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💜 “You act despite your fear.” -
💜 Rep. Pramila Jayapal says being fearless doesn’t mean the fear goes away. It means having the courage to step up, take real risks, and act anyway because you know it will make a difference. We thank you for your leadership and your OG support of Chaya back in the day all the way to now!
💜 Come celebrate with us at the Fearless Dance Party on Friday, June 5! Dance Party only tickets are available so grab yours now and join the community. Link in bio.
05/27/2026
🔥🕺 Dress fearlessly, courtesy of .style.
👑✨ Armoire is proud to be the Style Sponsor of this year’s Fearless Dance Party — and they want every guest on that rooftop feeling like the most powerful version of themselves.
🥻💫 Visit Armoire’s S**O boutique for a complimentary styling appointment + a $29 outfit rental for new members. Your stylist will pull looks from a rental closet of thousands of designer pieces, including a curated edit of South Asian styles.
😉 Share your vision and they’ll handle the rest. No fear required.
📅 Book your appointment through the link in bio with code FEARLESSSTYLE.
Already an Armoire member? There’s a link in bio for you too!
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💜 “I believe survivors and you should too!”
When thinks about being fearless, he thinks about his mama! She didn’t know what tomorrow would bring but she woke up every day and decided to show up anyway. That’s fearless!
💜 So grateful to have had Michael in our corner at the Seattle Mariners AANHPI Night was their 50/50 Raffle Beneficiary this past Tuesday. The community showed up and it meant everything!
🎟️ Come celebrate with us at the Fearless Dance Party on Friday, June 5 starting at 7PM in Pioneer Square! Dance Party tickets are available so grab yours now. Link in bio!
🔗 And if you can’t make it, you can still support survivors by donating to API Chaya! Link in bio!
05/20/2026
👏🌺 We are pulling out ALL the stops for the Fearless Dance Party and we are not playing around.
🕺 The legendary and are bringing the food, and the one and only is bringing the beats!
💃 Come ready to eat, party, and boogie on the dancefloor!
📅 Friday, June 5th | 7-10pm Rooftop at RailSpur, Pioneer Square
🌟 All ages welcome (Child friendly stations on site!)
🎟 Grab your tickets at the link in bio!
05/14/2026
🌺✨We said what we said. NO GALA. Just us, a rooftop, a DJ, and the whole community showing OUT.
💃 This year, we made a bold choice to trade the traditional gala for something that feels more like us: a dance party rooted in joy, community power, and collective action!
🕺 This June 5th, API Chaya is throwing the Fearless Dance Party and YOU ARE INVITED. Come dressed in your best cultural wear, bring the whole family, and get ready to dance it out for survivors!
🪩 Because that’s what we do. In moments of fear, we choose to be fearless. And right now? We’re choosing the dance floor.
Info:
🗓 Friday, June 5th | 7-10pm
📍 (419 Occidental Avenue South, 7th Floor, Pioneer Square, Seattle)
👗 Best cultural wear encouraged
🌟 All ages welcome, little ones included! (Child friendly stations on site)
🎧 DJ on the turntables ALL NIGHT!
🍗 Get your grub on with catering!
💛 Come through. Bring your people. Let’s be fearless together.
🎟 Grab your tickets now: [LINK IN BIO]
04/27/2026
Join us and make some noise for STEP OUT this Friday, May 1st, 7:00pm!! API Chaya is honored to partner with the Rho Chapter of Sigma Psi Zeta Sorority, Inc. who will be presenting their 16th annual step, stroll, and dance competition! All proceeds are generously donated to API Chaya.
is an incredible community dedicated to raising awareness about domestic violence and uplifting survivors. They have facilitated our Natural Helpers training with their peers, supported API Chaya every year in hosting community events, and led countless initiatives to educate and empower their communities to support survivors! We hope to see you for this amazing night of talent and community advocacy!
