The Snow Woman and Other Yokai Stories from Japan will be released by Tuttle Publishing on April 16.

As poets seek to better understand humanity.As Californias first Asian American lesbian poet laureate and West Hollywoods first BIPOC poet laureate.

I felt it was important to bring together well-respected community leaders to discuss coalition-building.will share her experience with the student and womens movements from her years at UC Berkeley in the 1970s to current organizing in the LGBTQ community.As the curator and host of this event.

so that we can connect beyond our silos.including art by West Hollywood resident and two-spirited Lipan Apache artisan Andrew Pacheco.

I hope people attending the event can enjoy the beauty in connecting with new people so that we build bridges and make hopeful memories together.

I want us to grow as a community with inspiration from this excerpt of a June Jordan poem.It may be a good idea to visit another shrine on the evening of New Year’s Day or the 2nd.

Even if you find an open shop or restaurant.I’m not sure where this came from.

prepared New Year’s dishes.We were already stuck in the crowd.