AAPI Empower Hour: Celebrating Our Voices & Cultures

AAPI Empower Hour’s two-year anniversary edition brings AAPI professionals, nonprofit leaders, and community members into one curated networking room. This edition spotlights Save Cantonese, with a portion of cocktail proceeds directed to the featured nonprofit partner. That cultural-nonprofit anchor is the quality signal: board, volunteer, and peer introductions sit next to professional networking, which is why the night beats a nameless SoMa happy hour. The host is AAPI Empower Hour itself - a recurring series now marking two years - so expect people who already treat the room as a civic and professional home base.

Victory Hall & Parlor at 360 Ritch Street is an AAPI woman-owned venue in San Francisco’s SoMa pocket. Ticket tiers - Early Bird, General Admission, and At The Door - live on Luma; confirm current pricing and availability before you go. Official CTA is Tickets on Luma. Anniversary nights with cocktail-proceeds storytelling tend to draw more than a regular monthly hour, so treat At The Door as a backup, not a plan. Useful if you want an AAPI professional and civic room with a cultural-nonprofit anchor rather than a venture pitch format.

Thursday, August 13, 2026, 5:30-7:30 PM at Victory Hall & Parlor, 360 Ritch Street. Register on Luma before you assume a seat. Walk-up assumptions are unsafe for a ticketed anniversary night, even when an At The Door tier is listed. SoMa evening arrival still needs a named ticket; do not count on transferring a no-show into the room after 5:30.

Board, volunteer, and peer introductions are how the night pays off - come able to say what you can offer a nonprofit partner or a professional peer. Re-check Luma inventory the day of. If Early Bird is gone, General Admission is the next honest path; At The Door is only if the listing still shows it live.