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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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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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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

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VAYLA New Orleans is with Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC and Asian Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote).

5 hours ago

The deadline to request a mail-in ballot is TODAY at 4:30PM CT! Request yours at tinyurl.com/LouisianaVoteByMail.

Get out the vote!

Election day is Saturday 12/10. Visit GeauxVote.com to confirm voter status 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

#WeCanDoThis #VAYLAVotes #GeauxVote #OrleansParishRunoff #LocalElections #YourVoiceYourVote #VAYLACivicEngagement #AAPIRising #AAPIVotes #NOLAVotes #GetOutTheVote #MailInVoting ... See MoreSee Less

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