Virtual Events to Help Ring in the Lunar New Year
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Approximately 1.5 billion people across the globe are gearing up to celebrate one of the biggest holidays in East Asian cultures remotely, a far cry from the typical crowd-gathering festivities that usually accompany this day. Lunar New Year 2021 has arrived and the traditional forms of celebration are not as feasible with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
In Orange County, all three major Tet festivals have been canceled: the Little Saigon Westminster Tet Parade, the Little Saigon Tet Parade in Garden Grove, and the UVSA Tet Festival at the OC Fairgrounds. Organizers for all three events are hoping to bring back live festivities next year.
Celebrating Black Joy as an Alternative Form of Resistance and Reclaiming of Humanity
Feb. 1, 2021
Members of the Upset Homegirls protested last summer in front of Fullerton City Hall. As a part of their protest, they invited participants to dance in the spirit of Black joy. Credit: Photo courtesy of Upset Homegirls
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Since 1976, the month of February has been recognized in the United States as Black History Month to observe and celebrate the Black diaspora. Forty-five years later in the middle of a pandemic, Black History Month returns with the activism of the Black Lives Matter movement and a newfound urgency for social change.