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Resources, Guidance About Anti-Asian Racism Following Atlanta Shootings
The Lantern, March 24, 2021 Link to article
Ohio State students join Saturday rally in support of Asian American community after Atlanta shootings
The Lantern, March 20, 2021 Link to article
Georgia shootings heighten fear among Northeast Ohio Asian American community
Cleveland 19 News, March 18, 2021 The United States is experiencing an increase in violence against Asian Americans, according to experts. Shootings at two spas in Atlanta and one in the suburbs Tuesday evening killed eight people, many of them women of Asian descent....
Asian Americans face growing violence, anxieties a year into COVID-19
Columbus Alive, Feb 19, 2021 Excerpt from the article: “I keep coming back to what we talked about previously, which is that this isn’t new, this feeling of not being safe, this feeling of being othered and this act of being scapegoated for the pandemic,” said Sharon...
Lunar New Year comes at a time of fear for many Asian Americans
WKYC Channel 3, Feb 12, 2021 Excerpt: “I think a lot of the rhetoric and the stereotypes that have emerged over the past year are just repeating history,” Xuan said. “There's been people spit on in public, lots of verbal harassment, discrimination, children being...
New ‘QuaranZine’ Gives Voice, Sense of Community To Women Of Color
ideastream's The Sound of Ideas, Feb 3, 2021 Excerpt: "When we think of zines, we often think of fan-made publications focused on their favorite musicians. OPAWL’s zine, “2020 Pandemic Stories,” is different. Aside from its unique name, inspired by the pandemic...
“Young voters helped propel Biden to victory. Now they’re pushing for a more progressive Democratic Party”
CNBC, Nov 13, 2020 “The party needs to start listening to its progressive wing and start understanding that a progressive platform aligns with folks who I don’t think a centrist could ever reach,” said Isabella Guinigundo, an 18-year-old organizer with Ohio...
AsiaTown holds a Mid-Autumn Festival for action
The Observer, October 2, 2020 "With only days to go before the 2020 Census Bureau concludes their operations and an election right around the corner, organizations like the Ohio Progressive Asian Women’s Leadership (OPAWL) and Cleveland VOTES, shifted the focus of the...
Young Asian Americans Are Making a Difference in their Communities During COVID-19
Medium, Jun 30, 2020 "Tessa Xuan and Ohio Progressive Asian Women’s Leadership were concerned with the rise in hate incidents targeting Asian Americans in Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and all across Ohio. They led a sign-on letter with hundreds of signatories to...
For Cleveland’s AsiaTown, Statewide Orders, Barriers to Resources and Coronavirus Stigmas Have Proved a Devastating Combination
Cleveland Scene, May 5, 2020 Excerpt from article: Moreso, how much individuals feel the government is effectively responding to their needs will affect their motivation to participate civically. “When you’re doing voter engagement or census outreach, it’s not really...