ZINE FOR BLM

For a digital copy, donate what you can to the Black-led org of your choice (we suggest People's Breakfast Oakland and/or Movement for Black Lives) and send S+M Vegan an email (click here) with your receipt(s). We will be in touch shortly with a link to download the zine.

Black and Indigenous folks may request a digital copy without first making a donation.

Storm Now vol.1: for Black Lives is a zine compiling contributions predominantly from Bay-Area makers of Asian heritage including prominent chefs, artists, farmers and more. Over the course of 44 full-color pages, this zine asks "what does expressing solidarity with Black Lives look like and mean to non-Black AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islanders)?"

Thanks to our contributors:

Chefs Preeti Mistry (Juhu Beach Club, Navi Kitchen), Brandon Jew (Mister Jiu's, Mamahuhu), Nora Haron (Local Kitchen, FYUB), Manuel Bonilla (the Kon-Tiki), Jessie Nguyen (Little Window), Tu David Phu (BanhMi-Ni), Henry Hsu (Oramasama Dumplings);

Drink makers Melanie Getman (True Laurel), Tommy Beltran (Coin-Op SF), William Tsui (Viridian), David Kwon (The Double Standard), Thomas Dang Vo (CaliCraft Brewing Co);

Stories and words by author JS Lee (Keurium), Leslie Wiser (Radical Family Farms);

Artists Katie Thi, Sabina Addis, Eryn Kimura, Stephanie Acedillo, Jessica and Kevin (OpenDaily), Lala Openi and MOMB;

Photographers Sunshine Velasco and Sarah Deragon;

with graphics by Bianca Mabute-Louie, Lauren Sarkissian and Raina Wellman;

and a playlist by Mike Park (Asian Man Records).

Created by S+M Vegan and designed by OpenDaily.

The sold out physical version was locally printed with vegetable-based inks on 100% recycled paper by GreenerPrinter and raised over $4,300 split between People's Breakfast Oakland and Movement for Black Lives.