By Patricia Eng of Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) and Eric Stegman of Native Americans in Philanthropy
Published in the Chronicle of Philanthropy (03.17.21)
Months of escalating violence against Asian Americans came to a head on March 16th in Atlanta when a white gunman shot and killed eight people, including six Asian American women. In the wake of this horrific attack, the leaders of Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) and Native Americans in Philanthropy issued a call for philanthropy to take action to stop this violence and hate against AAPI communities. The authors say that grantmakers can use the power of their voice and their dollars to make a difference, and should take this opportunity to stand up by investing in — and valuing — the diversity of Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. Read the full post here.
Take Action
►Read Stand Up, Speak Up, Let’s Keep Each Other Safe: Stop Asian Hate for guidance on ways that you can take a stand and stop Asian hate in your community today (via the City of Philadelphia's Office of Immigrant Affairs and Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion)
AAPIP's Call for Solidarity and Collective Action: Asian American Philanthropy Letter of Intention
MORE ANTI-AAPI HATE RESOURCES
- Advancing Equity for AAPI Communities: Results and Recommendations from a Landscape Study of Asian American and Pacific Islander Organizations - July 2021 (Urban Institute)
- Invisible Ink: Media Representation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders - May 2021 (Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA), Asian American and Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy, and the Pew Research Center)
- Art As Medicine: Building Solidarity in and with Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Communities - An #ArtistResource Conversation
- Seeking to Soar: Foundation Funding for Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities (Asian American and Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy)
- AAPIP Resource Directory to Combat Increased Anti-Asian Violence in the Wake of COVID-19 (Asian American and Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy)
- Stop AAPI Hate
- FACT SHEET: Anti‐Asian Prejudice March 2020 – Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism
- Anti-Asian Violence Resources
For additional anti-racism resources, visit our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion webpage.
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