you know why i’m having chills reading this? because i did a project last sem tackling the heightened anti-Asian sentiments during this pandemic. there were 800+ anti Asian hate crimes reported in SUMMER 2020 in CA ALONE. the fact that there have been more since makes me sick. https://twitter.com/mayleechai/status/1358563841286701057

we must help community based orgs and turn to community work bc none of the institutions can really take care of the people w/o doing them any less harm than what has already been inflicted. here’s a good thread https://twitter.com/niadacosta/status/1359226290436464642?s=21

here’s another good thread + google form below https://twitter.com/terisasiagatonu/status/1358975445379653638

here’s another good thread explaining why we want solutions that are community-based instead of turning to institutions that enable systemic racism (e.g. policing) https://twitter.com/terisasiagatonu/status/1358820264541265920