A/PIA stands for Asian Pacific Island Americans

and I am in Ann Arbor, Michigan for two lovely conferences.  They are both being held at the University of Michigan.  One is for A/PIA movement building and the other is for Filipino and Filipino American academics.

I’ve been taking notes all day and I’m exhausted, but I just wanted to post my two favorite quotes I heard thus far:

“Resurrection is the ultimate queer act.” – reflections on LGBTQ resilience, Sony Coranez Bolton

and (drum roll please)

“We are living in a dying empire and that is something to be welcomed.  I love my country so much I want to change it.”  From the indomitable conference celebrant Grace Lee Boggs.

Hopefully I’ll be blogging and tweeting more tomorrow about this.  For now, I’m off to dreamland…a world of peace and artistic revolutions.