Events & Workshops
Asian Girls Ignite in Action
Join us for workshops, storytelling events, outdoor activities, and more. Come to one. Come to all. You’re always welcome!
Events Calendar
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Events Calendar •
Upcoming & Past events
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Upcoming & Past events •
Diwali CelebrAsian 2026
Student & Family
🪔✨This Diwali, we saved your family a spot. Join AGI family Jessica and Janice as they share how they celebrate, then make a rangoli and paper lanterns together with henna, Indian dinner, Housie, a dance lesson, and sparklers. Save your family's spot!
Community Care w/ Thai Nguyen of Kaizen Food Rescue
Middle School | High School
Somewhere in our community, someone will open a box of food from Kaizen Food Rescue, and we're making sure there's a note from our students inside. 💌 Join Thai Nguyen of Kaizen Food Rescue for brunch and a story about community care, then spend an hour making notes, origami, drawings, and family recipes for neighbors we may never meet. Save their spot! 💜
Save the Date: Season’s Savory Greetings - Holiday Social
Student & Family | Community | Lotus Collective
This year’s Holiday Social brings the AANHPI community together to honor Mongolian traditions through food, storytelling, and dance.
Save the Date: Lunar New Year CelebrAsian
Student & Family
Time is subject to change. Step into a year of creativity, harmony, and gentle strength! Join us for our annual Lunar New Year CelebrAsian as we welcome the Year of the Fire Goat. This year brings a warm, nurturing energy to spark your imagination and foster deep community connections.
Save the Date: Session 1 - Zine Series w/ Madalyn Drewno and Helen Nguyen
Middle School | High School
Time is subject to change. Ever wanted to make your own little booklet or mini-magazine? This is a hands-on 3-session series is where you will learn how to make a zine, an independent, homemade publication that can be about absolutely anything!
Save the Date: Session 2 - Zine Series w/ Madalyn Drewno and Helen Nguyen
Middle School | High School
Time is subject to change. Ever wanted to make your own little booklet or mini-magazine? This is a hands-on 3-session series is where you will learn how to make a zine, an independent, homemade publication that can be about absolutely anything!
Save the Date: Session 3 - Zine Series w/ Madalyn Drewno and Helen Nguyen
Middle School | High School
Time is subject to change. Ever wanted to make your own little booklet or mini-magazine? This is a hands-on 3-session series is where you will learn how to make a zine, an independent, homemade publication that can be about absolutely anything!
Save the Date: Session 1 - Cafe for a Day w/ Lijin Zhao of Onto Coffee
Middle School (8th Grade) | High School
Time subject to change. Take the lead and help brew a space built on care, creativity, and community. Café for a Day is a 3-session series where you will design, plan, and run a real pop-up café.
Save the Date: Session 2 - Cafe for a Day w/ Lijin Zhao of Onto Coffee
Middle School (8th Grade) | High School
Time subject to change. Take the lead and help brew a space built on care, creativity, and community. Café for a Day is a 3-session series where you will design, plan, and run a real pop-up café.
Save the Date: Session 3 - Cafe for a Day w/ Lijin Zhao of Onto Coffee
Middle School (8th Grade) | High School
Time subject to change. Take the lead and help brew a space built on care, creativity, and community. Café for a Day is a 3-session series where you will design, plan, and run a real pop-up café.
Save the Date: AANHPI Heritage Month CelebrAsian w/ Rocky Mountain Momo, Sweet Thuth & Mukja
Middle School | High School
Time subject to change. Food is at the heart of our cultures, and now, it’s time to get your hands in it (literally!). This AANHPI Heritage Month, join Asian Girls Ignite, Rabee Sharma from Rocky Mountain Momo, Thu Nguyen from Sweet Thuth, & Julia Rivera from Mukja for a hands-on culinary exploration!
Shine In The Pines: A Day At Snow Mountain Ranch
Middle School | High School
Join us for a high-energy day of adventure in the Colorado mountains. This is your invitation to scale new heights, master your mindset, and kick off the summer with a crew that empowers you to lead.
Food for Thought: What is Leadership? w/ Lotus Collective
High School
Forget the title, forget the stage. Hop on the party bus with Asian Girls Ignite and our Lotus Collective to AANHPI food spots we love, where stories will spark a high schooler's own definition of leadership. Because leadership doesn't have to look like anyone else's.
Invite to Ignite'26: Bring a Friend Open House
Middle School | High School
Belonging is where leaders begin. Join us for a cozy open house full of dim sum, real connections, and a seat already saved for AANHPI girls and gender-expansive youth in grades 6–12 and their families.
