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This time last year, I travelled with 11 of my family members to the former site of Tule Lake incarceration camp — located along the California-Oregon interior border, on Modoc ancestral lands. We rode on a caravan of buses, along with upwards of 400 Nikkei, those formerly incarcerated at Tule Lake during WWII and their families. These personal recordings are an excerpt of what I witnessed and gathered that weekend — descriptions in comments. ‌ Shortly after the pilgrimage, I learned about the removal of the four lower Klamath hydro-electric dams, freeing over 420 miles of river and its tributaries that feed Tule Lake; for the first time in over a century, after decades of organizing by Klamath River Tribes, salmon returned to the Klamath River watershed. ‌ Early July also marks the beginning of a new fiscal year. This one confirms the continued funding of a US-backed genocide against Indigenous peoples, the re-proliferation of immigrant detention centers, and a 265% budget increase for a militarized ICE. As Philadelphia sanitation and municipal workers of DC 33 picket for better wages and healthcare, as farmworkers prepare for a nation-wide strike, as the heat holds steady, no longer a wave — there’s something to be said here about redirecting water. Colonialism, diaspora, and exploitations of land and labor have always been linked. I think about Toni Morrison, when she wrote, “You know, they straightened out the Mississippi River in places, to make room for houses and livable acreage. Occasionally the river floods these places. ‘Floods’ is the word they use, but in fact it is not flooding; it is remembering.”

It’s been five years since I first found FORTUNE, since FORTUNE found me. This is a hurting, hurtful world, and yet with FORTUNE, I’ve found a home — this Lunar New Year, I wish for all people to, at last, be at home and free, free, free. I hope you’ll join me tn with @manyfortunes at @iceboxprojectspace , 5 PM-midnight, for Year of the Wood Dragon — to celebrate the parts of this life that are worth living, and that are better lived together. Thank you for welcoming me into your home for another year. There’s no place I’d rather be.

TONIGHT! I’ll be celebrating the LNY in good FORTUNE company @iceboxprojectspace for Year of the Water Rabbit, First Dance — 6PM - Midnight. Come thru and save me a dance? <3 In collaboration with @allmutable , see @manyfortunes for full details! ⠀ Lineup: Qigong Workshop guided by Chloe Wang Opening Ceremony by URIOL Karaoke hosted by Sh'maia "Twain" Chao Vinyl spun by Anno Parlor Games dealt by Anne Ishii and Frank Sung Visuals by Eva Wǒ and Amy Shindo Snacks catered by Joe Kamihira ⠀ Vending by: Chinese Diasporic Calendar, Clay Kitchen Studio, Eva Wǒ, Fishadelphia, Maddy Conover, Mia Kaplan, No Arena in Chinatown, softw34r, Truelove Seeds + Other Books & Co open late!

Since 2019, I have been working and playing with Philadelphia Packaging Company on A PHONEBOOK. This publication features interviews with local Philadelphia business owners, their accounts of survival, resilience, and day-to-day laid together on the page. It has been an honor to care for these many stories, and what a pleasure to now, be able to share them with you. Pick up your copy today, for *FREE WITH PURCHASE* at a business in your neighborhood: ⠀ Garden Court Eatery → 4721 Pine Street (West Philadelphia) @mollysbooksandrecords → 1010 S 9th Street (Italian Market, Philadelphia) @spotburgers → 2821 W Girard Avenue (Brewerytown, Philadelphia) @unclebobbies → 5445 Germantown Avenue (Germantown, Philadelphia) ⠀ Thank You 🙂

