Stop AAPI Hate | The Blame Game: How Political Rhetoric Inflames Anti-Asian Scapegoating Released during the 2022 midterm elections, this report by Stop AAPI Hate analyzed the harms of scapegoating on Asian and Asian American communities. Spotlighting how political rhetoric has been consistently employed, over decades, to hurt Asian communities, this report also emphasizes the contemporary anti-Chinese rhetoric which results in the targeting of Asian Americans. The report finds that perpetrators of hate acts towards Asian and Asian Americans are repeating rhetoric they hear from candidates and and elected officials blaming China for public health crises, for economic downturns and for national security concerns. Subsequently, it offers recommendations for political candidates, community groups, and individuals who want to put an end to this alarming trend. Read the report below. As a part of the report’s release, Stop AAPI Hate co-founders were joined by Representatives Judy Chu and Grace Meng, and Executive Director of the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund EunSook Lee at a press conference to discuss how candidates can engage in discussions about foreign countries and communities of color without harming the people they are intending to represent. Watch a recording here. Stop-AAPI-Hate-Scapegoating-Report-1Download
ATJ | The Deciding Margin: How AAPI Voters Will Shape the Future of Texas Recognizing the potential power of AAPI voters – the fastest-growing electorate in the country – Asian Texans for Justice (ATJ) commissioned a polling project, the first of its kind from a Texas-based AAPI organization, designed to better understand AAPI voters’ political views and policy preferences. Given the size of the Texas AAPI population as the third highest nationally, this project is also an opportunity to elevate the profile of AAPI voters across the United States. In summer 2022, 2700 likely Texas voters, of which 660 were AAPI voters, in the November 2022 midterm election were surveyed by Change Research, an organization with the mission to provide polling and strategy to organizations and campaigns that share our vision for a more humane, scientific, and just world. Unless otherwise noted, the findings in this report are based on the polling data from Change Research. The purpose of this report is to provide insights from that poll to better inform political candidates, policymakers, organizers, media sources, and the general public about AAPI voters and the importance they play in Texas policy and politics. The data are clear: AAPI voters in Texas are diverse, younger than the general population, dissatisfied with their current representation, and motivated to vote. Read the report below, and access the one pager, poll topline overview, and crosstabs at this link. ATJ_TheDecidingMargin_FINALDownload
CAA | Fake News, Real Consequences: The Growing Threat of Chinese-Language Disinformation Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) produced a report on misinformation and disinformation among Chinese American communities. PiYaoBa-Report-Fake-News-Real-ConsequencesDownload
NAL | State of New American Representation: State Legislatures in 2022 This report continues the work first presented in the State of Representation 2020, created by New American Leaders as the first documented research examining immigrant representation in state legislatures by ethnicity, political party, and gender. Following an extensive data review and feedback from New American policy makers, this new report presents five recommendations that will not only help close the representation gap for New Americans and other underrepresented groups, but improve representation and policies for all communities. Read the press release at this link and see the report below: State-of-Representation-2022-New-American-LeadersDownload
Stop AAPI Hate | 2 Years and 1000s of Voices: What Community-Generated Data Tells Us About Anti-AAPI Hate Chinese for Affirmative Action, AAPI Equity Alliance (formerly the Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council), and San Francisco State University’s Asian American Studies Department launched the Stop AAPI Hate reporting center on March 19, 2020. The report looks at the nearly 11,500 hate acts reported to the Stop AAPI Hate reporting center between March 19, 2020 and March 31, 2022, and includes findings from a 2021 national survey Stop AAPI Hate conducted in partnership with Edelman Data & Intelligence. Key findings of Two Years and Thousands of Voices include: Non-criminal incidents comprise the vast majority of the harmful hate acts that AAPI community members experience. Harassment is a major problem. Two in three (67%) of nearly 11,500 incidents involved harassment, such as verbal or written hate speech or inappropriate gestures. AAPI individuals who are also female, non-binary, LGBTQIA+, and/or elderly experience hate acts that target them for more than one of their identities at once. One in three (32%) parents who participated in the Stop AAPI Hate/Edelman Data & Intelligence survey were concerned about their child being a victim of anti-AAPI hate or discrimination in unsupervised spaces and on the way to school. Hate happens everywhere — in both large cities and small towns, in AAPI enclaves and in places where AAPI communities are few and far between. The report also lays out Stop AAPI Hate’s approach to addressing anti-AAPI hate: education equity, community-driven safety solutions and civil rights expansion. Read the press release at this link and see the full report below. 22-SAH-NationalReport-July-F
