In recent months, social media has been filled with malicious allegations and misinformation against Chinese people over fears of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
On February 25, 2020, more than 70 Jewish organizations from across the US, including the rabbinical bodies of the four major branches of Judaism, signed a letter of support for Chinese Americans and the Chinese communities.
On May 12, 2020, the New York Times reported that the Anti-Defamation League chronicled more than 2,100 anti-Semitic incidents in the United States in 2019. This is a 12 percent jump from the year before and the most in any year since the Anti-Defamation League began tracking four decades ago. These incidents have been reported in every state except Alaska and Hawaii.
Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs (APAPA) pledges our solidarity and support for our Jewish friends by standing shoulder to shoulder alongside them to denounce these incidents of hatred and racial intolerance that have no place in our country. We intend to work with our Jewish brothers in bringing these hate crimes to a halt and erase them forever using whatever social and legal means available.
Asian Americans are relatively new to civil rights, self-empowerment movements and we have a lot to learn from our Jewish friends. With your guidance and mentorship, we will join forces to fight this battle and war in partnership!
Moreover, APAPA will work to mobilize fellow ethnic and mainstream organizations to co-sign this pledge to denounce hate crimes, verbal abuse and all injustices against our fellow citizens!
Kenneth Fong C.C.Yin Yen Marshall
APAPA Nat’l. Governing Board Chair APAPA Founder & Chair Emeritus APAPA Nat’l. Executive Dir
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A Pledge to Fight Hate Crimes Together
Supporting Diverse Community Organizations List
The 1882 Foundation
NAAUnited (National Asian American United)
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
Asian American Journalists Assn. (AAJA)
Asian/Pacific Bar Assn. of Sac (ABAS)
Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute (APALI)
Asian/Pacific Islander Am. Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship (ACE)
Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC)
Asian American Unity Coalition (AAUC)
API Community Leaders Coalition of Oregon (APICO)
Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA)
California Pharmacists Association
Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA)
Cal Asian Chamber
Chinese for Affirmative Actions (CAASF)
Civic Leadership USA (CLUSA)
Committee of 100
Council of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine Assn. (CAOMA)
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)-SV
Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans
Ding Ding TV
Emerge California
Greater Sac. Vietnamese Am. Chamber of Commerce (GSVACC)
Hindu American Foundation (HAF)
Hmong Innovating Politics (HIP)
Hmong National Development (HND)
Humanity Forward
Indian Association of Sacramento (IAS)
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
League of Women Voters Sacramento County
NAACP Sacramento Branch
Nat’l. Assn. of Korean Americans (NAKA)
Nat’l. Asian Pacific Amer. Families Against Substance Abuse (NAPAFASA)
Nat’l. Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF)
Nat’l Council of Chinese Americans (NCCA)
Nat’l. Federation of Indian American Assoc. (NFIA)
OCA National
Russian American Media (RAM)
Sacramento Chinese of Indochina Friendship Assn. (SCIFA)
Slavic-American Chamber of Commerce
South Bay Chinese Club (SBCC)
TOFA of Sacramento, Inc.
United Chinese Americans (UCA)
NAACP CA State Chapter
Tsinghua Alumni Academia Club (TAAC)
Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF
Assn. of Asian Pacific Community Health Org. (AAPCHO)
Hispanic 100
Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
CalATMA
American Society of Chinese Medicine
Nat’l. Federation of Filipino American Assns. (NaFFAA)
Ohio Chinese American Association (OCAA)
APAPA-Ohio State Chapter (APAPA-OSC)
Asian Services in Action (ASIA)
APAPA-Utah Chapter (APAPA-UTC)
APAPA Houston Texas Chapter (APAPA-HTC)
Hindu American Political Action Committee (HAPAC)
APAPA-Albany Chapter (APAPA-ALC)
