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A community for Asian women to flourish and thrive through transformational Leadership Retreats, Workshops, and Events.
 

The Cosmos creates community, experiences, and content for Asian women to flourish and thrive.

G. and P. meeting at The Cosmos LA Retreat!

G. and P. meeting at The Cosmos LA Retreat!

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The Cosmos Experiences are interactive, culturally-informed, and experiential. We organize workshops, events, and gatherings in partnership with Asian women in the community. Our experiences are inclusive of self-identifying women, femmes, gender non-conforming, queer, and transgender individuals of Asian, Pacific Islander, South Asian, and mixed race descent. Have an idea for partnering with The Cosmos? Get in touch with us!

 

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#CosmosConvos Inevitably, conflicts will arise, and the holidays have an odd way of bringing old wounds to the surface. ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In this week's newsletter, we teamed up with NY-based Filipina-American psychologist Dr. Leilani Salvo Crane to put together our "6 Ways to Flourish with Family" Guide. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ One of our fave tips? *TEXT YOUR SIS!* Tag a sister you can lean on when you're feeling down and tell her how you feel! ❤️💜
Thinking about the Floral Arrangement Workshop we held over the summer 🌼💮 Sometimes, the details make all the difference!
✶ #TeachMeTuesday - Every Tuesday, we make tough things easy. ✶ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Did you know that expectations about holidays and special events are the number one contributor to holiday blues? When we build up our expectations to unreasonable levels, we set ourselves up to be disappointed! To get in the right mindset, we reached out to Dr. Leilani Salvo Crane, a Filipina-American psychologist and fellow Cosmos woman, for advice: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "Your family is unique and only you know the players. Don’t compare your family dynamics, personalities, or traditions to anyone else’s. Comparing can all too often lead to finding your own family lacking or disappointing. Remember, nobody’s family is perfect, no matter how they look on social media." ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Want more tips on flourishing with family by Asian women, for Asian women? Be sure to subscribe to The Cosmos Newsletter using the link in bio!! We're dropping a FRESH FEELIN' letter tomorrow 🥳 designed by our powerhouse team @linhyen.co, @bngdesign, @irenaxia. You don't want to miss out!
Happy Monday!! Hope you're all starting the week of strong 💪
✶ This week’s #CosmosCommunitySpotlight goes to Founders of @slantdmedia, @krystiemak and @katerinajeng ✶ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Kat (Denver) and Krystie (New York) are friends, founders, and #badass Asian women who are on a mission to make Asian American stories heard in all their nuanced, messy, complex glory. Frustrated by the lack of Asian American representation in mainstream media, Kat and Krystie started Slant’d with a group of friends who were eager to change the perception of the Asian American identity. What started off as a passion project quickly evolved into a collective vision to build an intersectional community of Asian Americans who boldly defy stereotypes, one story at a time. ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ✧ Slant'd just launched their PRE-ORDER campaign for Issue 2: LIGHT AND DARK. The stories featured in Issue 02 bravely confront the messiness of self-discovery and celebrate the freedom that comes from reclaiming your identity on your own terms. Head over to slantd.media to pre-order your issue now!! P.S. You may just find an honest AF, behind-the-scenes piece by our founders @moxykk and @cassandthecity on the journey of building The Cosmos, illustrated by our very own Creative Director @bng.design !
Something new next week comes....subscribe @ jointhecosmos.com to be the first to know about it!! 👇 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #jointhecosmos #asianwomen #community #excitingtimes #asianamerica
Thank you for another incredible Cosmos Book Club evening - which also happened to be our last of the year! 📖 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We ruminated on everything from how hard personal nonfiction can be (and what readers feel we're owed for a good story!) to our own family histories to the power of sisterly bonds. Over sweets and sparkling water, we dove into the complexities of Nicole Chung's story and the questions it raised in our own lives. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We're feeling extra grateful for spaces like this. If you missed out, sign up for our newsletter using the link in bio. We'll be voting for our next book club selections and announcing dates in 2019 soon! ✨
Hey Cosmos Sisters. Yesterday was a big deal. We loved and we lost. But we also made history. Let’s keep showing up for our communities. Thank u, next!! 💜✊🏼
