APANO Responds to Tragedy in Atlanta

APANO unites Asians and Pacific Islanders to build power, develop leaders, and advance equity through organizing, advocacy, community development, and cultural work. We envision a just world where Asians and Pacific Islanders and communities who share our aspirations and struggles have the power, resources, and voice to determine our own futures, and where we work in solidarity to drive political, social, economic, and cultural change. Learn more at www.apano.org.

How you can help:
Donate.. All donations will go directly to support the victims and their families and to support crisis intervention across the Asian American community.

Here are more ways to support efforts in Georgia.

AAU | Dismantling Anti-Blackness in the Asian Community

“We must look further. We must dismantle our history of economic inequity and racism.”

Visit this document for resources on dismantling Anti-Blackness in the Asian Community.

Vist this document for the full statement, resources to learn more and action items.

Sign the petition for Christian Hall

Visit this doc for our full statement, resources to learn more, and action items:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ldXQTx5ZcaOt6gIUihfp1slNM1h5uunthlFWvjkmMN4/edit

Posted by Asian Americans United on Thursday, March 4, 2021

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SEARAC In-Language Voter Guides – 2020 Election

September 22, 2020 is National Voter Registration Day, and SEARAC is excited to celebrate the occasion with the launch of our 2020 Presidential Election Voter Guide now available with written and audio translations in: Hmong, Khmer, Lao, Mien, and Vietnamese. (Note: We are still finalizing the Lao formatted voter guide, but the plain text version is currently available in Lao.)

Asian Americans represent the fast-growing segment of the general electorate out of all major racial and ethnic groups in the United States. According to our friends at APIAVote, more than 11 million Asian Americans, or 5% of the country’s eligible voters, will be able to cast a vote in the upcoming election. Furthermore, once completing their voter registration, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have comparable turnout rates compared to other communities. Yet, one of the largest hurdles to our communities’ civic participation is voter registration.

“According to the 2010 census, the Southeast Asian American community stands at 2.7 million strong, and we can translate our communities’ growing numbers into political strength by breaking down cultural barriers that stand in the way of civic engagement,” said Alyssa Tulabut, Senior Field Manager at SEARAC. “We have the power to hold our elected officials accountable and to bring in leadership who will show up for refugee and immigrant communities. It is our hope that with these written and audio translations of our voter guide, you, your loved ones, and your communities feel empowered to make an informed vote on Election Day, or before if you are voting early.”

Written and audio translations are available by clicking below:

Vietnamese Terms for Addressing Anti-Blackness

A PDF guide with Vietnamese terms for addressing anti-Blackness. Words and phrases that are translated into Vietnamese include ally, racial discrimination, anti-racism, POC, oppression, systemic racism, protester, racial conflict, racial equity, empathy, unity, justice, equality, and community.

View the entire PDF here

Viet History Resources

A PDF with resources on Vietnamese history with recommendations of reading and teaching materials, journals, plays, films, and others.

View the guide here

The Southeast Asian Anti-Racism Toolkit

View the entire toolkit here

As Southeast Asians, we stand with Black Lives Matter and reject white supremacy, Anti-Blackness, and racist US state violence–police, prisons, military, cages at the border–against Black and Brown people.

This SOUTHEAST ASIAN ANTIRACISM TOOLKIT is designed to help our community take on the work and hard conversations needed to heal anti-Blackness and racism. We benefit from and owe a huge debt — past and ongoing — to Black people fighting for change. Healing these systems is also urgent work if we want the Southeast Asian community to thrive in this country.

This is a crowdsourced, living document, viewable by all with trusted, tightly curated content to ensure content aligns with values and the expertise of Southeast Asian leaders fighting for racial justice. Made for and by everyday people who love our people deeply and care about social justice.