Resources for allyship and combating anti-Asian violence

The recent rise in anti-Asian violence has called our team in to recommit to our anti-racism journey, and to be intentional in creating visibility and support for the Asian community.

To start, members of our DEI council and Affinity Groups (ERGs) put together a list of resources to educate our team, provide resources to our community, and encourage active and ongoing allyship for the Asian community.

📖  Read

• There were 3,800 anti-Asian racist incidents, mostly against women, in past year, by Kimmy Yam
• America’s long history of scapegoating its Asian citizens, by Nina Strochlic 
• Asian Americans Experience 'Far More' Hate Incidents Than Numbers Indicate, by H.J. Mai
• The Muddled History of Anti-Asian Violence, by Hua Hsu 
• On Anti-Asian Hate Crimes: Who Is Our Real Enemy?, by Michelle Kim
• Guide to Bystander Intervention, by Hollaback
• Understanding Intergenerational Trauma and Anti-Racism by Georgina Quach
• ‘Model Minority’ myth used as a racial wedge, by Kat Chow 
• Exploring Asian American Identity, by Kisha Ravi
• “Minor Feelings” And the Possibilities of Asian-American Identity, by Jia Tolentino

🎧  Listen

• Stories Shed Light On Recent Attacks On Asian Americans, on All Things Considered
• ‍The surge of anti-asian violence, on Today Explained
• ‍Combatting anti-asian violence in Oakland, Here & Now
• ‍On the rising tide of anti-asian violence, Culturally Relevant with David Chen
• ‍When xenophobia spreads like a virus, Code Switch
• ‍We Hear You - harms of racism and xenophobia, Self Evident Show

🎥  Watch

• Addressing Anti-Asian Violence
• The Rise of ‘Dehumanizing’ Anti-Asian Racism in the U.S., Asia Society
• Asian Americans, PBS

🌱  Support + donate

Donate to:

• Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta is the first and only nonprofit legal advocacy organization dedicated to protecting the civil rights of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) in Georgia and the Southeast.
• The Asian American Feminist Collective seeks to address the multi-dimensional ways Asian/American people confront systems of power at the intersections of race, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, migration history, citizenship and immigration status. 
• Red Canary Song (for Asian & migrant sex workers) centers basebuilding with migrant workers through a labor rights framework and mutual aid. 
• The National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association helps provide affordable care, translate resources and cultural competency for professionals
• Send Chinatown Love, which supports restaurants, many of which are immigrant-run and cash-only and so were rejected for government aid
• The Asian Mental Health Collective aspires to normalize and de-stigmatize mental health within the Asian community and make mental health services easily available, approachable, and accessible to Asian communities worldwide.

Petition to:

• Get mainstream news coverage of national elderly Asian American assaults
• Provide Safety Ambassadors & prevent Hate Crimes on elderly in San Francisco Chinatown
• End Hate Crimes against Asian Americans 

Report hate crimes to:

• Stop AAPI Hate  

Volunteer (remotely or in person)

• Oakland Chinatown Coalition
• The National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association helps provide affordable care, translate resources and cultural competency for professionals

💜  Resources for the Asian community

• Healing spaces for the Asian community by Modern Health hosts “therapist-led Circles, designed to address anti-Asian racism that has grown since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic.”
• Asians for Mental Health on Instagram has a comment thread of therapists willing to provide reduced/free sessions to the Asian community. 
• Inclusive Therapist matches you with licensed therapists and counselors who identify as Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi Americans. 
• Asian Leaders Alliance: connect with other Asian-identifying ERG leaders and allies and engage through community service and works.