🗳️ TODAY IS VOTING DAY!! 🗳️ We can't wait to see you at the Polls!!! Today we're voting because this #MidtermElection is one of the most diverse ever (h/t @nytimes ): 28% of candidates are WOMEN. 22% are black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, or multiracial. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ☑️ Today we're voting because of the historical firsts that are possible: If they win: @staceyabrams as the first black woman governor in the country. Christine Hallquist would be the first openly transgender governor of Vermont. Lupe Valdez would be the first Hispanic governor of Texas. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ☑️ Today we're voting because white men make up a third of the US population but 69% of all governors and members of Congress. The Cosmos supports a political electorate that represents the diversity we so champion for our community and all communities who have historically been denied access to political power. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ☑️ Tag #TheCosmosVote with your "I Voted" selfie and we'll repost all day today!! PSA: For friends and relatives who need bilingual assistance, call 888-API-VOTE for Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Urdu, Hindi, and Bengali translation!
📚 Join The Cosmos Book Club for our last book of the year - RSVP via the link in bio! 📚 For our 4th gathering, we’re diving into “All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir” by @nicolesoojung 💜 This highly anticipated novel explores transracial adoption and the question of “What does it mean to lose your roots—within your culture, within your family—and what happens when you find them?” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Come hang out, munch on snacks, and meet fellow Cosmos women at Asian American Writers' Workshop next Wed 11/7 7pm. Our lovely NYC Book Club hosts @carolynyoo and @rosamcgee will be facilitating a fun book discussion - readers and non-readers welcome! 👯‍♀️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Due to travel commitments, Nicole won’t be able to join us in person this time around... however we have exciting news! We'll also be collecting ✨YOUR questions✨ to ask Nicole herself and publishing our Cosmos Book Club interview in the weeks after! 😎
✨ Thank you so much to @kimberland for sharing your honest perspective of The Cosmos NY Retreat for @refinery29 ✨ 👀 Peep the full article using the link in bio! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ From our launch in March to two press features in Q4, we are so grateful to our ever-growing community for your love, support, and fierce commitment to thriving together! Whether you went to a retreat (or 2!) or not, The Cosmos is here for you. It’s where Asian / American women like us from around the world can bravely explore our identities, practice wellbeing, and redefine what it means to flourish and thrive. It’s where we co-create powerful bonds and cultivate authentic sisterhood. And it’s where we come to embody compassion for ourselves and embrace profound truths: it’s okay to not be okay, asking for help is not a weakness, and we are never alone in our struggles. 🙋🏻‍♀️💫 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Stay tuned for exciting updates coming in 2019! You can sign up for our newsletter using the link in bio to receive how-to guides for navigating our Asian and American identities, event announcements, profiles of Cosmos women, and behind-the-scenes of our entrepreneurial journey! 💜
✶ This week’s #CosmosCommunitySpotlight goes to Irene Yoo of @YooEating ✶ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Irene is a Korean American chef based in New York City with a passion for hosting pop-up dinners to share her love of food with others. She prides herself on giving an Asian-American female voice to Korean cooking and wanted to extend the invitation to her next event that is taking place next Saturday 10/27 to the Cosmos Community in #NewYorkCity! Here are all of the details. ✧ Yooeating (Korean-American Comfort Food) is popping up @ Pete’s Candy Store in Williamsburg with an assorted selection of “drunk food”, featuring Korean-American drinking foods. ✧ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Did you know Koreans love to drink? No, really. They LOVE to drink. They love to drink so much that a required work skill is your ability to drink with your colleagues and clients until you pass out. They love to drink so much it is an unwritten but well known rule that you can never refuse a drink someone offers you. They love to drink so much they have an entire food culture built around drinking, and that’s what brings us here today. We will be serving: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ GRILLED KIMCHEESE – American & swiss cheese, roasted kimchi, tomato, nori on rye ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ SPICY CLAM SOUP with hand cut noodles – cheongyang pepper infused clam broth with knife cut wheat noodles ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ DDUKBOKKI "NACHOS" – nachos meets ddukbokki (spicy Korean rice cakes), dwenjang pork, kimchi tomato slaw, peppers, cheese, scallions ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ KFC – Korean fried chicken wings, spicy soy garlic butter sauce ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ KIMCHI CORN NUTS ✧ If you’re interested in attending, check out @YooEating for all the details and to reserve your spot! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #JoinTheCosmos #AsianAmerican #AAPI #Asian #PersonalDevelopment #Thrive #Flourish #communityspotlight #newyorkfoodie #NYCfoodie #yelpNYC

The Cosmos began with a simple yet powerful question:
What does it look like for Asian women to flourish and thrive?

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