WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY
It is with heavy hearts that we mourn the murders of six Asian women at three spas in Atlanta, along with two other fatalities and one injury, in the shootings that occurred on March 16th, 2021. We say their names here: Daoyou Feng, Suncha Kim, Hyun Jung Kim, Soon Chung Park, and acknowledge the women whose families would like to protect the identities of their loved ones.
This heinous act is, tragically, only the latest in a string of hate incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders across our country. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been a troubling rise in racist harassment and violence against AAPI communities. We acknowledge:
These statistics are quoted from the 2020-2021 Stop AAPI Hate National Report (March 2021) which can be accessed here.
NCWCA’s mission is to create community through art, education, and social activism. Hate and bigotry have no place in our organization. We condemn these racist, violent acts in the strongest possible terms and encourage our members to do so as well. We stand in solidarity with the AAPI community and with all those who suffer from fear, harassment, and violence.
In honor of all those hurt by this tragedy, and to help our members take concrete action against racial injustice, we offer the list of resources below. There is much work to do in confronting and interrupting these acts of hatred, and the time to self-educate and act is now.
On behalf of NCWCA, we send our deepest condolences to those who knew and loved the victims and also to the entire AAPI community.
In Community and Partnership,
NCWCA Board
Sawyer Rose | President
Priscilla Otani | Vice President
Sandra Yagi | Treasurer
Namita Paul | Board Secretary
Marguerite Elliot | Membership Chair
Elizabeth Addison | Exhibition Chair
Angela Han | Communications Chair
Jennifer Jigour | Professional Development Chair
Bianca Lago | Board Director
Tanya Augsburg | Art Historian in Residence
SUPPORT AAPI COMMUNITIES RESOURCES
Donate
Asian Americans Advancing Justice: https://secure.donationpay.org/aajc/
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum: https://www.napawf.org/donate
Stop AAPI Hate: https://donate.givedirect.org/?cid=14711
News, Articles, Reports
ABC News: “Who is Making Asian American Pacific Islander History in 2021: The GMA Inspiration List”
Boston Globe: “Asked in a Poll to Name a Prominent Asian American, the top answer was ‘don’t know.’ Wake up, America”
LA Times: “Coronavirus reminds Asian Americans belonging is conditional”
NBC: “Racism, Sexism Must Be Considered in Atlanta Case Involving Killing of Six Asian Women”
New York Times: “What this Wave of Anti-Asian Violence Reveals about America”
The Atlantic: “Why This Wave of Anti-Asian Racism Feels Different”
The Conversation: “Racism is behind anti-Asian American Violence, even when it's not a hate crime”
The Washington Post: “The long, ugly history of anti-Asian racism and violence in the US”
Websites
Asian Pacific Heritage Month: https://asianpacificheritage.gov/
Asian Americans Advancing Justice: https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/covid19
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum: https://www.napawf.org/
PBS: https://www.pbs.org/specials/asian-pacific-american-heritage-month/
Stop AAPI Hate: https://stopaapihate.org/reports/
Organizations in the Bay Area that celebrate and bring awareness to AAPI communities and experiences
41 Ross: https://www.41ross.org/
API Cultural Center (US Asian American Festival): https://www.apiculturalcenter.org/
Asian Art Museum: https://asianart.org/
Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA): https://www.aawaa.net/
Asian Pacific Environmental Network: https://apen4ej.org/
Balay Kreative: https://balaykreative.com/
Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour: https://www.berkeleysouthasian.org/
Bindlestiff Studio: https://www.bindlestiffstudio.org/
Chinatown Community Development Center: https://www.chinatowncdc.org/
Chinese Historical Society of America: https://chsa.org/
Chinese Cultural Center: https://www.cccsf.us/
Compassion in Oakland: https://compassioninoakland.org/
Gamelan Sekar Jaya: https://www.gsj.org/
Kearny Street Workshop: https://www.kearnystreet.org/
Manilatown Heritage Foundation: https://manilatown.org/
Oakland Asian Cultural Center: https://oacc.cc/
Oakland Chinatown: https://www.visitoakland.com/things-to-do/neighborhoods/chinatown/
San Francisco Chinatown: http://www.sanfranciscochinatown.com/
San Francisco Japantown: https://www.sfjapantown.org/
*Please note that this is an evolving list of resources. If you would like to suggest a resource/s, please reach out to Angela at angela@ncwca.org.
