In April of 2019, 10 AAPI students from Pearland and Cypress high schools orchestrated a public street performance to raise the city of Pearlands’ awareness of the presence of AAPIs. The students were paired, spaced, and positioned in a zig-zag formation along the sidewalks of a busy main road at the height of traffic. The students held QR codes and statistics on the Pearland AAPI Community. The QR Code linked viewers to the AAPI VOICES website which contained their voices and concerns while in school.

In February of 2020, we resurrected the statistics and audio files for an interactive exhibit at Lumikha 2020: We have Begun. The statistics were reprinted as posters, accompanied by mp3 players from which participants can listen to the audio narratives. The exhibit's objective was to use art to shed light on the importance of Census 2020. Having the audience sit and listen to these narratives during a high-movement event mirrors the very real need to reflect on our personal histories; how we fit into the bigger picture of a fast-paced world.

In early 2021, Houston Collective for Reimagining Education and AAPI VOICES collaborated to present at the virtual ethnic studies convergence: “Centering Student Voices in the Fight for Asian American Studies” in June of 2021. We built awareness for our campaign and gained allyship through centering the most affected of these bills: the students.

In 2022, we continued onward with the Asian American Ethnic Studies campaign by creating a documentary series. We screened the first iteration of our full-length documentary to Intercollegiate students across Texas during Houston In Action’s Grow the Circle Campaign, in collaboration with Pilipino American Unity for Progress, Inc (UniPro) Texas; hosting story circles on the importance of voter engagement, movement building, and identity.

That August, we took our documentary on a mini-tour to both the OCA National Convention as well as the FANHS National Conference; ending the year with a community screening that December, at the Korean Community Center.

With both federal and state legislature gridlocked when it comes to enacting more inclusive policies, we continue to strengthen intergenerational and intracommunity relationships through our work; looking for more opportunities to share these stories.