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First launched last year as a podcast series, The Great Asian Pushback is now in book form. A multi-media project showcasing 13 Asian changemakers and their inspiring stories, its book version was launched in November during CALD’s 14th General Assembly in Iloilo City.

Philippine Senator and CALD Chairperson Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan, who was among the changemakers featured in the project, wrote the book’s foreword. He said that it “takes us to a big village to listen to and learn from stories of people of diverse origins but whose history and future are interwoven… They tell their stories of protest and hope from the streets, digital highways, and even clandestine hideaways. Their unfeigned narration will take one to their grief, fury, and aspirations that make us see that the struggle, no matter how difficult, will have a clear end.”

The Great Asian Pushback in book form is CALD’s way of reaching out even more to the public—to awaken, to inspire, and to let everyone know that we can, and we are, pushing back.