A night of readings, music and video from South Asian artists!

Statement after the Event:

Thank you to everyone that came to our event with the Final Fantasy reading series on Tuesday evening, and to all of the invited readers and performers.

As a group we are conscious that there was some unhappiness during the AUNTIFA event regarding content, language and a lack of dialogue with the audience. We would like to address those issues and any outstanding feelings of discomfort. It is our responsibility to tackle antiblackness and other oppressive mindsets in our thinking and actions as a South Asian group and we are open to a dialogue which acknowledges our mistakes. We also affirm and understand that there has been discomfort due to the content of performances and readings - we will open this discussion to our community (including those who performed) and attempt to deepen our collective understanding of racist or harmful behaviors. This is a learning opportunity and we apologize to any audience members who were not heard in the moment. We are glad for the feedback we received and are actively in discussion and will come back to the community with the results of our work on these issues.

Anyone who has more feedback or comments to share, please feel free to reach out to us at sadacnyc@gmail.com.