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On April 3, 2020, Act To Change hosted our first virtual COVID-19 CONVOS: Rising Above Bullying & Hate with actor, author, and Act To Change chair Maulik Pancholy; Congresswoman Grace Meng (NY-06); 19th Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Vivek Murthy; and actor Hudson Yang. View the recording. Also check out answers to some questions we didn’t get to in the live convo.

Our second COVID-19 CONVOS on April 17, 2020 featured Maulik Pancholy; Teach For America’s Sarah Ha; and actor, writer, and producer Randall Park. View the recording.

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What We’re Seeing

• Why I’ve Stopped Telling People I’m Not Chinese, New York Times
• How COVID-19 Inflamed Racism towards Asian Americans, The Scarlet
• Violence Against Asian Americans Is on the Rise – But It’s Part of a Long History, TIME
• Coronavirus Racism Infected My High School, New York Times
• Asian Americans describe ‘gut punch’ of racist attacks during coronavirus pandemic, PBS NewsHour
• ‘I Become A Person of Suspicion,’ New York Times
• Cyberbullying may increase during COVID-19 pandemic, expert says, Healio
• Surging anti-Asian hate crimes being tracked during coronavirus pandemic: “Things are getting very physical,” CBS News
• The Slur I Never Expected to Hear in 2020, New York Times 
• Racists ‘Zoom bomb’ an AP Chinese class in Massachusetts school, AsAmNews
• In Houston’s new normal, different curve emerges: Outward racism toward Asian Americans, Houston Chronicle
• FBI concerned about potential for hate crimes during coronavirus pandemic, CNN
• ‘Anti-Asian racism has come roaring back with Covid-19’: Cathy Park Hong on being Asian American, The Guardian
• FBI warns of potential surge in hate crimes against Asian Americans amid coronavirus, ABC News
• This Is What It’s Like To Be An Asian Woman In The Age of The Coronavirus, Huffington Post
• Asian Americans face new coronavirus racist incidents from coast to coast, AsAmNews
• Spit On, Yelled At, Attacked: Chinese-Americans Fear for Their Safety, New York Times
• Racist Attacks Against Asians Continue to Rise as the Coronavirus Threat Grows, People
• Bullies attack Asian American teen at school, accusing him of having coronavirus, CBS News
• ‘Comedians’ Sign Racist ‘Kung Flu Fighting’ Song No One Asked For, NextShark
• Confronting Anti-Asian Discrimination during Coronavirus Crisis, New Yorker
• “Words Matter”: Asian Americans confront Trump’s Chinese Virus rhetoric, NBC News
• Congressman Ted Lieu: Trump is stoking xenophobic panic, Washington Post
• From Model Minority to Yellow Peril, NBC News
• The coronavirus and the long history of using diseases to justify xenophobia, Washington Post
• Speaking Up Against Racism Around the New Coronavirus, Teaching Tolerance
• On Virality, Corona or Otherwise, Synapsis
• The Isolation of Being Asian While COVID-19 Racism is Infecting Our Country, The Mighty
• As Coronavirus Spreads, So Does Xenophobia and Anti-Asian Racism, TIME
• When Xenophobia Spreads Like A Virus, NPR Podcast
• Angry Asian Man Blog
• Crimes Against Asians Facebook Group, NextShark

What We’re Doing

• An Asian Heritage Month unlike any other, as communities resist racism with love, The Philadelphia Inquirer
• Educators Take a Stand Against Coronavirus Racism, NEA Today  
• Rep. Grace Meng on finding support in Congress while fighting Asian American bias, NBC News
• Sen. Warner calls on Justic Dept. to address coronavirus-related hate crimes, NBC News
• Coping With COVID-19 Crisis: Hollywood’s Asian Community Calls On Allies For Support As Coronavirus Misinformation Incites Hate, Deadline
• #HateIsAVirus: People Are Using Masks to Fight Hate Against Asian Americans, NextShark
• Red Hong Yi criticizes anti-Asian racism through series of art portraits titled ‘I am not a virus,’ Mashable
• Andrew Yang, Daniel Dae Kim Join #AllAmericans to Help Communities Hit Hardest by COVID-19, NextShark
• #WashTheHate Aims to Uplift the Asian Community and Combat Racism During Coronavirus Pandemic, People
• OCA and over 180 organizations petition White House and others for swift action on anti-AAPI hate crimes
• More than 200 civil rights groups demand Congress publicly reject coronavirus racism, NBC News
• #WashTheHate campaign

Resources to Help

• Stop COVID-19 Disinformation, Stop Anti-Asian Violence, 18 Million and Rising
• COVID-19 Resources to Stand Against Racism, AAJC
• COVID-19 AAPI In-Language Resource, APIAHF
• Coronavirus Resources for Parents, Apple News
• COVID-19 Resources for Supporting Artists, Asian American Arts Alliance
• COVID-19 Funds and Resources, Asian Pacific Community Fund
• COVID-19: Stigma and Resilience, CDC
• COVID-19 has inflamed racism against Asian-Americans. Here’s how to fight back, CNN
• COVID-19 Resources Page, Equality Labs
• TEACHER VOICE: Coronavirus doesn’t discriminate — let’s separate the myths from the reality, The Hechinger Report
• Bystander Intervention Training to Stop Anti Asian/American and Xenophobic Harassment, Hollaback!
• Self-Care Tips For Asian Americans Dealing With Racism Amid Coronavirus, Huffington Post
• Asian People Are Being Targeted By Racist Attacks. Here’s How You Can Be An Ally, Huffington Post
• Coronavirus Racism, Iowa State University
• COVID-19 Resource Page, LEAP (Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics)
• COVID-19 Resources, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
• How to help struggling Asian American communities amid coronavirus pandemic, NBC News
• Just for Kids: A Comic Exploring the Coronavirus, NPR
• AAPIHateCrimes.org featuring COVID-18 Toolkit: Strategies to Defeat Asian American Racial Profiling and Xenophobia, OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates 
• Learning Together During COVID-19, Smithsonian
• Historical Context and Tips for Educators, Teaching Tolerance
• Responding to Hate and Bias at School, Teaching Tolerance
• The Asian American Racial Justice Toolkit
• Myths and facts, WHO

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