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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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  • ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR OF API-ACT

    ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR OF API-ACT

    Posted by all YAC members API-ACT(Asian Pacific Island Activism and Community Teach-Out) is an annual week-long summer program held by APILO for Bay Area youth. It focuses on activism and social justice issues in our communities through the education of history, identities, and issues that affect our Bay Area API community.  This year’s API-ACT started off with a panel

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  • MORE SHOOTINGS THAN DAYS IN A YEAR

    MORE SHOOTINGS THAN DAYS IN A YEAR

    Posted by Javier Acosta As of August 20, 2019, 274 shootings have occurred, leaving 296 dead and 1,353 wounded, that means more than 1 person has died each day of the year so far. As convenient as it would be, there is no one-size-fits-all profile of who carries out mass shootings in the United States.

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  • YAC MEMBERS ATTEND THE ANNUAL TRANS MARCH IN SF

    YAC MEMBERS ATTEND THE ANNUAL TRANS MARCH IN SF

    Posted by Eujean Do and Queenie Tu On Friday, June 28 2019, interns from APILO’s Youth Advisory Council joined hands with youth from other local API programs to march at the Trans March. This year is especially special as we came together to commemorate the 50th anniversary since the Stonewall and Compton Cafeteria Riots. As

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  • YAC HOSTS ITS 17TH ANNUAL THAT’S NOT LOVE TALENT SHOW

    YAC HOSTS ITS 17TH ANNUAL THAT’S NOT LOVE TALENT SHOW

    Posted by all YAC members It was raining outside. Cold and stormy. But the VSCO Headquarters in Oakland, California was burning with passion, talent, and excitement.  Pink and purple balloons were sprawled around the ground from the elevators to the far back of the headquarters. After the clock struck 5:30pm, youth from all across the Bay Area began flooding

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  • ABORTION RIGHTS ON THE VERGE OF DISAPPEARING?

    ABORTION RIGHTS ON THE VERGE OF DISAPPEARING?

    Posted by Queenie Tu DISCLAIMER: It is to mention that although this article mainly connects abortions to women only, there are also transgender men and non-binary individuals who are still capable of conceiving babies, and they are also included when talking about these reproductive rights that are at risk of being taken away. In 1973,

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  • COLLEGE ADMISSIONS IN QUESTION

    COLLEGE ADMISSIONS IN QUESTION

    Posted by Hua Wei Getting in to a dream college has been a goal of many students in America. Some have started to prepare for the standardized testings since freshman year just to earn themselves a score that give them better chance. After rounds and rounds of testings, students then spend hours perfecting their college

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