Pew Research Center | What It Means To Be Asian in America In the fall of 2021, Pew Research Center undertook the largest focus group study it had ever conducted – 66 focus groups with 264 total participants – to hear Asian Americans talk about their lived experiences in America. The focus groups were organized into 18 distinct Asian ethnic origin groups, fielded in 18 languages and moderated by members of their own ethnic groups. Because of the pandemic, the focus groups were conducted virtually, allowing us to recruit participants from all parts of the United States. This approach allowed the Pew Research Center to hear a diverse set of voices – especially from less populous Asian ethnic groups whose views, attitudes and opinions are seldom presented in traditional polling. The approach also allowed it to explore the reasons behind people’s opinions and choices about what it means to belong in America, beyond the preset response options of a traditional survey. You can view the additional 30-minute video documentary produced below. See the data essay written by Pew Research Center, and read what participants had to say in their own words at this link.
AAPI Fund | Police Reform Policy Brief In this policy brief, civil rights attorney Je Yon Jung writes about the intersections of the Black-led movement against police brutality and the critical role that AAPIs must play in uniting for police reform. The piece explores the historical underpinnings of policing and the pathway to policing in the United States today. It demystifies the legal and practical basis for the enduring lack of police accountability in courtrooms and our society and why the movement to “defund the police” is not as radical as some believe. 2022-police-report
APM Research Lab | MN’s Diverse Communities: Perceptions of Policing On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was murdered by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin while in police custody. His death was a catalyst for large-scale protests throughout Minnesota and far beyond that lead to renewed scrutiny of how the state’s police interact with people of color and calls for broad transformation to policing and the criminal justice system. But it was a moment that made clear, too, that not all Minnesotans experience the same Minnesota. This report is the first of several APM Research Lab will issue in coming weeks from the Minnesota’s Diverse Communities Survey, conducted from April 26 to June 14, 2021, in close proximity to the much-publicized trial of Derek Chauvin, which concluded on April 20th. Among other topics, the survey asked Minnesotans about their attitudes toward and experiences with the state’s police force and criminal justice system. Findings from this part of the survey are summarized below with additional detail available in a longer report on the subject. Click here to access the report, graphics drawn from the survey, key findings, and to leave a comment.
AAPCHO COVID-19 Resource Hub VISIT THE RESOURCE HUB HERE! Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) is continuously monitoring (COVID-19) alerts and information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and other health agencies across the United States and its territories. This page will be updated frequently with tailored resources for community health centers covering the COVID-19 vaccines, multilingual and culturally appropriate materials for Asian American (AA), Native Hawaiian (NH), and Pacific Islander (PI) communities, resources to address anti-Asian racism, public health considerations, and other public health considerations. Resources Include: COVID-19 Vaccine, Multilingual and Culturally Appropriate Materials, Resources for Health Centers, Addressing Anti-Asian Racism, Cultural Humility, and Public Health Considerations If you have questions, would you like to contribute resources to this page, and/or require technical assistance, please email [email protected]. COVID-19 Resource Hub
EPIC | Pacific Islander COVID-19 Response Team EPIC is an active member of both the National and Southern CA Pacific Islander COVID-19 Response Teams. You can find more information and resources by visiting this website. The Pacific Islander COVID-19 Response Team is a national group of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) researchers, health experts, community leaders and advocates formed to plan and implement infrastructure for informing and supporting families and communities about COVID-19. The National Lead for the team is Dr. Raynald Samoa and the Technical Assistance Lead is Dr. Nia Aitaoto. The Pacific Islander Center of Primary Care Excellence is the convening organization for the Response Team. A list and names of the National Focus committee, as well as the names and contact information for the different regional leads for California (Northern and Southern), Washington state (King and Pierce County), Utah, Arkansas, Oregon and Hawaii is included below.