#TIMEISNOW to respect immigrant women and their families’ human rights

We have gathered today to join women around the globe to observe International Women’s Day. On this special day we have gathered to proclaim that The Time is Now to respect women’s rights, to ensure gender equality, to stop all …

20 Years, Where Do We Go From Here?

On Saturday, January 20, 2018 Pan Valley Institute convened a group of community allies, members of its different committees and alumni of the Tamejavi Cultural Organizing Fellowship Program (TCOFP) with the goal of examining what the focus of PVI’s work …

Tamejavi Culture & Art Series Celebrates Valley’s Immigrant and Refugees Shared Histories of Resilience

The Pan-Valley Institute is preparing to present the 2017 Tamejavi Culture and Arts Series. The Tamejavi Culture and Arts Series consists of public, story-based events that celebrate the culmination of the Tamejavi Cultural Organizing Fellowship Program, which encourages immigrants and …

Inauguration of the Tamejavi Culture and Art Series

Tamejavi Fellows, Alumni and  Apprentice Fellows gathered in Madera, Ca August 19, at a cultural kitchen to celebrate the completion of the capacity building phase of the TCOFP third cohort and to launch the Tamejavi Culture and Art Series.  Fellows …

Submit Stories for Zine “MAI”

The Tamejavi Cultural Organizing Fellowship Program will be publishing a zine called “MAI” in March. This publication will be the first of a series of creative literary space for for Southeast Asian Americans whose work reflects and tell the stories …

AFSC calls on the Obama administration to stop conducting raids

We are deeply troubled by news that the Obama administration is planning to conduct a second round of raids to deport women and children from Central America. The raids are said to target young people who crossed the border as …

Nominate an Emerging Immigrant Leader to Become a Cultural Organizer

Do you know an emerging grassroots leader representing a Central Valley immigrant community, who is rooted in the community, is interested in mobilizing and engaging people in creative endeavors and is open to learning strategies for activating the power of …

Cultural Resistance and Liberation: California Central Valley Immigrants Building a Social Justice Movement

Continuing with their learning journey on Saturday, August 16, 2014 Tamejavi fellows will participate in a Decolonization workshop led by Dr. Gaspar Rivera Salgado. The place of the workshop will be the San Joaquin River parkway in Fresno. This workshop …