The W.O.W. Project is a women, queer, trans and youth-led community initiative using art and activism to grow our community’s capacities for self-determination and nurture NYC Chinatown’s creative culture in a time of rapid change.
As we enter 2026, our world sits with unease. Traditionally marked as a time of upheaval, this double fire horse year embodies the duality of people power. Standing on the world’s shifting ground, W.O.W.’s Fire Horse Year programs focus on channeling this unease towards a time of radical possibility. We believe that our disruption of the status quo can open space for transformation which, if we steer it with love, passion, and integrity like the hard-working horse, will lead to a new world order, one rooted in healing and justice.
This moment asks us to return to our roots, anchored in Chinatown’s generations of people-powered resistance, from neighbors flooding the streets demanding justice against police brutality to garment workers organizing for labor rights, to small business owners coordinating efforts to provide relief for food insecurity. From mass mobilizations to the quiet daily acts of care, it is the collective labor of Chinatown’s working-class people that holds our community together.
Our guiding image this year is 八駿圖 (Eight Horses Galloping) an artwork, created by artist Singha Hon, who draws inspiration from the W.O.W. Team’s conversations with the 12 From Chinatown With Love 2026: Double Fire Horse participating businesses. Bearing eight guiding symbols – passage, interdependence, resilience, endurance, abundance, refuge, lineage, and love – these eight horses embody our collective strength passed down through generations. Following their thundering gallop, we step forward with determination, our will to fight and win our liberation unstoppable.
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🐎 Help us reach our $10,000 goal! 🐎 Your donation supports a community’s right to stay put and thrive. Contributions directly fund FCWL’s giveaway calendar printing costs, sustain the businesses who make Chinatown feel like home, and keep our community’s ways of loving alive for generations to come.
