ANTI-ASIAN DISCRIMINATION
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California works in conjunction with its community partners to assist AAPI individuals who are targets of discrimination based upon race, ethnicity, or national origin, particularly in the contexts of housing, employment, and consumer contracts.
To offer guidance and assistance throughout the year, community advocates are available through telephone helplines in five Asian languages plus English. Victims who are afraid or uncertain about their civil or human rights can use the helplines confidentially.
Anti-discrimination services include victim assistance by advocates who can connect individuals with non-legal services that address the emotional and collateral fallout of incidents of hate and racism.
Through monthly housing clinics, in conjunction with local bar associations, people experiencing discrimination have an opportunity to consult one-on-one with an attorney in their language.
We urge those who want to take action to enroll in bystander training (more details and how to sign up to the right).
In collaboration with all our affiliates throughout the U.S., we track incidents of hate at StandAgainstHatred.org. The hate tracking website is available in Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese. Community members share their experiences of hate. The data collected is combined with other community group efforts to bring further awareness to the growth in racism against Asian Americans. Hate incidents are widely underreported for numerous reason including cultural stigmas, language barriers, fear in the community and mistrust in law enforcement.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California serves as a voice on behalf of the AAPI community and develops ongoing public education and awareness campaigns to keep the fight alive against anti-Asian discrimination.
We urge those who want to take action to enroll in bystander training!
Register below for Upcoming Free Trainings:
Signup for Bystander Intervention Trainings
Virtual Bystander Intervention Training - English 5/9/24 at 12:00pm Pacific: Register Here
Virtual Bystander Intervention Training - English 5/28/24 at 12:00pm Pacific: Register Here
Please see these and all other events here.
Please see these and all other events here.
Email Christina Yang to learn how to register your organization or company for a customized training.
CRUCIAL DATA ABOUT AAPIs AND
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
In multiple Asian languages and English, the Asian Resource Hub is a free online destination that provides crucial information about the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities within the framework of discrimination and hatred.
It is a collaboration between civil right non-profits Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California (AJSOCAL) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (AAJC) and supported by Microsoft.
The Asian Resource Hub provides a one-stop destination for users to find compiled public data on the AAPI community. It illustrates the scope of widespread anti-Asian discrimination and hate in the U.S. using storytelling narratives and the Microsoft-powered PowerBI data visualization platform based on data collected by StopAAPIHate.org, StandAgainstHatred.org, the U.S. Census Bureau, FBI reports, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, local law enforcement, and more sources.
The Asian Resource Hub also introduces a searchable resource directory, featuring vetted AAPI community-based organizations (CBOs) that provide low/no-cost and culturally competent and linguistically appropriate direct services. This directory makes it easier for individuals and communities to access essential resources tailored to their own languages and needs.
Some examples of services you can find in the directory include:
- Social service support (ie: basic needs, language assistance, victims services, etc.)
- Legal assistance
- Mental health support
- Opportunities to get involved in civic engagement and policy advocacy
Are you looking for resources? Want to learn more about how anti-Asian hate has affected AAPIs? Visit the Asian Resource Hub to find English and in-language service providers and advocacy groups that serve AAPIs across the country and learn more about the hatred against AAPI communities through data from multiple sources —national, public and nonprofit — to illustrate crucial facts about the AAPI population, incidents and impact.
If you need help, call us. If you are an ally, here are ways you can take action.
Report all incidents of hate:
Share our multilingual help lines:
- English: 888.349.9695
- 中文 (Chinese): 800.520.2356
- 한글 (Korean): 800.867.3640
- ខ្មែរ (Khmer): 800.867.3126
- Tagalog (Filipino): 855.300.2552
- ภาษาไทย (Thai): 800.914.9583
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese): 714.477.2958
Additional Organizations you can donate to and support:
Southern California Organizations:
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California | Donate here
OC Asian Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA) | Donate here
Asian Youth Center | Donate here
Search to Involve Pilipino Americans
Khmer Girls in Action | Donate here
Bay Area Organizations:
Chinese Progressive Association | Donate here
API Equality in Northern California | Donate here
APEN, Asian Pacific Environmental Network | Donate here
Asian Prisoner Support Committee | Donate here
Asian American Media to further build knowledge:
- Support East Wind Books, a local bookstore focused on Asian American literature, here.
- Check out this link to find recommended readings and toolkits to address racial justice
- Check out these Asian American-led Podcasts:
o Dear Asian Americans
o Self Evident: Asian America’s Stories
o AsianBossGirl
o Asian Enough
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