It’s that time again! API Chaya is excited to host a social event for Queer, Trans and Ally People of Color*! Come snack and build community with other LGBTQ people of color. Make new friends – catch up with old ones! There will be ice-beakers and conversation over food.

Join us on Saturday September 19 from 11:30-2pm.
11:30-2pm @ Tea Garden (708 Rainier Ave S. Seattle, WA (between Lane St. and Dearborn)
Vegetarians and Vegans welcome!
We ask, if you are are able, to make a donation to help cover the cost of food of $5-25, but its optional, so please come even if you can’t make a donation. We want all to enjoy the magic of dimsum!

*This is event is for Queer, Trans and ally people of color.
*please respect this event is for people with POC heritage (mixed folks are welcome!)*
(Please join us if you self-identify as African American/Black/of the African Diaspora, Asian, South Asian, West Asian/Arab/Middle Eastern, Pacific Islander, First Nations/Alaskan Native/Native American/Indigenous, Chican@/Latin@, or Multiracial/Mixed-Race)

Directions: 708 Rainier Ave S. Seattle, WA (between Lane St. and Dearborn)
Look for the green awning. Tea Garden has a small parking lot, limited street parking and the no. 7 & 9 buses stop right outside the restaurant. Bus no 14, 36, 60 stop about .3 miles away down a hill. We are usually seated towards the back of the restaurant.

Accessibility information:
The space is wheelchair accessible. Tea Garden is public restaurant, so we cannot guarantee a fragrance-free space, but we are asking participants who will be sitting at our tables to come scent-free and avoid wearing perfumes and other fragrances to reduce the risk of exposure to our community members with chemical sensitivities. More information about why and how to be scent-free is available at http://www.peggymunson.com/mcs/fragrancefree.html and http://eastbaymeditation.org/accessibility/PDF/MCS-ACCESSIBILITY-BASICS.pdf

Bathrooms are gendered and have scented soaps, so we are asking participants to please use the fragrance-free soaps API Chaya will provide in the restrooms.

We’d like to work with you to make this and future events as accessible as possible. Please let us know your access needs by emailing fujikawa@apichaya.org, and we’ll work with you to make sure our events can fit your needs.

Brought to you by API Chaya’s Queer Network Program

API Chaya’s mission is to organize communities, educate, train, and provide technical assistance and comprehensive culturally relevant services on domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking to Asian and Pacific Islander community members, service providers, survivors, and their families. More info at http://www.apichaya.org

RSVP, questions, comments or accommodation needs? Email fujikawa@apichaya.org
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