Miah’s first painting

☀️GOOD MORNING☀️: TEE UP/ AMERIKKKA IS OUT OF FASHION/ OUTFIT YOURSELF FOR FUTURES OF LIBERATION AND JOY ⠀ We’ve working toward this for a minute @manyfortunes , and now fastforwarding necessarily to redirect funds toward Black QT survival, abundance, and future. It has been time for Asian and non-Black POC to organize in solidarity against anti-Blackness within our own communities and within the systems that benefit us. $$ is a benefit, and it’s time to redistribute. Safety is a benefit, and it’s time to support protection and care for Black and especially Black trans lives. Visibility is a benefit, and it’s time to show up — in uniform. ⠀ All proceeds from T-shirt pre-orders thru SATURDAY 6/27 will be invested in $500 batches in projects that support Black Trans livelihood. (Stay tuned in @manyfortunes IG stories to find out where current batches are going!) Shirts printed by Philly’s very own @thorough_bred_attire and @messyfingers . Available for free for Black folks — just fill out the form with size & details. Suggested pay for white folks and non-Black POC is $30+, though we encourage you to give within your capacity. Production cost for each shirt is $15 — everything over $15 will be distributed. Free delivery in Philadelphia, with free shipping option elsewhere. MOBILIZE NOW, PREORDER BY NEXT SATURDAY — link in bio! ⠀ [A gif shows front and back of golden yellow crew neck t-shirt with long sleeves. On Front→ small, red rectangular outline sits centered on chest. A perforation line for cropping stretches horizontally across midsection of shirt and intersects an offset rectangular block of grayscale water droplets — as formed by sweat or condensation. Red text reading “FORTUNE PRESENTS—” runs up right sleeve in squiggly bubble letter font, while black, grayscale graphics (a scan of fortune cookie wrappers, an empty zodiac wheel, a cabbage vase, a qr code) stack in a vertical line down the left sleeve. On Back→ A portrait-oriented block of red text lists FORTUNE’s 13 monthly calls during the Year of the Pig. Larger text, reading “/50” in shadow font, sits nestled into text at bottom right corner. A wavy red line reminiscent of a placemat, surrounds frame]

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<3MY MOONS<3 this year has been FULL for me working with @connieyu121 , Heidi, and all our @manyfortunes community, and now it’s time to start NEW. ⠀ FORTUNE copresents: A LUNAR NEW YEAR PARTY January 22, 2020, 6-11 pm @ The Rotunda Let's celebrate!: ⠀ A NEW YEAR For many cultures that attend to the lunar calendar, January 2020 marks not only the end of the Year of the Pig, but also the beginning of a new 12-year zodiac cycle. FORTUNE (in the Year of the Pig) will celebrate the end of its year-long run with forms as urgently iterative as they are new for us: a double-issue released by way of a festival, featuring performances by queer Asian artists. ⠀ _____ WHAT'S ON STAGE ⠀ >PERFORMERS: Leo Moon—> @try.agyn Ana Roxanne—> @frincess Diaspoura—> @diaspoura Annielille “Ani” Gavino—> @ani_malayaworks Wo Chan—> @theillustriouspearl Madam Data—> @madamdata Raverbaba—> @raver.jinn ⠀ >VENDORS: Clay Kitchen Studio—> @claykitchenstudio Pear Ware—> @p34r.w34r Serena Hocharoen—> @ser_ebob Sophie Sarkar—> @sophiesarkar Sun Song—> @ssuunsong ⠀ >PROJECTIONS Megumi Kanada—> @kanadamegumi >PHOTOGRAPHY (photo booth) Eva Wo—> @evawo.psd (event) Manny Figueroa—> @figueroa.photos ⠀ —— This is a POC-centered event. FORTUNE aligns itself against racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, classism; and want to hold ourselves accountable to our community and other intersectional communities of color — we ask that you respect the same at this event. ⠀ At the door: $5-10 sliding scale, free for POC. All funds collected will go toward supporting event costs. Inside: There is a ramp into the building, which is wheelchair accessible. Some seating will be available. There is one bathroom at ground floor level at the far left of the stage and two bathrooms downstairs in the basement. All are gender neutral. ⠀ This event is generously funded by the Leeway Foundation Art and Change Grant.

trust, i picked a fresh one. 📷credit: @jem_._ma

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