Aubrey Manahan

Writer

I spend my time creating, writing, and exploring both the systemic issues that affect marginalized communities and the wonderful ways people flourish in spite of it. I want to dedicate my life to fighting against problematic cultures and shifting towards a social justice oriented, equitable future for all.

A UCLA alum, I graduated with honors and a Bachelors in International Development, I received my Masters in International Development at American University in Washington DC.

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Non-Profit Work

Win Without War
11/20/2017
Human Rights Matter, At Home and Abroad

Most of the headlines surrounding Donald Trump's recent trip to Asia have focused on heightened tensions between the US and North Korea. However, one issue that has made less of a splash has been the ongoing human rights abuses in the Philippines.

Global Progressive Hub
10/11/2017
STATEMENT: Scrapping the Clean Power Plan is Irresponsible and Dangerous

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 11, 2017 Global Progressive Hub released the following statement regarding the Trump administration's plan to abandon the Clean Power Plan: EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's intention to repeal the Clean Power Plan is a continuation of the Trump administration's dangerous and callous disregard for science and the security and future of this planet.

Global Progressive Hub
04/07/2017
TALKING POINTS: Trump's Starvation And Insecurity Budget

SUMMARY Donald Trump proposed a massive increase in Pentagon spending​ - by $54 billion- at the expense of the State Department, USAID, the United Nations, and a host of domestic agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency. Now Congress is doubling down on Trump's Starvation and Insecurity Budget, spending $1.6 billion for Trump's border wall and giving $35 billion more than Trump ...

Global Progressive Hub
04/26/2017
RESOURCES: The People's Climate March

This Saturday, April 29th, thousands of people will gather across the country for the People's Climate March to demand our government acknowledge the threat climate change poses to our lives and communities. The health of the global environment is fundamental to everyone; effective and immediate responses to climate change are a progressive imperative.

Win Without War
03/16/2017
Raise your voice to stop Trump's starvation budget - Win Without War

This morning Donald Trump released his budget plan and it is as bad as we feared - $54 billion more for war, while slashing life-saving programs here and around the world. With Trump's disastrous plan making headlines, now is the time to stand up for what we know is right.

Essays and Op-Eds

Almost Asian Almost American
Yellow Peril Against White Supremacy

Now more than ever, we need to show up to defend ourselves and our fellow people of color, because injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Almost Asian Almost American
Beauty is Skin (Color) Deep: Part 2

We strive to be beautiful because society teaches us that we should be. But our beauty does not belong to us; instead it is dictated by prejudice and power.

Medium
01/23/2017
What to Do in Trump's America if You're Not Marching

I went to the Women's March on Washington on Saturday, where I was one of over 500,000 supporters in the DC area and one of the estimates 3.5 million women who turned out in one of the most massive demonstrations of our time.

Poetry and Creative Writing

LAKAS ZINE
07/18/2017
Rise

Issue 1

the murmur house
10/30/2016
What They Don't Tell You About Depression

From the outside looking in depression makes such a pretty picture: Laying languidly at home as days pass by. They don't see the glass shards embedded underneath your skin from the time you tried to claw out your reflection in the looking glass. (Look, see how they shimmer like starlight in my palms).

Medium
12/19/2015
A Reaction to "Oh, You're An Activist"

To the lady I met on the plane, You said I'm an activist with a laugh and a little knowing smile. And somewhere in your eyes, I saw what your trite statement didn't say. That in that small sentence, you hid your judgement of reckless youth and enthusiastic effort wasted.