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Spotlight February 28, 2026

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  • YAC is Accepting Youth Film Submissions for Flip the Script!

    YAC is Accepting Youth Film Submissions for Flip the Script!

    OAKLAND, CA — The Youth Advisory Council is proud to host an issues-based digital film festival for California youth, titled “Flip the Script”. With two themes and four format categories, young filmmakers and enthusiasts will have many opportunities to win a $200 cash prize. Flip The Script: A Bay Area Youth Film Festival is currently

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  • YAC HOSTS OUR FIRST YOUTH YOU-NITY!

    YAC HOSTS OUR FIRST YOUTH YOU-NITY!

    Posted by YAC Members On November 23, 2019, the Youth Advisory Council hosted our first Youth YOU-nity art show. As an artivism-based community event that aimed to engage young visual and performing artists, creative youth from around the Bay Area came together at Manilatown’s International Hotel to vendor their art and perform to their hearts’ content. Other

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  • YAC ATTENDS APILO’S 44TH ANNUAL GALA!

    YAC ATTENDS APILO’S 44TH ANNUAL GALA!

    Posted by YAC Members On October 4th, 2019, the Youth Advisory Council attended Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach’s 44th Annual Gala. Just like previous years, we, along with other community organizations, APILO staff, and influential members of the Bay Area, came together to celebrate, commemorate, and honor the work that our parent organization has been doing for the

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  • HOW DO AMERICANS VIEW MEN IN POWER?

    HOW DO AMERICANS VIEW MEN IN POWER?

    Posted by Cindy Zhu Since the beginning of our country’s history, white men have constituted the majority of political positions, which contradicts the idea of living in a democratic society where all people are represented. Due to their political power, these policymakers have been able to exercise an unfair amount of control over American society,

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  • YAC AT SF’S 2019 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH KICKOFF

    YAC AT SF’S 2019 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH KICKOFF

    This speech was presented on the steps of SF City Hall by our YAC members for the 2019 Domestic Violence Awareness Month Kickoff.  ————— 10.02.2019 Good evening everyone, we are the Youth Advisory Council from API Legal Outreach. At YAC, we strive for an accepting and equitable future in which everyone is healthily loved.  As

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  • WHY IS THE AMAZON BURNING?

    WHY IS THE AMAZON BURNING?

    Posted by Matthew Wong The Amazon rainforest is burning. However, this isn’t a new concept to the Brazilian rainforest. The problem is President Jair Bolsonaro’s reluctance of protecting the Amazon. Since taking office as President of Brazil in January, Brazil’s area of the Amazon has lost more than 1330 square miles. Most of this loss

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  • #IMREADY MOVEMENT

    #IMREADY MOVEMENT

    Posted by Emily Liang “Violence. Healing. & Solidarity.” A physical and abstract atmosphere in which we acknowledge the violence in our communities, heal collectively, and stand in solidarity to spread visibility and fight against violence. Friday, September 19, marked the second annual AAPI Women Lead #ImReady Movement Conference, which took place in the heart of

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