Reports

We have put together a collection of reports, documents, webpages, and articles about AAPI issues. They cover historic events from the passing of the Senate Anti-Asian Hate Bill in 2021, to safety tips for those experiencing or witnessing hate, and news articles reporting on the rise in violence against Asian Americans in Sonoma County. There is also a list of articles from the perspective of what it is like to be AAPIs encountering the rise of anti-Asian hate. This list will grow as we discover more reports and documents on AAPI issues.

Documents and Reports Related to Anti-Asian Violence & AAPI Issues

S.937 – COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act

Here Are the 63 Republicans Who Voted Against the Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Bill (5/21/21)

Safety tips for Those Experiencing or Witnessing Hate – 5 Ways to Help. Stop AAPI Hate.

Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Tell Your Story. Help Us Track Hate

What You Can Do to Fight Violence and Racism Against Asian Americans (PBS, 3/18/21)

A Guide to Combating Anti-Asian Racism – From Relationships to the Workplace (NBC News, 5/7/21)

Solidarity Stories

Rise in Violence Against Asian Americans Decried in Sonoma County (Press Democrat 3/18/21)

The Rising Tide of Violence and discrimination Against Asian American and Pacific Islander Women and Girls (Report by Drishti Pillai, Aggie J. Yellow Horse, and Russell Jeung. 10 pages)

Nonviolent Peaceforce International – Publications

Anti-Asian Violence Resources

New California Attorney General Pledges Focus on Hate Crimes (Press Democrat, 5/11/21)

Why Democrats and Republicans Would Benefit from Hate Crime Protection for Asian Americans (Brookings Institution, 4/13/21)

‘Nowhere is safe’: Asian Women reflect on brutal New York City killings (2/16/22, NBC News)

Articles on Being AAPI

Living Hyphenated (Justine Abigail Yu) Magazine and podcast

The Power of Reclaiming My Asian Name (Marian Chia-Ming Liu, 1/5/22, Washington Post)

Comic: This AAPI Heritage Month, I’m Done Living in Fear (Haruka Aoki, 5/15/22, Washington Post)

Al Roker Explores America’s Changing Chinatowns on “Family Style” (Today, 15 mins, 3/24/22)

Another Perspective: ‘Aikido, there are no borders’ (Argus-Courier, Lina Hoshino, 3/17/22)

The Chinese Workers Who Fought Discrimination at an 1880s West Berkeley Soap Factory (Berkeleyside, Richard Schwartz, 10/17/21)

San Francisco Public Library R esurrects Brave History of Chinese Railroad Workers (San Francisco Examiner, James Salazar, 3/9/22)

Sonoma County’s New Youth Poet Laureate Inspired by Her Grandfather, Current Events (Press Democrat, 11/19/21)

Racism Forced Chinese Laborers Out of Sonoma County (Press Democrat, 3/25/21)

Rise in Anti-Asian Attacks Causes Reflection, Deep Resolve for Petaluma’s Lance Lew (PD, 3/25/21)

Zoya Ahmed, Sonoma County’s first Youth Poet Laureate (with Indian/Pakistani parents) (Press Democrat, 6/5/20)

Sebastopol Entrepreneur Turns His Grandma’s Teriyaki Sauce Recipe into a Family Business (PD, 9/24/19)

Celebrating Sonoma County’s Japanese Immigrants (Press Democrat, 4/12/18)

Chinese Laborers Built Sonoma’s Wineries. Racist Neighbors Drove Them Out (NPR, 7/13/17)

Laotian Refugee Came to Sonoma County as a Child (PD, 11/29/15)

LeBaron: City’s Rich, Painful Chinese Legacy Gets Its Due (PD 6/24/12)