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March 27, 2020
Asian Americans file hundreds of discrimination complaints to coronavirus reporting center (Sacramento Bee)

Cynthia Choi, Co-Executive Director of Chinese for Affirmative Action, said it is disconcerting to see the rise in hate incidents. “This is only scratching the surface because we haven’t even publicized the site very widely,” she said. While many incidents…

April 1, 2020
Op-Ed: Trump’s racist comments are fueling hate crimes against Asian Americans. Time for state leaders to step in (LA Times)

Russell Jeung is chair of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University, Manjusha P. Kulkarni is executive director of Asian Pacific Planning and Policy Council, Cynthia Choi is executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action published an Op-Ed calling…

April 1, 2020
Asian Americans report rise in racist attacks amid pandemic (PBS Newshour)

As coronavirus has spread across the U.S., so have reports of violence against people of Asian descent, and the FBI warns a surge in hate crimes could be yet to come. These fears have led to the creation of a…

April 2, 2020
U.S. Census moves outreach online ahead of August deadline (Fox KTVU)

Outreach has been happening for months in multiple languages, according to Hong Mei Pang with Chinese for Affirmative Action. She said the coronavirus has thrown a wrench in their plans, but they were able to move outreach activities online.

April 2, 2020
CA Sen. Kamala Harris condemns anti-Asian attacks, doubles down on protections for front-liners (Asian Journal)

The STOP AAPI HATE Reporting Center — an initiative founded by the Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council (A3PCON), Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) and San Francisco Asian American Studies Department — said that over 750 incidents were documented during…

April 2, 2020
Race and Coronavirus: San Francisco Bay Area residents share their stories of hate and new solutions (ABC 7)

CAA Co-Executive Director Cynthia Choi participates in a panel discussion to discuss the #StopAAPI Campaign and related COVID-19 racial discrimination and hate.

April 4, 2020
Asian Americans use social media to mobilize against attacks (AP)

To that end, the California-based groups Chinese for Affirmative Action and the Asian Pacific Planning and Policy Council set up a hate reporting center last month. New York’s attorney general also launched a hotline. “We kind of just knew from history this…

April 2, 2020
美國人口普查在8月截止前將舉行線上拓展參與活動(Fox KTVU 新聞)

華人權益促進會的政策倡導主任馮弘美表示,華促會人口普查的線上拓展活動已經進行了好幾個月了。盡管新冠疫情給人口普查工作帶來了新的挑戰,但目前的線上拓展和協助工作都正在有條不紊的展開。

March 28, 2020
‘They look at me and think I’m some kind of virus’: What it’s like to be Asian during the coronavirus pandemic (USA Today)

Cynthia Choi, co-director of Chinese for Affirmative Action, one of the organizations that launched the website, acknowledged that the online reporting does not guard against fictitious reports and online trolls. But she said the reports show clear similarities in the…

March 26, 2020
Asian San Franciscans reporting spike in hateful attacks (SF Examiner)

While this new website has been in the news a bit this past week, these numbers are new: In the broader U.S., more than 550 incidents have been reported to the STOP AAPI HATE Reporting Center in the same period,…

March 27, 2020
Asian Americans Report Hundreds of Racist Incidents in Less Than Two Weeks (Colorlines)

More than 650 reports of discrimination, mainly against Asian Americans, have been shared with Stop AAPI Hate, an online incident reporting site created by the Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council (A3PCON) and Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), since A3PCON launched the form on March 18, according to NBC News in a March 26 report. 

March 26, 2020
‘Rona and Racism: A Survival Guide (KQED)

Cynthia Choi – “Trump didn’t invent, you know, anti-Asian sentiment. He’s merely perpetuating a longstanding stereotype and racist tropes about Asian Americans that have existed since we migrated to this country. And that is of being diseases, of being unhygienic…