#📍Kane Hall 130 (UW Seattle)
📆 May 1st, 2026
⏰ 7:00 PM
Tickets: https://forms.gle/dyBKc1cstrakx4fQA
1 ticket: $10
2 tickets: $16
At door: $12
💚💚💚 THANK YOU, SIGMAS!!! 💚💚💚
04/16/2026
🤲 We are heartbroken to share the passing of our beloved Neelam Khaki, Community Organizer and Coordinator of our Peaceful Families Taskforce and a woman of extraordinary grace, purpose, and love.
🕊️ For over a decade, Neelam worked tirelessly to create safety, healing, and possibility for survivors across our community. She was someone who left this world better than she found it. Her belief that “a peaceful family is an Islamic tradition” will continue to guide everything we do. We will carry her legacy forward.
🤍 If you have a story, photo, interview, or more of Neelam please consider contributing to her memorial board, link in bio.
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un. It is to Allah we belong and it is to Him we return.
04/15/2026
“Unlearning Caste Supremacy” Workshop with Thenmozhi Soundararajan! Saturday, April 25th, 11am (all day event). Apply at the link below!
“Join SARI and Equality Labs for a community workshop centered around unlearning caste supremacy! We will discuss the history of the caste system, interrogate how caste oppression shows up in our Seattle communities, and demonstrate how anti-casteism is essential to our broader struggles against class and imperialism. Please register at the link below and we will reach out with more information!”
Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1MBriF9K_qpshux6KKHGKeSmxorVLCVjMEdZxovMUDKQ/viewform?edit_requested=true&pli=1&authuser=0
We heard about this important workshop through one of our volunteers! Please share this with your communities!
Survivor Hot Takes 🔥 Episode 2: Safety vs Discomfort
We don’t talk enough about the difference!
They’re not the same, but we treat them like they are. And that confusion keeps us stuck so we don’t take the risks that ACTUALLY move them forward.
This take goes out to all the survivors sitting with fear right now. Is it danger or is it discomfort? Only you can answer that. But you don’t have to figure it out alone!
API Chaya offers free, confidential, culturally relevant services for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. Because you deserve support. And you deserve to heal.
📞 API Chaya Helpline: 1-877-922-4292
Drop your hot take below 👇 Safety vs. discomfort, where have you FELT the difference?
Introducing Survivor Hot Takes 🔥 Episode 1.
We’re not shocked enough about the right things.
Yes, Epstein. And also your neighbor. Your family member. The thing that got swept under the rug at your last family dinner.
This has been happening in our own backyards forever. The fact that it takes billionaires and leaked files for people to pay attention just shows how little we actually believe survivors.
Believe the ones making headlines. And believe the ones in your own life.
API Chaya supports survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking with free, confidential, culturally relevant services. Because survivors deserve to be believed and to heal.
API Chaya Epstein Video (1).mp4
More hot takes coming. 💬 Drop yours below.
📞 API Chaya Helpline: 1-877-922-4292
02/20/2026
ONE WEEK AWAY!
An API Chaya Film Screening: Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo Save the Date:
📆Fri, Feb 27 • 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM film screening 🎬 doors open 5:30pm / event starts at 6pm
📍Othello-UW Commons, 4200 S Othello St #124, Seattle, WA 98118, USA
Every year, API Chaya holds an annual vigil to remember those whose lives have been impacted by violence. This year, the theme is “The Power of Our Stories”. As part of the lead up to API Chaya’s Vigil, our Q***r Network Program is hosting a film screening and community talkback.
Join us for a very special screening
Bring Your Power to Our Voices in all its forms with a screening of this heartwarming documentary, Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo—a love letter to community, resilience, and q***r joy. Come for the history, stay for the heart!
Please join us for the screening, a special Q&A with Directors Barbara Malaran and Desireena Almoradie, and a heartfelt talkback with our q***r community. RSVP at https://forms.gle/JbtnTWZuQm5rV5BK6
This event will have captions for the film and CART for all live speaking portions.
UW Othello Commons is by the Othello Light Rail Station & 36, 106, 50 bus routes; Street parking is free.
Thank you to our sponsors
API Chaya, GenPride, and Filipino Community of Seattle.
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