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The Southeast Asian Anti-Racism Toolkit

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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.

Letters for Black Lives

Letters for Black Lives is an open letter project on anti-Blackness.

Letters for Black Lives is a set of crowdsourced, multilingual, and culturally-aware resources aimed at creating a space for open and honest conversations about racial justice, police violence, and anti-Blackness in our families and communities.”

“We began as a group of Asian Americans and Canadians writing an intergenerational letter to voice our concerns and support for the Black community. We have since grown to include other immigrant groups and communities of color. Our goal is to listen, support, and amplify the message of Black Lives Matter within our communities.”

“We encourage people from all communities to adapt and build off of these resources.”

Visit the website at https://lettersforblacklives.com/

SEAD | COVID-19 Resource Hub

SEAD acknowledges that this current pandemic feels all too familiar to many in our Southeast Asian communities. We’re living in trying times that are uncertain, complicated, and heavy. Yet it’s not without forgetting the lessons of resiliency and perseverance that have passed down to us from our past and present ancestors. We’re grateful to pave ways to grow social empowerment ecosystems through cultural organizing, critical language, and just storytelling. SEAD’s commitment to the Southeast Asian diaspora still remains our core focus and in that spirit, we’re offering ways to pivot towards more innovative ways to do healing-centered and strategy-based storytelling.

Visit their resources page here

In-Language Resources – The two most important things to remember during this pandemic are 1) Stay home and 2) Stop the spread. Physical distancing (while still being digitally social) and staying home are critical to stop the spread of coronavirus. Share these key messages with your Burmese, Hmong, Karen, Khmer, Lao, and Vietnamese communities.

 

CPACS | COVID Multilingual Community Resources

This resource was created to provide information about COVID-19 (coronavirus) to Georgia’s AAPI and immigrant communities. Resources have been collected from various national, state, and local agencies and organizations and reviewed by CPACS staff to provide in-language and culturally competent information. 

Check out the resources Google Drive here

If there are any issues and concerns, please contact [email protected]. We thank you for your support during this time.

CPACS is a nonprofit located in Atlanta, Georgia. Our mission is to promote self-sufficiency and equity for immigrants, refugees, and the underprivileged through comprehensive health and social services, capacity building, and advocacy. 

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AAPI FORCE-EF | Statement & Resources for Community Care

As we’re facing a once-in-a-generation crisis with the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s more important now than ever to center human connections and be a part of a movement for community care. This means that while we are experiencing physical distance from our communities, the compassion and love we have for each other remains strong.

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Resources in the article include: ways to show love, resources for undocumented Californians, resources to help with labor issues, and resources in English and other languages to share about COVID-19.

This is the time to come together — not physically, but through our actions. Community care doesn’t just look like participating in mutual aid or donating funds — it also looks like adhering to physical distancing regulations. By exchanging a trip to the gym or a night out with friends for a quiet night in or a celebration via video chat, we are actively working against the spread of the virus. We are all capable of contracting and spreading the virus, but we are also all capable of keeping our communities safe. We will do our part to prevent the spread of COVID-19. We will demand that our government protect not just us, but the most vulnerable in our community. Even if we’re not out on the streets protesting, we are still looking out for each other and fighting for justice.

AAPIs For Civic Empowerment-Education Fund (AAPI FORCE-EF) is an alliance of community organizations building the political power of working class AAPIs in CA.

NAPAWF*NYC | Multilingual BLM Materials

As a pan-Asian organization, NAPAWF*NYC understands the complications in communicating with our family and friends who have different language abilities, represent different generational identities, and have varying understandings of racial analysis. 

This is a crowdsourced repository of materials in Asian & Pacific Islander diasporic languages we can all use to navigate difficult discussions about Black Lives Matter, anti-blackness, American history, and police/state-sanctioned violence with our families and communities. 

Visit their document here

SEARC | Solidarity Resource Hub

Inspired by the important work Southeast Asian American, Asian American, and Pacific Islander leaders are spearheading to move our communities in support of Black leadership, we are proud to launch a Solidarity Resource Hub that highlights their impactful work and ways we can all get involved.

“As a national civil rights organization, SEARAC stands together with the Black community in pursuit of social equity,” said Quyen Dinh, executive director of SEARAC. “Our own paths to equity are only possible through the historic civil rights forged by Black struggle and leaders, and it is with deep gratitude that many of our SEAA leaders and young people are following in the leadership of Black leaders, continuing the important legacy of fighting for a socially, politically, and economically just society where all our communities can thrive.”

Included in this hub are difficult conversations that SEAA and AAPI leaders are holding across the country to address anti-Blackness in our communities and educate about structural racism. There are also anti-racism toolkits, trainings, and protest and advocacy tips to connect our community with solidarity support resources and in-language materials.

Table of Contents

  1. Articles
  2. Organizational statements
  3. SEAA-led community conversations
  4. Protesting tips
  5. Take action
  6. Lessons from history

View the resources at https://www.searac.org/seaa-resources-for-solidarity-with-blm/

SEAD | SEA Solidarity Resource Hub

It’s time to get comfortable with discomfort. A time to uplift Black voices. Time to physically rebuild and internally reconstruct mindsets.

With the death of George Floyd as a result of unjust police brutality and the destruction of Minneapolis at the hands of white suprematists, SEAD will continue to center Justice for George Floyd. We understand conversations and activism are difficult to navigate at first. We’re here to help guide you through those moments.

We will provide helpful resources to discuss anti-Black racism within your circles. We are also working collectively with our community to share communal aid and events for SEA solidarity with Black Lives Matter.

This list will be updated on a regular basis. Visit their resources for SEA solidarity at https://www.theseadproject.org/resources/sea-solidarity/

 

APANO | COVID-19 Resource Hub

Since mid-March, APANO has shifted and re-aligned their work to address and advocate for community needs during these challenging times. They have tried to respond to the most pressing needs by hearing from our community, while also leaning into our core area of advocacy work to shape our collective response to COVID-19. The resources on APANO website include:

  • Guide to COVID-19 Resources including food, mental health, general updates, and more
  • Resources and agencies related to housing, food, legal aid, financial services, and others for WA County
  • Resources in multiple languages for current health advisories on COVID-19
  • Courage During COVID is a series of stories of APIs in Oregon showing courage in this time
  • APANO’s Small Business Support and Advising Program
  • Oregon Worker Relief Fund