This heinous act is, tragically, only the latest in a string of hate incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders across our country. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been a troubling rise in racist harassment and violence against AAPI communities. We acknowledge:
- Between March 2020 – February 2021, Stop AAPI Hate received 3,795 reports of anti-Asian hate incidents.
- 68% of the incidents were reported by women. Women report incidents 2.3 times more than men.
- People of all races and ethnicities were targeted including Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Filipino, Japanese, Taiwanese, Hmong… Chinese are the largest ethnic group (42.2%) that report experiencing hate, followed by Koreans (14.8%), Vietnamese (8.5%), and Filipinos (7.9%).
- California alone had 1,691 incidents, making up 45% of all reported cases.
These statistics are quoted from the 2020-2021 Stop AAPI Hate National Report (March 2021) which can be accessed here.
NCWCA’s mission is to create community through art, education, and social activism. Hate and bigotry have no place in our organization. We condemn these racist, violent acts in the strongest possible terms and encourage our members to do so as well. We stand in solidarity with the AAPI community and with all those who suffer from fear, harassment, and violence.
In honor of all those hurt by this tragedy, and to help our members take concrete action against racial injustice, we offer the list of resources below. There is much work to do in confronting and interrupting these acts of hatred, and the time to self-educate and act is now.
On behalf of NCWCA, we send our deepest condolences to those who knew and loved the victims and also to the entire AAPI community.
In Community and Partnership,
NCWCA Board
Sawyer Rose | President
Priscilla Otani | Vice President
Sandra Yagi | Treasurer
Namita Paul | Board Secretary
Marguerite Elliot | Membership Chair
Elizabeth Addison | Exhibition Chair
Angela Han | Communications Chair
Jennifer Jigour | Professional Development Chair
Bianca Lago | Board Director
Tanya Augsburg | Art Historian in Residence
SUPPORT AAPI COMMUNITIES RESOURCES
Donate
Asian Americans Advancing Justice: https://secure.donationpay.org/aajc/
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum: https://www.napawf.org/donate
Stop AAPI Hate: https://donate.givedirect.org/?cid=14711
News, Articles, Reports
ABC News: “Who is Making Asian American Pacific Islander History in 2021: The GMA Inspiration List”
Boston Globe: “Asked in a Poll to Name a Prominent Asian American, the top answer was ‘don’t know.’ Wake up, America”
LA Times: “Coronavirus reminds Asian Americans belonging is conditional”
NBC: “Racism, Sexism Must Be Considered in Atlanta Case Involving Killing of Six Asian Women”
New York Times: “What this Wave of Anti-Asian Violence Reveals about America”
The Atlantic: “Why This Wave of Anti-Asian Racism Feels Different”
The Conversation: “Racism is behind anti-Asian American Violence, even when it's not a hate crime”
The Washington Post: “The long, ugly history of anti-Asian racism and violence in the US”
Websites
Asian Pacific Heritage Month: https://asianpacificheritage.gov/
Asian Americans Advancing Justice: https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/covid19
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum: https://www.napawf.org/
PBS: https://www.pbs.org/specials/asian-pacific-american-heritage-month/
Stop AAPI Hate: https://stopaapihate.org/reports/
Organizations in the Bay Area that celebrate and bring awareness to AAPI communities and experiences
41 Ross: https://www.41ross.org/
API Cultural Center (US Asian American Festival): https://www.apiculturalcenter.org/
Asian Art Museum: https://asianart.org/
Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA): https://www.aawaa.net/
Asian Pacific Environmental Network: https://apen4ej.org/
Balay Kreative: https://balaykreative.com/
Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour: https://www.berkeleysouthasian.org/
Bindlestiff Studio: https://www.bindlestiffstudio.org/
Chinatown Community Development Center: https://www.chinatowncdc.org/
Chinese Historical Society of America: https://chsa.org/
Chinese Cultural Center: https://www.cccsf.us/
Compassion in Oakland: https://compassioninoakland.org/
Gamelan Sekar Jaya: https://www.gsj.org/
Kearny Street Workshop: https://www.kearnystreet.org/
Manilatown Heritage Foundation: https://manilatown.org/
Oakland Asian Cultural Center: https://oacc.cc/
Oakland Chinatown: https://www.visitoakland.com/things-to-do/neighborhoods/chinatown/
San Francisco Chinatown: http://www.sanfranciscochinatown.com/
San Francisco Japantown: https://www.sfjapantown.org/
*Please note that this is an evolving list of resources. If you would like to suggest a resource/s, please reach out to Angela at angela@ncwca.org.
