Silk and Spice Arts is located in Los Angeles County, California, also known as the unceded ancestral lands of the Kizh nation and the Xaxaamonga tribe of the Tongva people, who were the centuries’ long stewards of this land, originally called Xaxaamonga as well. We acknowledge their rights to this land as well as our participation in the continued colonization of this land. Given that, a portion of the festival proceeds will be sent to these nations as rent, and we encourage each of you to learn more about what you can do to right this wrong, by learning more about these indigenous tribes and what you can do to support them. Some good options are supporting the Land Back movement by donating monthly rent to these tribes.

Additionally, each year, Silk and Spice Arts will host a featured solidarity artist at Silk and Spice Rising; the intention is to feature one non-Asian Black artist at the festival each year in honor of the historical “Yellow Peril Supports Black Power” radical solidarity movement of Asian-Americans supporting Black-Americans during the 1960s civil rights movement in the U.S., as we acknowledge the legacy and context of the African Diaspora in the U.S. and recognize that this country would not exist without the free labor of enslaved Black people.

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