INFUSION-Ya Book Festival

A Very #happybaisakhi to all who are celebrating today We know this year is another year where celebrations will be looking different but let us come together no matter where we are and celebrate, teach, and learn what this special day is all about

A Very #happyeaster to all who are celebrating today From Team INFUSION to you and yours! #easter2021 #easterlongweekend #infusionyabookfestival

Day 4! Most of the books are on the E-Reader so couldn't share them all (and also loaned a few copies of other books out) but we also shared this incredible list by @ratetheromance shared by the wonderful @therebeccasky #standupforAAPI all day, every day. Request AAPI authors at your local library, book store, school, and more! #standupforAAPIbookstack #spreadtheword #standup #stopasianhate

#standupforAAPI We are on Day 3, and it is CALLS TO ACTION!!! Inspired by the most amazing @travelling.the.pages and the lovely @laurenashleybecker our team is doing a Book Stack for a cause! Posting a red book stack to promote awareness and help raise funds for organizations combatting Anti-Asian/Pacific Islander racism. For every one book stack posted we will be donating $1 to a Canadian based organization. We will be matching funds up to $50, making for a total of $100 CA...D to be divided between organizations across Canada. Let us know you're a part of the challenge by tagging us (@infusionyabook ) in your book stacks, as well as tagging #stopasianhate , #standupforAAPIbookstack We hope you can all join us in this challenge and take more of the outlined actions in the post each and every day! We have also signed up for bystander training later next month!

On behalf of Team INFUSION. We urge you all to pay attention to what's happening right now and #standupforAAPI (in whichever way you can, which also can mean sit down with the AAPI community) In @cityofvancouver there has been a 717% increase in reported Anti-Asian crimes/attacks. This is beyond unacceptable. Some amazing folks and accounts to follow and support (especially financially if you have the capacity to do so) are:... @aperpetualforeigner @proj1907 @swan_vancouver @butterflycsw @mskathykhang @pocculture And don't forget to support AAPI authors and their work by purchasing, requesting, and spreading the word about their work #stopasianhate #payattention #westandtogether