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. …

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…

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.…

[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.…

“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…

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

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…

“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.…

“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.”…

Vincent Pan, co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action, said his organization has tried to make sure that the community is not panicking over the coronavirus. “People are really suffering and dying across the world, and I think one of…

Co-Executive Director Vincent Pan appears on Full Circle with Anderson Cooper to discuss anti-Asian discrimination as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak.…

“If you are already conditioned to fear China or Chinese people, this gives you another reason,” said Vincent Pan, co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action, a civil rights organization in San Francisco that has called on California agencies to…

Hong Mei Pang, advocacy director of Chinese for Affirmative Action, which is in San Francisco’s Chinatown, stressed that the coronavirus is a health issue, and shouldn’t be associated with one ethnic group or another. “We urge everybody to maintain the…