Two cartoon boba teas with smiling faces and arms stand in the foreground above the retro-style text "BOBA Buddies" with sparkling accents and bubbles in the background.

Asians for Collective Liberation in Spokane

LXCL:K-8 (Kindergarten to 8th Grade Students) + Children under Kindergarten.

Youth/Student

LXCL:A parent/guardian is required to stay with the youth/students all throughout the event

Parent/Guardian

LXCL:Help us create a welcoming, joyful, and community-centered space throughout the event

Community Volunteer

LXCL:Ticket for our AYCL (Asian Youth for Collective Liberation) fellows who are volunteering

AYCL Fellow

<p fr-original-style="line-height:1.2;margin:12pt 0px;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);" id="isPasted" style="line-height:1.2;margin:12pt 0px;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">ACL Spokane presents Boba Buddies!&nbsp;Boba Buddies is a monthly cultural program that nurtures community belonging for K-8 (kindergarten and grades 1 through 8) Asian and Asian American youth in the Spokane area. Each session explores different Asian cultural identities through storytelling, art activities, and creative play. We provide refreshments and every month will have special guests!&nbsp; This program is mainly organized for Asian and Asian American families but we have selected events that we open up to the public or pop-ups at events organized by other community partners.<span fr-original-style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important; box-sizing: inherit;">&nbsp;Please see the descriptions per date below.&nbsp;<span fr-original-style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important; box-sizing: inherit;">Shout out to our boba partner, <a fr-original-style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit;color:inherit;" href="https://teascompanyspokane.com/" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit;color:inherit;" target="_blank">Teas Company</a>!For info and calendar of events, visit: <a fr-original-style="" href="http://aclspokane.org/bobabuddies" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">aclspokane.org/bobabuddies</a>.✨ Check out the upcoming Boba Buddies dates. Please select the event date to RSVP. All events are FREE. Any donation will help us continue our programs and make them accessible to our community:____ MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL @ FEAST FEST (pop-up OPEN TO ALL)<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1789158628/wysiwyg/mlzzo8epodtct6dzbsn7.jpg" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto 5px 0px; text-align: left; max-width: calc(100% - 5px); cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto 5px 0px; text-align: left; max-width: calc(100% - 5px);" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">🗓️&nbsp;Sunday, September 20, 2026 @ 12:00-4:00pm📍 <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.feastworldkitchen.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Feast World Kitchen</a>&nbsp;(1321 W 3rd Ave, Spokane, WA 99201)📣 RSVP Encouraged!&nbsp;Volunteers Needed. Register as youth, family member, AYCL Fellow, or volunteer. Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival with us at the annual Feast Fest! Find our booth to grab your free boba drink and make your own snow mooncakes with Chef Meiping! About our guest:Chef Meiping is an interior designer from Beijing, China. She is passionate about art, music, and nature. She enjoys cooking and is particularly skilled at making traditional Chinese food like steamed buns, dumplings, beef noodles, and mooncakes. You can also find her making Chinese food at Feast World Kitchen. ____ FORGOTTEN ISLAND FILM SCREENING (FOR ASIAN + ASIAN AMERICAN FAMILIES)<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1789159198/wysiwyg/txuuxfpsehupiujhkmrm.jpg" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto 5px 0px; text-align: left; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto 5px 0px; text-align: left;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> 🗓️&nbsp;Saturday, October 10, 2026 @ 3:00pm-5:00pm (doors at 2:30pm)📍 AMC Theatre @ River Park Square Mall&nbsp;(808 W Main Ave #334, Spokane, WA 99201)📣 RSVP Required! Limited seats.&nbsp;Reserve your tickets as youth, family member, or AYCL Fellow. Join us as we celebrate Filipino American History Month with a block screening of the animated feature film, <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.forgottenislandmovie.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Forgotten Island</a>.&nbsp; About the film: Your best friendship is worth fighting for. Grammy and Academy Award artist H.E.R. and Liza Soberano (Lisa Frankenstein, Alone/Together) star as high school graduates Jo and Raissa, who have been best friends since grade school but are now about to embark on separate life paths. While celebrating their last night together, Jo and Raissa stumble upon a mysterious portal that transports them to the fantastical island of Nakali, packed with magical and mythological creatures they grew up hearing stories about from their Filipino families. Learn more about the film at <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.forgottenislandmovie.com/" id="isPasted" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://www.forgottenislandmovie.com/</a>

