Our 2021 Closing Circle
Hi there 👋
Can you believe 2021 is nearly over?! We’re so proud of all our accomplishments together! Let’s take a moment before this year ends for one final closing circle to celebrate our milestones, appreciate this community, and see what’s in store for 2022.
If you’re unfamiliar with closing circles, it’s how Asian Girls Ignite likes to end every event. We wrap-up in community by sharing a collective breath and voicing our head (something we learned), heart (something we felt), and hands (something we’ll take action on). Let’s begin!
*Breathe in* *Breathe out*
Head. We learned that our numbers are increasing…
🎉 14 events hosted
💬 26 storytellers engaged
🙋🏻♀️ 42 girls served
⏰ 52.5 program hours provided
🙏 118 individuals donated
🧧 65,000 dollars raised
Heart. We felt gratitude for all the love we received from this community. Thank you to students and their families, volunteers, donors, collaborators, and granters!
A special shoutout to Moonshot edVentures, The HadaNõu Collective, Insight Colab Theater, Slant’d, Community Organizing for Radical Empathy (CORE), Meta Asian Kitchen, Tea Street, Anise, Dae Gee, The People’s Building, Rose Community Foundation, Colorado Health Foundation, Akamai Foundation, Colorado Equity Compass, Denver Asian American Pacific Islander Commission, and Denver Arts & Venue.
Hands. We’re going to hit the ground running in 2022 with exciting plans like our first…
Public event on February 5th (“Roaring into the Year of the Tiger: A Lunar New Year Celebration” — get tickets here)
Asia-inspired public night market event centering AAPI women businesses, performers, and artists
Mentorship program to foster deeper connections between AAPI girls and women
We appreciate the support you have given us every step of the way and can’t wait to continue building the world’s strongest community of AAPI girls together. See you next year!
💕 With love,
The Asian Girls Ignite Team
(Joanne Liu, Mehgan Yen, Esther Song, Doen Lee, Reese Sun)
