A Message of Solidarity with the AAPI Community
It is time to learn and take action. Below are some resources to get us started.
Resources for Asian Pacific Islanders:
- Asian Mental Health Collective: https://www.asianmhc.org/
- Asian Solidarity Collective: https://www.asiansolidaritycollective.org/
- Asian American Alliance of Marin: https://aaamarin.org/about/
- Racial Trauma Took Kit: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/lynch-school/sites/isprc/isprc-advisory-board.html
- Stop AAPI Hate: https://stopaapihate.org/
Resources for Allies:
- Bystander Intervention (Stop anti-asian hate/ xenophobic harrasment) Training by Asian American Advancing for Justice and Hollaback 3/29/2021 https://www.ihollaback.org/event/bystander-intervention-stop-anti-asian-american-harassment-xenophobia/
- Stop AAPI Hate: https://stopaapihate.org/
Ways to Get Involved:
- Support local Asian owned businesses
- Attend SRJC’s Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month (more info to come) https://arts-lectures.santarosa.edu/
- Erika Lee’s A&L Lecture—May 6 (A leading scholar in Asian American Studies) https://arts-lectures.santarosa.edu/
- We the Future—April 16 (Includes a panel on Anti-Asian Violence) https://wethefuture.santarosa.edu/
- Kealoha Pisciotta—Aloha: The Art of Love in War https://events.santarosa.edu/womens-history-month
- Attend events planned for Asian Pacific Islander History Month https://intercultural.santarosa.edu/APIhm
- Volunteer at local organizations
- Stay informed/ Learn history:
- The Chinese Exclusion Act: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/chinese-exclusion-act/
- The Injustice of Japanese-American Internment Camps Resonates Strongly to This Day: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/injustice-japanese-americans-internment-camps-resonates-strongly-180961422/
- How the Fetishization of Asian Women Leads to Violence: https://womensmediacenter.com/fbomb/how-the-fetishization-of-asian-women-leads-to-violence
- For those looking for immediate ways to get involved, New York Magazine has put together a list of numerous Asian/Pacific Islander American community organizations from around the country where you can donate your time or money: https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-to-help-asian-communities-2021.html.
- Recent articles from The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/search?query=anti-Asian+violence
Books
- Minor Feelings Cathy Park Hong
- America is in the Heart Carlos Bulosan
- No-No Boy John Okada
- Freedom Dreams Robin D.G. Kelley
- Asian Settler Colonialism Candance Fujikane
- The Making of Asian America Erika Lee
- “The Racial Triangulation of Asian Americans” article by Claire Jean Kim
- Contagious Divides: Epidemics and Race in San Francisco’s Chinatown Nyan Shah
- Asian Americans and the Media Kent Ono
- Interior Chinatown Charles Yu
- Strangers from a Different Shore Ron Takaki
- The Woman Warrior Maxine Hong Kingston
- The Melancholy of Race Anne Cheng
Sourced from a join statement by:
SRJC Asian Pacific Islander Staff Association