Hi<span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Thank you for registering to join us at Boba Buddies!&nbsp; We will have some free boba drinks from <a fr-original-style="" href="https://teascompanyspokane.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Tea&rsquo;s Company</a>, until supplies last. For the youth/students:&nbsp;Please bring your reusable boba cup if you got one already! If you have not claimed your boba cup, please show this email to our check-in table to claim one.&nbsp; See you there! <a fr-original-style="" href="https://cebuano.pinoydictionary.com/word/padayon/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Padayon</a>,Frances Grace Mortel (she/her)Co-Executive Director, Community BelongingAsians for Collective Liberation in Spokanefmortel@aclspokane.org &nbsp;| 509-990-6164

ACL Spokane presents Boba Buddies! Boba Buddies is a monthly cultural program that nurtures community belonging for K-8 (kindergarten and grades 1 through 8) Asian and Asian American youth in the Spokane area. Each session explores different Asian cultural identities through storytelling, art activities, and creative play. We provide refreshments and every month will have special guests!  This program is mainly organized for Asian and Asian American families but we have selected events that we open up to the public or pop-ups at events organized by other community partners. Please see the descriptions per date below. Shout out to our boba partner, <a href="https://teascompanyspokane.com/" target="_blank">Teas Company</a>!For info and calendar of events, visit: <a href="http://aclspokane.org/bobabuddies" target="_blank">aclspokane.org/bobabuddies</a>.✨ Check out the upcoming Boba Buddies dates. Please select the event date to RSVP. All events are FREE. Any donation will help us continue our programs and make them accessible to our community:____ MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL @ FEAST FEST (pop-up OPEN TO ALL)<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1789158628/wysiwyg/mlzzo8epodtct6dzbsn7.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto 5px 0px;text-align:left;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;position:relative;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" />🗓️ Sunday, September 20, 2026 @ 12:00-4:00pm📍 <a href="https://www.feastworldkitchen.org/" target="_blank">Feast World Kitchen</a> (1321 W 3rd Ave, Spokane, WA 99201)📣 RSVP Encouraged! Volunteers Needed. Register as youth, family member, AYCL Fellow, or volunteer. Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival with us at the annual Feast Fest! Find our booth to grab your free boba drink and make your own snow mooncakes with Chef Meiping! About our guest:Chef Meiping is an interior designer from Beijing, China. She is passionate about art, music, and nature. She enjoys cooking and is particularly skilled at making traditional Chinese food like steamed buns, dumplings, beef noodles, and mooncakes. You can also find her making Chinese food at Feast World Kitchen. ____ FORGOTTEN ISLAND FILM SCREENING (FOR ASIAN + ASIAN AMERICAN FAMILIES)<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1789159198/wysiwyg/txuuxfpsehupiujhkmrm.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto 5px 0px;text-align:left;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;position:relative;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /> 🗓️ Saturday, October 10, 2026 @ 3:00pm-5:00pm (doors at 2:30pm)📍 AMC Theatre @ River Park Square Mall (808 W Main Ave #334, Spokane, WA 99201)📣 RSVP Required! Limited seats. Reserve your tickets as youth, family member, or AYCL Fellow. Join us as we celebrate Filipino American History Month with a block screening of the animated feature film, <a href="https://www.forgottenislandmovie.com/" target="_blank">Forgotten Island</a>.  About the film: Your best friendship is worth fighting for. Grammy and Academy Award artist H.E.R. and Liza Soberano (Lisa Frankenstein, Alone/Together) star as high school graduates Jo and Raissa, who have been best friends since grade school but are now about to embark on separate life paths. While celebrating their last night together, Jo and Raissa stumble upon a mysterious portal that transports them to the fantastical island of Nakali, packed with magical and mythological creatures they grew up hearing stories about from their Filipino families. Learn more about the film at <a href="https://www.forgottenislandmovie.com/" target="_blank">https://www.forgottenislandmovie.com/</a>

Asians for Collective Liberation in Spokane

Boba Buddies

Youth/Student

Free

Parent/Guardian

Free

AYCL Fellow

Free

Community Volunteer

Free

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