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VAYLA incubates AAPI leaders for a more just tomorrow. VAYLA exists as an embodiment and commitment to activating tomorrow’s AAPI leaders in New Orleans and beyond. We engender leadership to address social inequities facing our community while anchored in an anti-racist, Queer, Feminist lens. At the forefront of these issues we focus on environmental justice, reproductive justice, and civic engagement initiatives.

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Jan 31, 2023

There is work to be done. And you can help.

Dear Community and Accomplices— There are questions that cycle rapidly in the last few years that come up every time an intersection of tragedies strikes in our diaspora — will … Continued

Press Release

Oct 8, 2022

Our Bodies Remain Political.

For Immediate Release: Oct 8, 2022 Contact: Maggie Grundy, Communications and Graphics Coordinator, contacts@vayla-no.org New Orleans, Louisiana There are many societal issues that bring AAPIs to the voting booth. This … Continued

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Apr 1, 2022

AAPI Womxn Leading VAYLA | Womxn Cộng Đồng AAPI Dẫn Đầu VAYLA

Community, As we radically envision our shared futures during such uncertain times, I reflect on our Ancestors and community expansion through a multitude of climate crises and displacement trauma we … Continued

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VAYLA New Orleans

23 hours ago

Election day is TODAY, Saturday 3/25!

🕗 Polls are open from 7AM—8PM CT. Remember, if you are in line when polls close, you are still allowed to cast your vote! 🗳️

Voting with a plan is informed voting. Find your polling location at voterportal.sos.la.gov and view a sample ballot at voterportal.sos.la.gov/SampleBallot

Know your rights at the polls! AAPI voters with limited English proficiency have the right to bring someone to help them at the voting booth. Have questions or need help voting? Call the APIAVote and AAJC's voter hotline: 1-888-API-VOTE or 1-888-274-8683. Bilingual assistance is available in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Urdu, Hindi, and Bengali/Bangla.

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