Join us on Sunday, May 19th at Edgemont Memorial Park for our fourth annual Lantern Festival for Justice and Remembrance.

(Rain Date: June 9th)

Help us light thousands of lanterns in remembrance of those harmed by violence and injustice, including anti-Asian hate. Let's stand together against all forms of hate and celebrate community and solidarity, and our shared goals of securing justice for all.

This inspiring evening will include a short program featuring inspiring speakers, performances, live music, food trucks, community partner tables, activities for children, and the opportunity to dedicate luminaries with your own special message.

Thank you for any contribution to our work, no matter how large or small! All donors will be recognized on a lantern at the Festival.

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PROGRAM

Performers
Out Montclair / Union Congregational Church Pride Choir
Vanguard Theater Company

Speakers
The Honorable Matthew J. Platkin
Amol Sinha of ACLU-New Jersey
Jafreen Uddin of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop
Emmy Award Winning TV Host Buki Elegbede

**Visitors can also enjoy musical performances by BARD, Jazz House Kids, and School of Rock.**

Food Vendors
Rain Bao
Ms. Fu's Yummy Food Truck
Urban Leaf Cafe
Chow Wow
Tunkas
Angry Archie
Kampanilya
Chef J Latin Bistro
Don Chicken
Gelotti

Community Partners:

Annie’s Army, Belleville Historical Society (Old Dutch Reformed Church), Be SMART for Kids, Civil Rights Commission, Chinese American Community of Fort Lee (CACFL), Friends of the Howe House, Garden State Lions, Girls on the Run NJ East, Korean United Presbyterian Church, Latinos of Montclair, Luna Stage, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair Child Development Center, Inc., Montclair Fund for Educational Excellence, Minkwon Center for Community Action, Montclair Community Farms, Montclair Film, Montclair History Center, Montclair Local, Montclair State University - The Chinese Heritage & Cultural Society, Montclair State University - WLC Korean Program, Montclair Public Library, Montclair NAACP, NJ Alliance for Immigrant Justice, NJ Division on Civil Rights, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, New Jersey Together, OCA-NJ, Out Montclair, Professional Filipino American Youth (PFAY), Restorative Justice Montclair, Studio Players,, Succeed2gether, Toni’s Kitchen, Troop 12 Montclair, United Asian Voices of West Orange, Vanguard Theater Company, YWCA of Northern New Jersey.

About AAPI New Jersey

Founded in 2021, AAPI New Jersey activates the power of our state’s 1.1 million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to advance social justice through its varied, ambitious programming and advocacy. Led by community members who came together to respond to anti-Asian hate, this grassroots nonprofit, which began as AAPI Montclair, has become a national model of the power of locally rooted Asian American organizing to plant and nurture the seeds of generational change. Through its work, AAPI New Jersey hopes to encourage structural change, build solidarity among communities, and fight for equity for all oppressed groups, while celebrating AAPI cultures. Learn more at aapinewjersey.org.

Your generosity will support initiatives including:

Large-scale public events that build solidarity, raise the visibility of AAPI issues, and help educate our wider community about AAPI culture and history, such as our Lunar New Year and Diwali celebrations;
Youth programs that offer our children spaces for exploring the joy, pride, and complexities of being Asian American;
Advocacy and public safety support, including free self-defense classes, community upstander trainings, and work advancing AAPI civic engagement, representation, and civil rights;
AAPI Heritage Month programming and support in our public schools and cultural institutions;
And more!

To learn more, please visit aapinewjersey.org or sign up for our monthly newsletter.

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