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100% of profits from physical copies of this zine benefit People’s Breakfast Oakland and Movement for Black Lives.

Compiling contributions such as food and drink recipes**, artwork, photography, music… predominantly from Bay-Area makers of Asian heritage including prominent chefs, artists, and other creatives, over the course of 44 full color pages, this zine asks “what does expressing solidarity with Black Lives look like and mean to non-Black AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islanders)?”

To our AAPI communities, we hope the stories shared can inspire each of us to find our own answers. Colorism and anti-Blackness are prevalent in many of our cultures here and abroad, and we have work to do. 

To our white readers, we hope this insight into the minds of our contributors will strengthen your dedication to ending the war on Black and Brown folks.

To all, we hope you enjoy this read.

Our contributors are: 

FOOD: Preeti Mistry (formerly Juhu Beach Club and Navi Kitchen), Brandon Jew (Mister Jiu’s, Mamahuhu), Nora Haron (Local Kitchen, Indomex, the FYUB), Manuel Bonilla (the Kon-Tiki, Palmetto), Jessie Nguyen (Little Window, Daddy’s Diner), Tu David Phu (BanhMi-Ni), Henry Hsu (Oramasama Dumplings), Thomas Dang Vo (Calicraft Brewing Co);

DRINK: Melanie Getman (True Laurel), Tommy Beltran (Coin-Op SF), William Tsui (Viridian), David Kwon (The Double Standard);

STORIES & WORDS: author JS Lee (Keurium), Leslie Wiser (Radical Family Farms);

ART: Katie Thi, Sabina Addis, Eryn Kimura, Stephanie Acedillo, Jessica and Kevin (OpenDaily), Lala Openi and MOMB;

PHOTOGRAPHY: Sunshine Velasco and Sarah Deragon;

GRAPHICS: Bianca Mabute-Louie, Lauren Sarkissian and Raina Wellman;

PLAYLIST: by Mike Park (Asian Man Records).

Created and curated by S+M Vegan and brought to life by OpenDaily.

Printed with vegetable-based inks on 100% recycled paper by a local printer using eco-friendly practices.

**All recipes included are vegan.