The past year has seen an explosion in the pace and profile of racial justice organizing in the U.S. as Black-led movements against police violence and racism have catalyzed communities in Ferguson and beyond. But where do Asian American & Pacific Islander communities fit into the contemporary movement for racial justice? Following the murder of Michael Brown, activist Soya Jung called for a Model Minority Mutiny: inviting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to ask ourselves hard questions about complicity and resistance, examining how the model minority myth has been used to further the brutalization Black and Brown communities and how we have internalized this myth. The Mutiny is an opportunity for those with class, skin-color, or gender privilege to examine our complicity and to acknowledge the marginalization of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who are the most vulnerable to state violence. Following this call, we will spend a day exploring what it means to be part of North American AAPI diasporas and the different histories and realities facing our communities, sharing strategies and praxis around meaningful allyship within AAPI diasporas and to other communities of color, particularly Black communities, and laying the foundation for collaboration extending beyond the AMC. 

Participants will walk away with a deeper understanding of our shared and varied heritage of resistance against and complicity in white supremacy and anti-blackness, both nationally and locally in Detroit. We’ll also make a zine together! This is a closed network gathering for AAPI-identified organizers, artists, and media-makers.