Blue Heart & APIENC (API Equality - Northern California)

"If there is anything that I've seen transformed in the past 19 months, is that more and more people are unwilling to accept what we previously accepted as normal."- Yuan WangIn this episode, our featured voices are the co-founder and director of Blue Heart Lindley, Mease and co-director of a APIENC Yuan Wang.This episode is focused on sharing the work of two grassroots organizations Blue Heart which empowers individual funders through their efforts of identifying and funding under resourced organizations such as APINK who works with our Asian American and Pacific Islander Trans, Queer & working class BIPOC [Black Indigenous and People of Color] community members.To become a member, volunteer and fund Blue Heart’s work please go to blue heart action dot org.  To find out more and support APIENC’s work with our Asian American and Pacific Islander Trans, Queer and working class BIPOC [Black Indigenous and People of Color] community members go to APIENC dot org.Please consider donating to Voices of the Community - Voices of the Community is now fiscally sponsored by Intersection for the Arts, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, which allows us to offer you tax deductions for your contributions. Please consider making a donation to help us provide future shows just like this one. 🎧Explore Our Award-Winning Special SeriesIf you enjoyed this episode, dive deeper into our 4-part legacy of impact:Where Art Meets Impact: How creativity drives systemic change. Season 1 and Season 2From Bankruptcy to Reinvention: The story of Stockton’s resilience. COVID-19’s Impact Series: Navigating the pandemic's effect on our community.Making the Invisible Visible: Discover the untold stories of finding home.