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Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California – Los Angeles and Advancing Justice – AAJC and applaud House passage of American Dream and Promise Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 22, 2020, Los Angeles,CA –The House passed the American Dream and Promise Act, HR6, which would provide a path to citizenship for DACA recipients, undocumented youth, the children of certain nonimmigrant visa hold2ers, Temporary Protected...
Rise up against AAPI hate & discrimination with Asian American Advancing Justice Los Angeles
Source: KTLA5 Original Article: https://ktla.com/morning-news/rise-up-against-aapi-hate-discrimination-with-asian-american-advancing-justice-los-angeles/ The CEO of Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California, Connie Chung Joe joined us live to discuss the...
Violence has Asian Americans questioning how far they have really come in their American journey
Source: LA Times Original Link: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-17/violence-asian-americans-questioning-how-far-they-have-come-america-journey Phil Yu was not surprised that a white gunman killed eight people, six of them Asian women, at Atlanta-area...
Asian Americans Experience ‘Far More’ Hate Incidents Than Numbers Indicate
Source: NPR Original Article: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/11/975592502/asian-americans-experience-far-more-hate-incidents-than-numbers-indicate A surge in anti-Asian attacks reported since the start of the pandemic has left Asian Americans across the country scared...
Anti-racism resources to support Asian American, Pacific Islander community
Source: NBC News Experts share resources, guidance, tools and more. In the aftermath of the recent increase in hate crimes and bias incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, many communities are showing their support in various ways, from social...
Asian Americans have often needed to ‘prove’ racism. Then social media video came along.
Source: NBC News Original Article: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asian-americans-have-often-needed-prove-racism-then-social-media-n1258896 Social media has exposed long-standing hatred — and helped Asian Americans organize against it. In Sacramento,...
LA Civil Rights Leaders Tell Police: Give More Support To Targets Of Anti-Asian Hate
Source: LAist Original Article: https://laist.com/news/asian-american-hate-crime-incidents-los-angeles-police In L.A., civil rights leaders are asking the Los Angeles Police Department to provide more support to Asian American people who are the targets of violence...
LA Leaders Say Police Must Do A Better Job Of Handling Anti-Asian Hate Crimes
Source: LAist Original Article: https://laist.com/news/asian-hate-incidents-crimes-violence-la-civil-rights-lapd-ktown Early in the pandemic in Los Angeles, an elderly Korean woman who'd been verbally harassed and pelted with rocks in Koreatown went to her local...
Hate crimes against Asian Americans rose in L.A. in 2020, mirroring national trend
Source: LA Times Original Article: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-02/lapd-officials-community-advocates-say-hate-crimes-against-asian-americans-on-rise-in-l-a-mirroring-national-trend Hate crimes against Asian Americans and other members of the...
LAPD Reports Doubling of Anti-Asian Hate Incidents in 2020
Source: NBC Los Angeles Original Article: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/lapd-reports-doubling-of-anti-asian-hate-incidents-in-2020/2537378/ New hate crime data from the Los Angeles Police Department shows the number of anti-Asian crime reports rose...