CORE VALUES
I donate monthly and annually to organizations such as Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, and the AAJC. I have pledged portions of my business proceeds to The Loveland Foundation and The Okra Project. I contribute when I can to GoFundMe campaigns to get money directly to individuals. I try to uplift and hold space for allies, activists, and organizations on all my platforms. For my business, I have a 5-year goal of ensuring my preferred vendor list is comprised of at least 50% BIPOC-owned businesses. I am continuously trying to learn and grow to ensure this is a safe space that is inclusive for all humans with shared values.
I also recognize that I am not perfect or without privilege. I am a cis woman, I grew up with some means, and I haven’t always been vocal or a contributing ally. While everything here is well-intentioned and good, there is always more that can be done. I encourage you at any time to ask me what else I am doing - everything from reading books to taking courses to having uncomfortable conversations - to continue to hold me accountable.
As a woman, a first-generation Asian American with Jewish heritage, and a small business owner, it’s important to me that I hold space for the values I truly believe in and live by. The days of keeping personal politics out of your business are long gone. Weddings are inherently political, with everyone having an opinion on what they deem is “proper” or “correct”.
I am here to tell you: the only right way to get married is the way that you and your partner want and agree to.
No ifs, ands, or buts about it. Weddings are a proclamation of your love and an expression of your relationship. They don’t have to be the same or conform to any social norms because you think you have to. Do you want a nondenominational ceremony on the beach? Cool. Do you want a Catholic priest to bless your marriage? Also cool. Do you want to have a rager in the desert, a Haikuist officiating your ceremony, with you riding down the aisle on horseback in a hot pink tulle gown and glitter trailing behind you? YES LET’S DO THAT, THAT SOUNDS DOPE. I’m here for all of it, as minimal or as extra as you want to be.
What I’m not here for is hate. I’m not here bigotry. I’m not here for discrimination or violence of any kind towards any person based on their race, ethnicity, color of their skin, sexual orientation, gender identity, documentation status, religious affiliation, or disability.
Everyone is worthy of love. Check your privilege at the door.
These are my parents (and lil baby me!). My mother immigrated from The Philippines in the 1980s. My father’s grandparents immigrated from Eastern Europe during World War I. Both came to America for a better life for themselves and their families.
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