April Share the Plate: Stop AAPI Hate

Our Share the Plate partner this month is Stop AAPI Hate. In response to the alarming escalation in xenophobia and bigotry resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asian Pacific Planning and Policy Council (A3PCON), Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), and the Asian American Studies Department of San Francisco State University launched the Stop AAPI Hate reporting center on March 19, 2020. The center tracks and responds to incidents of hate, violence, harassment, discrimination, shunning, and child bullying against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States.

Stop AAPI Hate recognizes that in order to effectively address anti-Asian racism we must work to end all forms of structural racism leveled at Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color.

The center’s 5-pronged approach is to:

- Serve as the leading aggregator of anti-Asian hate incidents

- Offer multilingual resources for impacted community members

- Provide technical assistance from rapid response to preventative measures

- Support community-based safety measures and restorative justice efforts

- Advocate for local, state, and national policies that reinforce human rights and civil rights protections

In light of the recent murders of women of Asian descent in Atlanta, in response to the increase in anti-Asian violence in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to counteract the racist and xenophobic policies and rhetoric of the former administration, the need for services and advocacy is increasingly urgent. Please give generously.