End of the Year CelebrAsian 2026
Let’s honor our collective power and celebrate our amazing graduating seniors! Our End-of-the-Year CelebrAsian is back with good food, community games, and a rare opportunity to contribute your voice to the design of a national monument. Come share a meal with us and help ensure our identities are represented for generations to come!
Shine In The Pines: A Day At Snow Mountain Ranch
Middle School | High School
Ready to master your mindset and scale new heights? Join AGI for a high-impact day at Snow Mountain Ranch. From the adrenaline of the High Ropes Challenge Course to the high-speed thrills of Summer Tubing, this is where we build the resilience and community connection needed to lead with confidence.
May Community Climb
Student & Family | Lotus Collective | AANHPI Community
CANCELLED. Experience Colorado’s favorite sport in a space where you truly belong. Join Asian Girls Ignite for a supportive, intergenerational climb designed to build confidence and connection—whether it’s your first time on the mats or you’ve been climbing for years.
AANHPI Heritage Month CelebrAsian 2026
Food is at the heart of our cultures, and now, it’s time to get your hands in it (literally!). This AANHPI Heritage Month, join Asian Girls Ignite, Tea Street, Rocky Mountain Momo, and Taeko-san Takeout for a hands-on culinary exploration! We aren’t just eating; we’re building, tasting, and learning the stories behind the flavors we love.
Asian Girls Ignite x Convivir Colorado: Sisterhood Outdoors Cross Country Skiing
Middle School | High School | Outdoors
This collaboration brings together BIPOC girls and gender-expansive youth in grades 6–12 who feel called to Asian Girls Ignite or Convivir for a shared winter day in nature. Students learn cross-country skiing together, move at a collective pace on the trails, and spend the day alongside AGI and Convivir peers. Time outdoors supports physical well-being, strengthens connection to nature, and builds self-trust through doing and showing up together. This is a free event sponsored by Arc'teryx.
Community Climb & Storytelling w/ Annie Hanichak
Student & Family | Lotus Collective | AANHPI Community
Whether climbing is already part of your life or something you’ve been meaning to try, Community Climb offers a way to experience it in community, grounded in shared stories and support. Join Asian Girls Ignite and Movement Baker’s Annie Hanichak for our March Community climb that brings movement and storytelling into the same space!
Generational Healing - Self Defense Karate Workshop w/ Akemi Tsutsui & Colorado Budokan
Middle School | High School
Join Asian Girls Ignite and Colorado Budokan for a generational healing workshop designed for students with their families, moving, learning, and growing side by side. This self-defense karate workshop explores safety across generations.
Lunar New Year CelebrAsian 2026
Middle School | High School
Luck. Abundance. A full table. Asian Girls Ignite’s annual Lunar New Year CelebrAsian returns to welcome the Year of the Horse with food, tradition, and shared joy. Come solo, come with your fam, or meet your AGI fam once you’re here.
Café For a Day: High School Series - Session 3
High School
Café for a Day is a three-part series for AANHPI high school students to design, plan, and run their own café with Coffee Sarap. Each session builds toward a final community event where proceeds support a local cause. Registration includes all three sessions.
Café For a Day: High School Series - Session 2
High School
Café for a Day is a three-part series for AANHPI high school students to design, plan, and run their own café with Coffee Sarap. Each session builds toward a final community event where proceeds support a local cause. Registration includes all three sessions.
Café For a Day: High School Series - Session 1
High School
Café for a Day is a three-part series for AANHPI high school students to design, plan, and run their own café with Coffee Sarap. Each session builds toward a final community event where proceeds support a local cause. Registration includes all three sessions.
Steeping in Stories: Tea Crafting w/ Christine Young
Steep into an afternoon of tea, storytelling, and cultural care with Korean American herbalist Christine Young. You will explore herbs, craft your own blend, and connect with others in a space created for grounding and healing.
Season’s Savory Greetings: Holiday Social
Student & Family | Community | Lotus Collective
This year’s Holiday Social brings the AANHPI community together to honor Filipino traditions through food, storytelling, and dance. Enjoy a performance by Padayon Cultural, hear from storyteller Danielle Stratton, and savor Filipino cuisine from Sweet Life Culinary Productions. A joyful afternoon of connection, culture, and community awaits.
Community Care 101 w/ Huệ Helen Nguyễn from The Abolition Garden
High School
Imagine walking into a room where care, activism, and connection all come together and YOU get to shape what happens. At the event, you’ll dive into the what, why, and how of community care, then put it into practice by building community care kits that will go directly to people in Denver who need them.
