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Bianca Mabute-Louie, Unassimilable: An Asian Diasporic Manifesto for the Twenty-First Century
Join local AANHPI community organizers and groups Ajumama Workshop, Studio Yellow, Liminal Bodies, and PDX Queer Asian Social Meetup as we welcome Bianca Mabute-Louie to Portland for the launch of her new book, Unassimilable: An Asian Diasporic Manifesto for the Twenty-First Century. Bianca will be in conversation with Portland artist and writer, Miro Jooyoung Oh, and community leader, Mary Li. Â
In her combination manifesto and memoir, scholar, sociologist, and activist Bianca Mabute-Louie tells the stories of Asian Americans who build their own belonging on their own terms outside of mainstream American institutions and transform the ways we understand race, class, and citizenship in America. Unassimilable offers a radical vision of Asian American political identity informed by a refusal of Whiteness and collective care for each other.Â
Attendees are encouraged to join at 6:45pm to buy a book for signing and for a prompt start of the event at 7pm. Masks are optional but encouraged. Â
This event is free and open to the public at Literary Arts’ new headquarters and bookstore at 716 SE Grand Ave, Portland, OR.Â
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Bianca Mabute-Louie
Bianca Mabute-Louie (she/her) is completing her PhD at Rice University, where she researches the intersections of race, religion, and politics. She is published in top academic journals, including Social Forces, Socius, and Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, as well as in public outlets like Elle Magazine. Bianca has been featured in CNN, TIME, ABC, LA Times, among other outlets. Over the last decade, Bianca has served Asian American community organizations and taught Asian American Studies. Through her work in academia and the community, Bianca is committed to the praxis of solidarity and collective liberation.Â
Website: https://biancaml.com/Â
Miro Jooyoung Oh
Miro Jooyoung Oh (she/they) Korean diaspora, queer, designer, facilitator, process work therapist, writer and dancer. As an avid reader and writer in Korean and English, she explores the healing history, diaspora identity, racism, and sexism in a liminal space. She is a co-founder of StudioYellow, a social design consulting group that challenges systemic injustice by taking action rooted in Revolutionary Love within a Racial Justice and Equity framework. She often dances with and hosts workshops with Liminal Bodies, a PNW based queer & trans Asian & Pacific Islander writing project focusing on movement as a process for deepening our writing practices. She is also the founder of AAPI and BIPOC focused therapy Mugwort Counseling.Â
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Mary Li
Mary Li (she/her) has worked for over 34 years at Multnomah County, as a proud bureaucrat, delivering training, facilitation, coaching, and consulting within and across County organizations to groups and individuals through multiple training and skill-building learning opportunities. She has extensive experience with and service to the non-profit sector - domestic and sexual violence, HIV/AIDS, general social justice organizing efforts, and culturally specific community development and support. As a Chinese American woman and daughter of an immigrant, she works locally, regionally, and nationally within Asian American Indigenous Pacific Island communities, and in allyship with other communities from the global majority to survive and thrive.Â
