SB AAPI Solidarity Network

02/20/2026

Thanks SB Independent for highlighting our UCSB volunteer mahjong teachers who will be helping us on Saturday at the Year of the Fire Horse Festival.

The Year of the Fire Horse Festival on Saturday, February 21, is free and open to the public and will feature expert-led mahjong lessons inside Presidio Chapel.

02/12/2026

An event we've been working on for a while now...our second year! Hope you'll come and celebrate the Year of the Fire Horse with us next Saturday!

Asian American Association of Santa Barbara County is helping out with snacks. UCSB Asian Board Games Association is providing teachers. Camarillo Kung Fu and Lion Dance will be performing. Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation is co-sponsoring. Thanks for the flyer Benton Jew Deana Igelsrud. Thanks Anson Jew Illustration. Funded by City of Santa Barbara with Santa Barbara County Office of Arts and Culture and CA Civil Rights Department - CA vs. Hate.

We were inspired by groups like , thank you.

11/14/2025

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/u-c-irvine-professor-awarded-nobel-prize-equivalent-for-disproving-immigration-crime-myth/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAOEihhjbGNrA4SI8GV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHmfkkgYEtpaXqzGmlPJMrYXaupQl98CRhQUv2t9PtxhMv1wE3ZjG1CM8-qIW_aem_YYo3oTnQK83JFmzreQDj3g

University of California, Irvine professor Charis E. Kubrin has been awarded the Stockholm Prize in Criminology -often considered the field’s Nobel Prize equivalent- for decades of research challen…

10/26/2025

Today, California celebrates Filipino American labor leader Larry Itliong, a trailblazer during one of the most pivotal movements for farmworker rights in U.S. history.

His commitment to unity and social justice continues to inspire Californians today.

10/18/2025

October is Filipino American History Month and there's a new event tomorrow at the Museum of Ventura County...Filipino American Fiesta!

01/31/2025

https://www.noozhawk.com/a-weekend-of-lunar-new-year-festivities-remembering-local-chinese-american-history/

Thank you Noozhawk, for sharing why we are doing this project.

Santa Barbara will usher in the Year of the Snake with a weekend full of activities, performances, history and art. On Friday and Saturday, Chinatown

01/29/2025

https://www.independent.com/2025/01/27/lunar-new-year-celebration-remembers-santa-barbara-history-with-chinatown-remembered-installation/

Great article in the Indy on our project :)

The historic El Presidio transforms into a place of celebration for two nights.

01/29/2025

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1275107083607310

Happy new year everyone!

10/13/2024