Process Over Perfection: Dance Workshop w/ Judy Tran
High School
Perfection is exhausting. Dance offers freedom.Join choreographer Judy Tran for a hip hop/K-pop workshop created just for them. Expect movement, music, and honest conversations about perfection, with plenty of space to show up as you are. No dance experience needed, beginners welcome! 💃🙌
Diwali CelebrAsian
Middle School | High School
One night. So many ways to celebrate. Don’t miss the most vibrant student event of the fall. Our annual Diwali CelebrAsian, student voices guide the celebration. With 10th Grade Students, Jessica A. and Priya K., sharing their family traditions, students take the lead in bringing Diwali to life for their AGI fam!
Invite to Ignite: Asian Girls Ignite Bring a Friend Open House
Middle School | High School
Bring a friend and share the magic of AGI! This cozy, brunch-style open house invites AANHPI girls and gender-expansive youth in grades 6–12 to connect, create, and feel at home. Come for the community, stay for the meaningful activities and enjoy brunch bites that reflect our AANHPI cultures. Bonus: friends who come together get a special personalized gift!
Shine In The Pines: A Day At Snow Mountain Ranch
Middle School | High School
Kick off your summer with AGI in the beautiful Colorado mountains — a day to build confidence, explore the outdoors, and grow technical, interpersonal, and resilience-building skills. This retreat is designed just for AANHPI middle and high school students — all comfort levels welcome!
AANHPI Heritage Month CelebrAsian
Middle School | High School
Step into a space where you are understood. Join us for our annual AANHPI Heritage Month CelebrAsian! Proudly sponsored by I Matter, AANHPI Heritage Month CelebrAsian is part of our continued commitment to creating spaces where AANHPI girls and gender-expansive youth feel a deep sense of belonging, joy, and possibility.
Kick & Connect - Taekwondo w/ CU Boulder
Middle School | High School
Get ready to move! In this interactive workshop, middle and high school students will learn Taekwondo techniques while connecting with college athletes from the CU Boulder Taekwondo team. No experience needed—just bring your energy and an open mind!
Sip & Create: What is Friendship?
High School
Come for the convo, stay for the community! Join us as we dive deeper into friendship, identity, and self-worth through thought-provoking discussions on what it means to be a “girls’ girl,” why someone might be a “pick me” girl, and how friendships shape the way we show up in the world. This session will help students appreciate their friendships, understand how relationships influence their actions, and recognize the ways they show up for themselves.
STEM Sparks: Inspiring Stories of AANHPI Women in Science & Innovation
High School
Join Asian Girls Ignite and the Society of Asian Scientists & Engineers for STEM Sparks: Inspiring Stories of AANHPI Women in Science & Innovation. Dive into hands-on STEM activities, hear empowering stories, and connect with role models in science and technology. This is your chance to ignite your passions and celebrate your potential!
Asian Girls Ignite x Convivir Colorado: Sisterhood Outdoors Ice skating
Middle School | High School | Outdoors
Join Asian Girls Ignite and Convivir Colorado for a magical day filled with ice skating, cozy hot chocolate, creative arts & crafts, and a shared dinner. Whether you're a seasoned skater or trying it for the first time, this event is all about celebrating sisterhood, building community, and making unforgettable winter memories.
Lunar New Year CelebrAsian
Middle School | High School
Registration for this event is now closed. Please contact Annabel directly at annabel@asiangirlsignite.org if you’re interested in attending. Celebrate Lunar New Year with Us! 🐍🎉 Join us for a day of fun and festivities as we welcome the Year of the Snake! Enjoy delicious bites, creative food activities, karaoke, games, and a Lion Dance performance. This free-flowing event is all about connection, community, and celebrating our culture together.
Food For Thought: Perception of Self
High School
Join us for Food for Thought: Perception of Self, where students will explore how beauty standards, social media, and friendships shape self-perception. Guided by AGI Staff, participants will visit three AANHPI woman-owned food spots in Denver, engage in meaningful conversations, and take part in creative activities—all within a supportive space.
Diwali CelebrAsian
Middle School | High School
Experience the festival with insights from the Amor sisters, beautiful henna by Rita Sheth, and a fun game of Housie with prizes. Dance in a mini workshop by Mudra Dance Studio and enjoy delicious Indian cuisine from Himchuli. Don’t miss this chance to embrace the spirit of Diwali!
Sip & Create: What Is Beauty?
High School
Join us for Sip & Create, a safe space for AGI high school students where free boba fuels authentic conversations that naturally "pop up" as students craft together around topics that matter to them.
Annual Back-to-School Picnic & Paddle
Outdoors | Community Event
Let’s kick off a new school year with a Family Paddle & Picnic, sponsored by Diversify Whitewater! We will have paddleboards, lunch, and beverages. Bring the whole family for a back-to-school community gathering.