Leader
Angie Eng .
Location
Plaza de California Sacramento, CA 95814
About the project
When I was 6 years old walking from Charles Mack elementary school I was always scared. At least once a week, kids would yell at me, 'Hey Chink, go back to where you came from!' When I approached our house on Cedarwood Way, our mail had been ripped up (again) and tossed onto the ground. One time watermelon rinds were thrown at our garage door and another time it was tagged with spray paint. (It was not the first nor last time they would vandalize our house) A gang of kids across the street who had finished eating the melon glared at me and my sister and then they walked over and proceeded to play football on our lawn. We were too young and helpless to confront their hateful violations. Later we watched out parents pick up our torn mail and silently clean up the mess our neighbors had made. - Angie Eng
Our political voices may be quieter on the streets or in the media but hate crimes against Asians persist. Join us in transforming hate and ignorance into compassion and understanding. Right On! is a social justice art event. Activists stand as human billboards. They will wear t-shirts with dates from Supreme court cases of the last 150 years targeting Asians living in America. Drummers from different AAPI traditional cultures set the tone for each of the four groups participating in the procession. As the moving billboard goes down Capital Mall, history flows and shows how racism written into our system can also be written out.
Register to participate in the procession here.
More information Right On! Social Justice art event to Stop Asian hate
The Steps
October-November 2022
IOBY Fundraiser
Organize volunteer team
Webpage/sponsorship deck
Style sheet for promo/outreach
December 2022
IOBY Fundraiser
Locate marketing volunteer
Get 5 coordinators for walking groups
Organize musicians/concert
Get corporate sponsors
Social media pages
January 2023
Flyer and t-shirt campaign design production
Organize/confirm 75 participants for the walk
Get 30+ organizational representation for walk
Get 4 volunteers for info/outreach booth
Locate documentors
Write press release
February 2023
Marketing to press (magazines/) (Feb 1version 1, Feb 15th version 2)
Social media marketing
Order t-shirts (end of Feb)
Confirm 150 walkers Feb 28th
Produce 8 more civil rights plaques
Order flyers
March 2023
Confirm all walkers March 10th
Coordinators contact their groups March 12th
Right On! event: March 25, 2023 (Rain date April 1)
Document social justice walk
April 2023
Follow up reporting
Edit video document
Why we‘re doing it
We believe that through creative strategies and education we can transform ignorance and hate into compassion. By tracing systemic racism in a creative silent walk, we hope to fill the gaps in education that our history books have omitted to leave millions in the dark.' Right On!' has us revisit the struggle of civil rights for Asians in America to inspire more followers on the path of equity and justice for all. #righton_civilrights