Resources

Quick Education: “Why the sudden rise of Anti-Asian Violence?”

• Downloadable Self-Education Module: Stop AAPI Hate: History and Narratives (curated videos and a little reading with reflection questions)

To Participate in National and Local STOP AAPI HATE activities

• Join AAPI North Bay coalition group on Facebook (Private Group)
• #STOPASIANHATE Virtual National Day of Action & Healing, March 26, 2021
• #STOPASIANHATE Participation Toolkit
• Bystander Intervention Virtual Training (1-Hour training, available dates now through end of April, 2021)

To Find and Contact Your Elected Officials

• Find names and contact info of your federal, state, county and local elected representatives: Enter home address on Myreps

• Information and tips when contacting elected officials.

• Pay to send a real postcard to your representative – For every card sent, $1 will be donated to Asian Americans Advancing Justice: Asian Law Caucus.

To Report Anti-AAPI Incidents (for Data)

• Asian Law Caucus – Stand Against Hatred Incident Reporting Form
• Chinese for Affirmative Action – Stop AAPI Hate Reporting Site
• SAALT Hate Crimes Against South Asians – Incidents Reporting Form

To Seek Assistance as/for Asian American Community Members in Marin County

• Marin Asian Advocacy Project – Vietnamese bilingual assistance for low-resourced residents of Marin
• Tzu Chi North Bay (Santa Rosa) – Chinese Buddhist Disaster Relief; some social resources for Chinese speakers
• Chinese for Affirmative Action: Chinese bilingual assistance for low-income, low English proficiency, immigrant members in SF Bay Area
• Asian Law Caucus (website available in many languages) – Legal Clinics
• NAPABA Hate Crimes Task Force & Pro Bono Legal Services

To Learn more about Asian American History and Cultures

• PBS Series Asian Americans (Free for streaming)
• Center for Asian American Media – Largest collection of films by and about Asian Americans in the U.S.
• Marin Vietnamese American Oral History Archive (Collection 2015-current; website is undergoing reconstruction)
• Women’s Rights and Peace of Bay Area (San Rafael) – Korea Education Program for Youths (Human rights advocacy cohort with summer conference in S. Korean)
• Soma Pilipinas – Filipino Cultural District in San Francisco; also community in action and Cultural Movement; StoryCorps interviews about oral history project in the neighborhood
• Korea Center (San Francisco) – Online and in-person workshops on Korean language, culture, and crafts.
• Chinese Historical Society of America (San Francisco) – exhibitions and online journal (History & Perspective)
• Japanese American History Archives (San Francisco)
• Center for Lao Studies (San Francisco)
• PBS site Ancestors in the Americas – Asian American History Resources

To Connect with a Local Asian American Organization in Marin County/North Bay

• Women’s Rights and Peace of Bay Area (WRAPBA)
• Marin Chinese Cultural Association
• Filipino Americans of Northern California Organization (FANCO)
• Korean School of Marin County
• Buddhist Temple of Marin (Buddhist Church of America; Jodo Shinshu)
• Korean Presbyterian Church of San Rafael
• Marin Asian Community Church
• Thai-Lao Baptist Church