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Our Mission

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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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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Feb 1, 2022

No Mud. No Lotus.

“If you know how to make good use of the mud, you can grow beautiful lotuses.” -Thích Nhất Hạnh This Lunar New year we honor elder Thích Nhất Hạnh, whose … Continued

Press Release

May 31, 2021

Farewell to APAHM not AAPIs by Our Executive Director

For Immediate Release: May 31, 2021 Contact: Ellen Lu, Program Coordinator, contacts@vayla-no.org New Orleans, Louisiana – As we close out Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we emphasize the importance of … Continued

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