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AVE updates: 2026 Q3
☀️ This summer, we’ve continued working across policy, advocacy, and research to increase Asian visibility in the EU. For the first time ever, we hosted an in-person poster drawing workshop for FLINTA Asians in Berlin in May! In July,we released an open letter calling out racism in German public broadcasting. ✍️ We were excited to finally meet our community in person, while continuing to bring our work to the public, such as the 23rd IMISCOE conference or resistant theatre.
AVE updates: 2026 Q2
Is it summer where you are? We sure hope so! With 2026 wellhalfway, we’ve been busy kicking off our long-awaited community projects, thanks to funding by filia.die frauenstiftung. For the coming year and a half, we’ll be hosting poster workshops, making a book, and conducting a legal review on sexual violence against the Asian FLINTA* community. Follow us on Instagram and our newsletter to hear the latest!
AVE updates: 2026 Q1
Happy new (lunar) year from all of us at Asian Voices Europe! 🌝 To welcome in the new year, we’re here with our latest updates, a reflection on how colonialism has shaped how we perceive traditional arts and crafts, as well as our opinion on the EU’s inaugural Anti-Racism Strategy (released this January).
AVE updates: 2025 Q3
AVE in Action in Autumn 2025.
We are taking a moment to look back on the past few months as we step into November. 🍂 From new campaigns to continued collaborations, and even our very first grant, this season has been full of movement and growth. Here’s a glimpse into what we’ve been working on at AVE, and thank you to everyone who’s continued walking this journey with us. 💛
AVE updates: 2025 Q2
As summer winds down, we’re taking a moment to reflect on the past three months at AVE. From the open letter, policy advocacy to funding efforts, here’s a snapshot of what we’ve been doing. Thank you to everyone for your heartfelt support us along the way.
AVE updates: 2025 Q1
In 2025, AVE has been on the frontlines of anti-Asian racism advocacy across Europe. From calling for better racial justice data and civic space protections at the EU’s Permanent Anti-Racism Civil Society Forum, to pushing for dedicated action on anti-Asian racism, AVE has worked to keep Asian diaspora voices heard. At the CSO Subgroup Meeting on National Action Plans Against Racism in March, we emphasized the importance of grassroots participation and tackling structural racism. During Anti-Racism and Diversity Week, we joined intersectional discussions on gender, civic space, workplace inclusion, and resisting far-right ideologies. And at the DAAD research group in April, we continued cross-border conversations on diaspora, intersectionality, and anti-Asian racism research.