Rachna Reddy, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Tran, Melody S. Gee, W. Todd Kaneko, Christopher James Llego, Pik-Shuen Fung, Annesha Sengupta. Photo by Margarita Corporan.
With the support of a community that shares and understands my struggle as an Asian American immigrant, for the first time, I feel empowered to write in order to affirm my identity and voice. Kundiman has shown me that becoming a writer isn’t an impossible and futile journey. And that in fact it can be the most enriching and empowering journey I'll ever embark on. —Nghiem Tran, Kundiman Fellow
As of April 23rd, STOP AAPI HATE has received almost 1500 reports of harassment and assault against Asians. With anti-Asian discrimination on the rise, we need our community more than ever to weather this crisis and amplify brilliant Asian American voices in literature speaking on their own terms.
Participate today in #GivingTuesdayNow and support our month-long Kundiman Forever Recurring Donors campaign goal of $10,000 in new or increased monthly gifts. These funds will create new accessible online workshops to serve our community at large and, to better meet the needs of the local Asian American literary communities, strengthen programming through our 8 Regional Home Groups. Just 36 new recurring donors at $25 a month would help us provide nurturing spaces for Asian American writers everywhere.
Will you stand in solidarity as one of 36 advocates championing Asian American voices?
This Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage month, strengthen the collective voices of our community and push back against the violence Asians and Pacific Islanders in America have faced by giving to Kundiman Forever today. Every donation is a step toward a future we all deserve. We thank you for your generous support.
Endless gratitude for the 140 donors who supported our Kundiman Forever Recurring Donors campaign! We are so grateful for your generosity and the leadership of our amazing Team Members - all of you continue to inspire and sustain us!
Jennifer Agbu • Maureen Agbu • Nawaaz Ahmed • Piper Alldredge • Kimberley Arteche • Diana Arterian • Paul Asta • Sarah Audsley • Ava Bai • Eva Bai • Anonymous • MaryAnn Baluyut • Anonymous • Ophelia Barizo • Patrick Barney • Ross Barnett • Rick Barot • Jordan Bascom • Allison Beresky • Christina Berke • Kristen Bies • Alyssa Bluhm • Gabriel Bogart • Alyse Burnside • Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello • Clay Caldovino • Luvimin Capio • Matt Caprioli • Ralph Carter • Marian Centeno • Mikey Centeno • Lumen Chan • Victoria Chang • Anonymous • Evan Chen • Anonymous • Kyle Chu • Darcy Coleman • Mattan Comay • Claire Comstock-Gay • Zoraida Córdova • Geral Crawford • Gwenyth M. Cullen • Michael Dabrowski • Kevin Darby • Oliver de la Paz • Donald DeSantis • H’Rina DeTroy • Michael DiGregorio • Anonymous • MG Dufresne • Melanie Elvena • Vanessa Esperanza • Jennifer Crystal Fang-Chien • Melissa Fu • Patricia Garcia • Dobby Gibson • Nicky Gibson • Alexa Guerra • Jessica Hagedorn • Andrew Hahn • Robert V. Hansmann • Ann Harvieux • Veasna Has • Vireak Heng • Jessica Hester • Kate Hoyle • David Huntsman • Lisa Huntsman • Mary Jackson • Anonymous • Mark Keats • Jennifer Kennedy • Adrian Khactu • Charlene Khoo • Joseph Kim • Susanna Kwan • Marisa Lacuna • Sue Landers • Anonymous • Grace Lee • Anonymous • Muriel Leung • Lillian Li • Daniel Liden • Andrea Louie • Phayvanh Luekhamhan • Yana Makuwa • Chris Malmberg • Jenna Marco • Swati Marquez • Stephanie Martin • Victory Matsui • Lazaro Millares • Emily Mitamura • Anonymous • Jyothi Natarajan • Kirman Nautiyal • Tiana Nobile • Stephanie Niu • Anonymous • Stacy Nguyen • Leslie Norton • Oluwadamilola Obaro • Paul Ocampo • Naomi O’Connor • Monica Ong • Anonymous • Ayesha Pande • Bennett Park • Diana Park • Elsa Pascual • Chandrika Patel • Michelle Peñaloza • Jenna Peng • Angela Qian • C. Quintana • Shivani Radhakrishnan • Josh Rollin • Janice Sapigao • Jasmine Sawers • Sejal Shah • Sadia Shepard • Bridget Smith • Caitlin Sweeny • Colette Tippy • Lizzie Tran • Katie Vlasic • Stephany Weaver • Arhm Wild • Garret Wilkerson • Erin Wilson • Jenni Wu • Joshua Young • James Yu • Joyce Yu
As always, we're grateful to all of our donors, and you can see their names recognized here.