We Value Accessibility

We value accessibility and strive to create accessible spaces and do our best to remove barriers that might prevent engagement with our digital or physical work.

We Value Arts

Art making and artistic public presentations are core components that allow us to engage our communities, specifically through visual arts, performance, and storytelling.

We Value Asian Pacific Experiences

We value broad and changing definitions of Asian Pacific heritage and identities in America. We seek to uplift and honor the cultural nuances of the Asian Pacific experience.

We Value Collaboration

The heart of this work is true collaboration across all of our programming and projects – creating opportunities for collaborative experiences for artists, activists, leaders, and intergenerational community members.

We Value Community and Connectivity

We value developing deep connection between individuals and communities through art and archiving.

We Value Healing

We believe that our work creates spaces and opportunities for cathartic experiences that allow us to value ourselves as whole human beings.

We Value Immigration

We celebrate and honor the contributions of immigrant communities and see immigration as a critical lens through which we approach and present our work.

We Value Intergenerational Experiences

We value members of our communities that reflect our elders and the next generation of leaders and everyone in between because we believe that it will enrich discourse and expand our understanding of our history.

We Value Preservation

We value the preservation of contributions and histories of LGBTQ America’s Asian Pacific experiences around resilience, resistance, and struggles. We believe that preservation of personal experiences and stories are crucial elements to survival and thriving.

We Value Sharing Knowledge

We seek to inspire and empower individuals through arts education opportunities and uplifting radical histories. We aspire to cultivate programs that center stories of invisible or marginalized communities and programs that can be replicated.

We Value Social + Transformative Justice

We center social justice practices and lean on transformative justice practices to respond to conflicts.