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March 25, 2020

Asian Americans Report Increase in Racism, Xenophobia During Coronavirus Pandemic (Inside Edition)

In experiencing racism and xenophobia, Chen is far from alone. The San Francisco-based Chinese for Affirmative Action organization, along with the Asian Pacific Planning and Policy Council and the San Francisco Asian American Studies Department, recently launched an online reporting center to document alleged…

March 23, 2020

Website documents anti-Asian discrimination amid coronavirus crisis (The Hill)

The Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council (A3PCON) and Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) launched the reporting center as they say Asian Americans have faced increased discrimination as many blame China for the coronavirus outbreak.…

March 23, 2020

Coronavirus: Leaders, Asian Community, Hollywood Call Out Anti-Asian Attacks, Discrimination

Assemblymember [David Chiu] is also chair of the California Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus. It joined the Asian Pacific Planning and Policy Council, Chinese for Affirmative Action and San Francisco State University Asian American Studies Department to launch the “Stop…

March 23, 2020

Coronavirus: Attacks against Asian Americans reported in Bay Area and beyond (Eastbay Times)

Cynthia Choi, co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action, is part of a coalition that has started tracking attacks against Asian Americans related to the coronavirus epidemic. They launched their tracker on Thursday and within 24 hours had more than…

March 26, 2020

Surging anti-Asian hate crimes being tracked during coronavirus pandemic: “Things are getting very physical” (CBS)

In California, the Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council and the Chinese for Affirmative Action launched their website Stop AAPI Hate last week in response to growing news reports about hate crimes and discrimination targeting Asian-Americans. …

March 21, 2020

Coronavirus: Attacks against Asian Americans reported in Bay Area and beyond (San Jose Mercury News)

To track and better respond to such incidents, which include microaggressions and online attacks, San Francisco-based Chinese for Affirmative Action worked with Asian American Planning and Policy Council, known as A3PCON, and the San Francisco State University Asian American Studies…

March 20, 2020

Nonprofits launch site for Asian Americans to report coronavirus-related racism (NBC News)

The collected data will also allow the organizations to figure out the scope of discrimination nationwide and determine the best solutions from there, CAA Co-Executive Director Cynthia Choi said.…

March 19, 2020

Online reporting center launched to track coronavirus-related hate crimes (Sacramento Bee)

[The form] also allows the organizations to assess the extent and magnitude of these incidents and to develop strategic interventions, said Cynthia Choi, co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action, in a news release.…

March 19, 2020

Coronavirus: Asian American groups compile hate crime reports as Trump persists in ‘Chinese virus’ attacks (SF Chronicle)

“First and foremost, we want community members to know they are not alone; they can speak out and help stop the spread of bigotry,” said Cynthia Choi, the co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action. “Secondly, the collected data will…

March 18, 2020

Asian Americans Report Rise in Assaults Amid Virus (MSNBC)

Co-Executive Director Cynthia Choi appears on MSNBC to talk about rising xenophobia as a result of the Coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic…

March 13, 2020

Coronavirus impact: Asian community fighting racism, xenophobia, bigotry as world fights COVID-19 (ABC 7)

Vincent Pan, Co-Executive Director of Chinese for Affirmative Action believes it is during times like the coronavirus outbreak that there needs to be specific measures in place about bullying. “[…] to make sure government agencies are set up with a…

March 6, 2020

Bay Area Asian-American Leaders: Billions of Dollars at Stake in 2020 Census (NBC Bay Area)

“The census is the linchpin of our democracy,” said Hong Mei Pang, director of advocacy for Chinese for Affirmative Action, a 50-year-old civil rights and social justice organization that hosted the event along with Ethnic Media Services.…

February 29, 2020

‘Fight the virus, not the people!’ SF Chinese-American leaders protest xenophobia following COVID-19 outbreak (ABC7 News)

“We are here to fight two viruses. Coronavirus. But we are also here to fight bigotry,” said Vincent Pan, Chinese for Affirmative Action co-executive director. “Part of the root cause is misunderstanding, which leads to fear, which leads to hate.”…

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