#IAmBeyond

[minsuga-pd]

Praying that this is the year you too exit hospitality, I haven't even finished working my notice and iambeyond excited/relieved

I would give anything in the world to stop working in a goddamn restaurant. One day...one day

[wayback]

There is no shape that can you take you deeper into your practice and yourself. Only you can do that. *** #musingsfromthemat #jennycyoga #buckthetuck #hipsbackbellylong #sridaiva #bowspring #radiantheart #choosejoy #cpyinstayogi #getonyourmat #practicemakesprogress #yogaeverydamnday #yogateacher #atxyoga #iambeyond #beyondyoga #yogainspiration #anoutwardmanifestationofaninwardjourney

[djdaisydukes]

#Repost @girlaesthetics (@get_repost) ・・・ Ladies this is one exercise you should be doing for the #Glutes🍑 Side lunges are often over looked but they are a great compliment to the rest of your lower body mass routine ladies! Add pulses for more burn!😈 🔥. Keep your head up and shins directly over ankles. I've started with a kettle bell, you can also use dumbbells and barbells. 👌🏻😁 . . . #fitmotivation #fitwomen #lunges #sidelunges #pulses #widestance #kettlebell #kettlebellworkout #iambeyond #beyondyoga #exercise #workoutmotivation #routine #keepitfresh Credit: @michie_peachie

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[shawnacorso]

Ever #wonder what your first experience would be like under the watch of a drone? | Well, one flew in from higher ground to catch us up with us on our walkathon to stage for soundcheck |☁️ #songsinthekeyoflifetour #iambeyond #ontheroad (at Pepsi Center)

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[teshawnedmonds]

#Repost @catvaladezyoga ・・・ Mmmm... #trikonasana. Super awesome yogini @solar_yogi tagged me to #stopdropandyoga recently. Trying a fresh perspective on this pose that I love. Hope you are all having a beautiful Sunday... if @doodledog @jinguss and @amandabyoga would like to play, consider yourselves tagged! 😘🙏 #iamBEYOND #beyondyoga

[offlimitsin]

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[18mr]

Happy AAPI Heritage Month! We're excited to announce that, along with AAPI-Data, we've launched a new website, http://aapivoices.com/ This month, we'll be crunching numbers, telling stories, and busting myths about Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders. Check it out! - CM

[apiasfrepresent]

Beyond the Stereotypes

By Alexis Knaub, APIASF/GMS Scholar

Ever since I can remember, I’ve felt that that I had expectations thrust upon me. Being both female and East Asian, other people of all ages, races, and societal roles often have stereotypes of who I should be and how I should behave. I clearly must be interested in science/math and excel academically. I must be quiet, shy, agreeable, and submissive. I must be harsh and cold when I teach and hold my students to unrealistic “Asian” standards, like some tiger mom. These aren’t overtly expressed, but it’s obviously there the way some people treat and address me at times.

Sometimes, I am quiet and agreeable. I have good math and science skills. I have excelled academically. I do expect my students to perform well. I also am chatty, friendly, and I fight what I believe is the good fight. I dance, I write. I have failed at things. And my students? I have students who come to me for advice on a variety of issues. My students have fared no worse (sometimes, higher) than other people’s; the lower grades have often come down to having an expectation that coursework needs to be submitted and submitted reasonably on time.

I’m beyond the stereotypes and those expectations of how people think I should behave/feel/etc. I’m me.

[colettetime]

ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH, 2014 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The proclamation signed by President Obama regarding Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, 2014.

It reads:

During Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, we celebrate the accomplishments of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, and we reflect on the many ways they have enriched our Nation. Like America itself, the AAPI community draws strength from the diversity of its many distinct cultures — each with vibrant histories and unique perspectives to bring to our national life. Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders have helped build, defend, and strengthen our Nation — as farm workers and railroad laborers; as entrepreneurs and scientists; as artists, activists, and leaders of government. They have gone beyond, embodying the soaring aspirations of the American spirit.

This month marks 145 years since the final spike was hammered into the transcontinental railroad, an achievement made possible by Chinese laborers, who did the majority of this backbreaking and dangerous work. This May, they will receive long-overdue recognition as they are inducted into the Labor Hall of Honor. Generations of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders have helped make this country what it is today. Yet they have also faced a long history of injustice — from the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and its devastating impact on the history, language, and culture of Native Hawaiians; to opportunity-limiting laws like the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the Immigration Act of 1924; to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Even today, South Asian Americans, especially those who are Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh, are targets of suspicion and violence.

With courage, grit, and an abiding belief in American ideals, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders have challenged our Nation to be better, and my Administration remains committed to doing its part. Nearly 5 years ago, I re-established the White House Initiative on AAPIs. The Initiative addresses disparities in health care, education, and economic opportunity by ensuring Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders receive equal access to government programs and services.

We are also determined to pass comprehensive immigration reform that would modernize our legal immigration system, create a pathway to earned citizenship for undocumented immigrants, hold employers accountable, and strengthen our border security. These commonsense measures would bring relief to Asian American and Pacific Islanders who have experienced this broken system firsthand, and they would allow our country to welcome more highly skilled workers eager to contribute to America’s success.

This month, as we recall our hard-fought progress, let us resolve to continue moving forward. Together, let us ensure the laws respect everyone, civil rights apply to everyone, and everyone who works hard and plays by the rules has a chance to get ahead.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 2014 as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. I call upon all Americans to visit www.WhiteHouse.gov/AAPI to learn more about the history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and to observe this month with appropriate programs and activities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand fourteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-eighth.

BARACK OBAMA

[brynmawr-asa]

May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month!

It is 12:52AM EST. That means May has officially begun! Bryn Mawr ASA is kicking off APAHM with a photo campaign of "I am an Asian American...and #itooambrynmawr. Have you ever experienced exclusion, racism, or micro-aggressions? Join the movement. Share your stories with brynmawr.asa@gmail.com. Did you know that "Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month is celebrated annually in the United States during the month of May. On October 5, 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed a Joint Resolution proclaiming the first 10 days in May as Asian-Pacific Heritage Week. In 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed an extension making the week-long celebration into a month long recognition. In 1992, the month of May was officially designated as Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month by law. May was chosen because it commemorates the immigration of the first Japenese to the United States in 1843. May also marks the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 which was work performed by mostly Chinese immigrants." (Source: http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/asian-pacific-american-heritage/when-is-asian-pacific-heritage-month.html)

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[ncapablog]

Kick off Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with an Opening Ceremony celebration hosted by the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders next week, Tuesday, May 6! Highlights will include: * Swearing-In Ceremony of the new PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AAPIs * Live Performances by Mike Song, KRNFX, and many more! * "I Am Beyond" Panel with Maulik Pancholy and other AAPIs who have excelled in their fields FREE AND OPEN TO ALL. RSVP here.

[twssonline]

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