH ON INSTA, THEY’RE GREAT 🤩✨

Our youth program recently ended and we’re still in our feelings about it 🤧 What an amazing experience to share space with young BIPOC and hear their stories around race—the future is truly in good hands 👏. Thank you for program consulting, for hosting our in-person meetings, for providing 🔥 ice cream at our closing event, and—of course—all the facilitators who came to share their badass wisdom, especially for helping our Fellows write their counternarrative stories. It took a village and we wouldn’t have wanted it any other way💕

PART 3 of 3: Not all stories written by BIPOC are counter narratives 🤭 Some actually perpetuate the very dominant narratives we’re fighting against! It’s important to be intentional with how we speak our stories and what message it conveys