AAPI RESOURCES
Hate Crime Reporting
AAF created the Stay Safe from Hate safety booklet in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tagalog, and Vietnamese that outlines verbal and physical self-defense strategies that people can use to keep themselves safe in the streets: https://mailchi.mp/aafederation/aaf-landing-page.
AAF also created a series of safety videos on Self-Defense Strategies to Keep Yourself Safe in the Streets that demonstrate several physical self-defense strategies that people can employ if they ever find themselves targeted in public spaces. Here’s the link to the subtitled versions: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLewDws3GRrGgnx6bneWAXJvm9K3mJ98TS.
AAF has a reporting form in eight different languages: https://www.aafederation.org/aaf-anti-asian-bias-reporting-form/
Stop AAPI Hate - Hate Crime Reporting
Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council (A3PCON) and Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) launched Stop AAPI Hate to allow community members to report incidents of hate. Individual information is kept confidential. In the aggregate, information is used for assistance, advocacy, and education.
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law - Stop Hate Project
If you are an individual or institution that was victimized by a hate incident, call 1-844-9-NO-HATE for reporting & resources. Callers receive resources as we leverage a national network of pro bono attorneys, community organizations, mental health services, and in appropriate cases, provide access to counsel. You may also visit 8449nohate.org for a collection of resources to combat hate.
New York’s Attorney General urges those experiencing hate crimes and bias incidents due to COVID-19 to report them by emailing the Attorney General’s Civil Rights Bureau at civil.rights@ag.ny.gov, or calling 1-800-771-7755.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Stand Against Hatred
AAAJ is collecting stories of COVID-19 related hate incidences in order to document and to educate people about the environment of hate around the country. They also have compiled resources for reporting and resisting hate crimes.
COVID-19 Racial Aggression Map
A crowdsourced map detailing where and when anti-Asian racism has taken place based on user-submitted reports.
Support for AAPI Organizations & Businesses
#HATEISAVIRUS is a movement to combat racism & xenophobia against Asians fueled by COVID-19. Through a collaborative effort among founders of UPRISERS, BETTERBRAVE, Asian Hustle Network, our goal is to raise over $1M to support small Asian-owned businesses across the nation who are currently struggling to keep afloat.
AAPI Educational Resources
Treating Yellow Peril: Resources to Address Coronavirus Racism
Compiled by Dr. Oliver Chang, this page provides textual and digital resources to provide easy access to material useful for teach-ins, talking points, and classroom teaching.
Asian Pacific American (APA) Reading List
An APA (Asian Pacific American) reading list compiled by Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Librarian, Casey Lee. The list is divided into three sections: Global Asia, APA Histories, and Poetry, Memoirs, & Fiction.
COVID-19 Educational Resources
Natural Hazards Center COVID-19 Research Resources
Links to selected news articles, related research, and resources that include toolkits, guides, information collections, and specialized response information compiled by the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Training modules, working group information, quick-response grants, and information sheets on COVID-19 compiled by CONVERGE at the University of Colorado Boulder in order to assist in the training and mentoring of hazards and disaster researchers.
Mental Health Support
NYC Well is your connection to free, confidential mental health support. Speak to a counselor via phone, text, or chat and get access to mental health and substance use services, in more than 200 languages, 24/7/365.
A free app with a library of dharma talks and guided meditations geared towards Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color.
Resources for managing anxiety and stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Created by the Shine app and Mental Health America.
Guide for Providing Mental Health Services to DACA Recipients
The guide is meant to be practical and useful in clinical practice, particularly for providers working with immigrants who are impacted by stressors related to the Supreme Court decision on DACA as well as the COVID-19 pandemic. The guide contains 10 steps that providers can take in order to improve their cultural responsiveness and clinical knowledge on supporting individuals who benefit from DACA.
Mental Health Support for Asian Americans
Compiled information on mental health resources for Asian American communities from Sunshine Behavioral Health.
Basic Needs and Crowdsourced Guides
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) COVID-19 Resources
APALA has compiled resources from workers’ aid to opportunities for activism to support AAPI laborers facing xenophobic and racial discrimination in the workplace in addition to increased exposure to communicable diseases.
Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) In-Language Resources
A collection of Asian, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian in-language resources about COVID-19. Resources are community-pooled and cover approximately 30 languages.
APALA has compiled resources from workers’ aid to opportunities for activism to support AAPI laborers facing xenophobic and racial discrimination in the workplace in addition to increased exposure to communicable diseases.
This resource kit is a regularly updated collectivized document with mutual aid projects and resources. It features resources from disabled, queer, elderly, Asian, and indigenous people. Mutual aid projects from Seattle, Philadelphia, DC, Twin Cities, Boston, and Chicago are included, along with other geographic locations.
COVID-19 Multilanguage Resource Hub
This resource hub was initiated by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and Fielding School of Public Health to share in-language/translated resources on COVID-19 for multilingual communities through a searchable database. Resources listed are provided for reference to assist members of the community at large, including but not limited to AAPI.