Our hearts break for the victims of the Indianapolis shooting, four of whom were members of the Sikh community, in a facility known for its large Sikh workforce. This is a moment of intense pain for the Sikh community, which has too often been the target of bigotry. 1/2 https://t.co/nzDClBaOA8
Join us this afternoon for a conversation about racism and the coronavirus pandemic featuring Dr. Russell Jeung of SFSU and Stop AAPI Hate and Kim Dionne of UC Riverside. Sign up at https://t.co/oYkFeO0pdy#StopAAPIHatehttps://t.co/lm63aUBccP
Tomorrow I will have the honor of sharing space with Russell Jeung, Professor & Chair in the Asian American Studies Department at @SFSU, and a force behind the work by @StopAAPIHate.
Register & join the Zoom webinar Tuesday 4:30pm EDT/1:30pm PDT.
🔗: https://t.co/NtDJ2Ym1GQhttps://t.co/NY4Qef4Piu
Stop AAPI Hate's Russell Jeung to @Anya1Anya for @NPR: "Concern about the pandemic, plus the concern over the racism that their kids may experience on the way to school or within the classroom are both major issues to sending your kid back to school." https://t.co/KdTDvRgT1G
Today, Stop AAPI Hate founding organization @A3PCON hosed @GavinNewsom at a roundtable event about the challenges facing AAPI communities, including access to life-sustaining benefits, public health disparities, and the sharp rise of anti-AAPI hate incidents.
✊🏽 Strengthen civil rights: advocating for stronger federal civil rights laws that address discrimination in public accommodations — the businesses where we shop and eat. (5/6)
✊🏼 Teach ethnic studies: uplifting the voices, influential figures, and histories of marginalized communities through ethnic studies programs in schools. (4/6)
✊ Empower first responders: building a strong civil rights infrastructure by funding community-based organizations, which are often the first responders to hate incidents. (3/6)
#StopAAPIHate is more than just a rallying cry. It is a call for meaningful change to civil rights infrastructure, to community investments, to school curriculum. Here are four steps we can take to address the drivers of hate. (1/6)
In just a few minutes, CAA Co-Executive Director @CynthiaChoi1, representing @StopAAPIHate, will offer testimony at a @SFBOS hearing on the rise of anti-Asian violence. Tune in on SFGOV-TV Cable 26,on or visit https://t.co/RaTsrgWjI3.
Tomorrow at 3PM PT, join @CAAM (and special guests including @CynthiaChoi1) for an early screening of Ursula Liang's thought-provoking film Down a Dark Stairwell, about the 2014 murder of #AkaiGurley and the the conviction that followed. Register here: https://t.co/O928GF7RLL
Wednesday: In light of the horrific increase in crimes against Asians and Asian Americans, several UCLA groups are hosting a special discussion event for the UCLA community.
Details: https://t.co/Ic8mldaddU | #StopAsianHatehttps://t.co/IvOmBcklye
In a survey published over the weekend, @NYTimes journalists identified 110 hate incidents with clear evidence of racial motivation, using law enforcement data and media reports from across the country. Read more about their findings in their report here: https://t.co/fHa7NsczeR
“We were getting reports from all over the country while people were living their daily lives and being assaulted, verbally harassed,” Stop AAPI Hate Co-Founder Cynthia Choi says about reporting anti-Asian hate. “We’ve been sounding the alarms... for quite some time now.” https://t.co/rIYAH4tgvs