AAPI Resources

This list is nowhere near comprehensive, rather it is an invitation for continued study into these histories and community organizations at the forefront of the struggle for social justice. 

History of Anti-Asian Violence

• “Ignoring the History of Anti-Asian Racism is Another Form of Violence” by Connie Wun

• Racial Formation in the United States by Michael Omi and Howard Winant 

• Third World Studies: Theorizing Liberation by Gary Y. Okihiro

• The Making of Asian America, A History By Erika Lee 

• Immigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics by Lisa Lowe 

• A Race So Different: Performance and Law in Asian America by Joshua Chambers-Letson 

• Rightlessness: Testimony and Redress in U.S. Prison Camps Since World War II by A. Naomi Paik 

• Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary: Understanding U.S. Immigration for the Twenty-First Century by A. Naomi Paik 

• Unsettled: Cambodian Refugees in the NYC Hyperghetto by Eric Tang 

• The Gift of Freedom: War, Debt, and Other Refugee Passages by Mimi Thi Nguyen 

Interactive Timeline “A Different Asian American Timeline” 

https://aatimeline.com

Asian Americans Against Policing & the Prison Industrial Complex 

• A Growing Asian-American Movement Calls for Prison Abolition by Karyn Smoot and Andrew Szeto

• Asian Americans Studies in the Age of the Prison Industrial Complex: Departures and Renarrations by Dylan Rodriguez 

• We Want Cop-Free Communities: Against the Creation of an Asian Hate Crime Task Force by the NYPD by Asian American Feminist Collective

• I want justice for anti-Asian violence- but not at the expense of Black people by Melissa Pandika 

Bystander Intervention & Community Care

• Bystander Intervention Training to stop anti-Asian/American and xenophobic harassment 

• AAJC and Holliback! Hate Crime Bystander Guide: The 5 D’s of Bystander Training 

• Pods & Podmapping by Mia Mingus 

Community Organizations 

• Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Chicago): https://www.advancingjustice-chicago.org/ 

• HANA Center (Chicago): https://www.hanacenter.org/ 

• AFIRE (Chicago): https://www.afirechicago.org/ 

• Anakbayan (Chicago): https://www.facebook.com/AnakbayanChicagoChapter/ 

• People Matter (Chicago): https://www.peoplematter.one/ 

• Asian Prisoner Support Committee (Bay Area): https://www.asianprisonersupport.com/ 

• API Women Lead (Oakland) https://www.imreadymovement.org/

• Asian Pacific Environmental Network (Oakland): http://apen4ej.org/ 

• Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective (Bay Area): https://batjc.wordpress.com/category/transformative-justice/ 

• Chinese Progressive Association (San Francisco): https://cpasf.org/ 

• CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities (New York City): https://caaav.org/ 

• Red Canary Song (New York City): https://www.redcanarysong.net/ 

• Asian American Feminist Collective (New York City): https://www.asianamfeminism.org/about 

• Freedom, Inc. (Madison, WI): https://freedom-inc.org/ 

• Southeast Asian Coalition (North Carolina): https://freedom-inc.org/ 

  • “Asian Allies Stand with Black Lives Matter,” AJ+ https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=807459109395598

• Release the Minnesota 8 (Minneapolis): https://releasemn8.org/about-us/who-are-the-minnesota-8/ 

• Southeast Asian Resource and Action Center (DC): https://www.searac.org/ 

• SWAN (Vancouver): https://www.swanvancouver.ca/donate 

• National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum: https://www.napawf.org/ 

• INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence: https://incite-national.org/ 

Where to report racist/hate crime incidents:

• https://stopaapihate.org/reportincident/ 

• https://www.standagainsthatred.org/ 

Mental Health Resources:

• APISAA Therapist Directory

  • Asian, Pacific Islander, and South Asian American (APISAA) Therapist Directory. The resource can help facilitate your search for a therapist. Access via this link: https://www.asianmhc.org/apisaa?fbclid=IwAR3yGFTP8zYHqPgucb6sojtkBE8pIztNlYrIXaQi0SeLRYSz7cYaulFOLr0 

  • Providers who would like to be added to the directory can fill out this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScRIeA0CmCW9oEVmgJi2dIDvTuTSci6ZRGkQH8pVKeCIAicxg/viewform?c=0&fbclid=IwAR20CWFSSflec8h1tAtM4HDsfdrh29v3L5uxHAhCYD6KDbyVSK_8JG1Zc3k&vc=0&w=1 

• "Asian Solidarity: Healing through Meditation & Creativity" month-long workshop

  • A safe space to feel, share & heal from Anti-Asian Racism during COVID-19 through meditations and creativity. We invite you to collectively heal with resilience, playfulness and compassion.

  • Free Online Wellness Workshop from March 22-April 26, Mondays at 9-10:30AM EST

  • Register by March 19 via Google Form link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCR5dzzJAVmY4eU_IbGHux6TmUmDUkGimS0aFP30wNkPGwgw/viewform?gxids=7628&fbclid=IwAR0P8GK93OuEC_5WrxXghX2y85xe2QsweP0E8Z1izaP7WxcDBa9MPW-vFG8 .

Additional Resources

• Stopping AAPI Hate: Resources

  • https://www.thewechatproject.org/post/stopping-aapi-hate-resources?fbclid=IwAR104lKPGy3PI3IEjbN6R124Skj5JloV89Xq2TG-VWpEF2e7RcNSeTI0ljU 

• Anti-Asian Violence Resources

  • https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/?fbclid=IwAR0P8GK93OuEC_5WrxXghX2y85xe2QsweP0E8Z1izaP7WxcDBa9MPW-vFG8 

• StopDiscriminAsian (SDA)

  • Creative works from AAPI artists, resources on how to become an ally, submitting a racist incident, and more resources.

  • https://www.stopdiscriminasian.org/ 

Crisis Hotlines

• Suicide Prevention Hotline

  • Call 1-800-273-8255 (TALK), the National Suicide Prevention Hotline, for a referral. (More than 150 languages are offered)

  • Call 1-877-990-8585, Asian LifeNet Hotline (24 hours). (Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Fujianese are offered)

• Crisis Counselor

  • Text HOME to 741741 to connect with a Crisis Counselor

  • Free 24/7 support at your fingertips US and Canada

• CBCAC Hotline - (312) 761-9738: “If you have been impacted by COVID-19 and need help with income, medical, and any other services, we can direct you.”