Asian Women United
Spotlighting the Varied Experiences of Asian America Pacific Islander Women
AWU was founded in 1976 by a group of San Francisco Bay Area Asian American women as Asian Women United and received its non-profit organization status in 1981. The organization seeks to explore the many facets of Asian American women’s experiences and varied cultural heritages through publications and video productions. AWU videos have been broadcast on public television in the U.S. and Canada and screened at film festivals in the U.S. and Asia and have been viewed in college classrooms across the country. AWU publications are available in libraries and bookstores nationwide as well as in Canada and Asia. Both Making Waves: Writings By and About Asian American Women (Beacon Press 1989) and Making More Waves: New Writings By Asian American Women (1997) have been adopted in Asian American and Women’s Studies classes from New York to California.
We are an all volunteer-run nonprofit organization dedicated to creating work for and by Asian American women. Your generous donation will help us further our mission. Thank you for all your support!
VOICES of AWU
Stories of Asian and Asian-American Women: A Panel Discussion on Shifting the Narrative
Women Make Movies and Asian Women United hosted a panel discussion about media representation of Asian and Asian-American women and how independent film can help shift the narrative.
Mother of All Stories
Exploring and exploding all the ways Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders experience, appreciate, embrace, fear and/or are intimidated by mothers and mothering. A storytelling project of Asian Women United.