Women, Faith, and Action: Asian Pacific Islander Women and Their Faith-Based Activism
This community oral history project uncovers and documents through interviews, digital archives and public forums the stories of Asian American and Pacific Islander women who, informed by their spirituality and faith traditions, were engaged in the U.S. movement for civil and human rights from the 1960s through the 1990s.Join us, by reading this site, to:
- Explore the stories of ground-breaking Asian American and Pacific Islander women who, informed by their spirituality and faith traditions, were engaged in the broad movement for civil and human rights in the latter half of the twentieth century.
- Discover the ways Asian American and Pacific Islander women contributed to social movements and community building.
- Examine themes of gender, redefining political engagement and the intersections of faith and social justice.
- View photographs, reflections, video clips of, and quotes by pioneering Asian American and Pacific Islander women leaders
