Malden Town Hall: Fighting Anti-Asian Racism and COVID 19

Resources & Follow Up

Panelists & Moderators

Panelists:

• Jean Yu-wen Wu, PhD

• Kimberly A. Truong, PhD

• Andrew Leong, JD

• Thomas Tran

Youth Moderators: Mandy S, Birukti T.

Youth Leaders: Yen C, Trisha O, Henry Z, Jaelize M

SUPPORT ASIANS AND ASIAN AMERICANS NOW:

*inspired by resources from Dr. Truong’s Asian American Webinar Series

• Document Anti-Asian racism and violence. This form was created by GMAACC youth leaders.

  • 如果你经历或遇到针对亚裔人士的暴力事件请使用以下的表格.

  • Nếu bạn trải qua sự cố kỳ thị, xin hãy báo cáo qua đơn này.

• Be an upstander; sign up for Hollaback! and AAAJ’s free Bystander Intervention Training Against Anti-Asian and Xenophobic Harrassment

• Donate:

  • To organizations working with the Asian community in Malden: Greater Malden Asian American Community Coalition (GMAACC), Asian Community Development Corps (ACDC), Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS), Chinese Culture Connection (CCC), Chinese Progressive Association (CPA).

  • To direct aid funds that will support Asians: Asian Community Emergency Relief Fund, MassUndocuFund

• Complete the 2020 Census.

• Join a mutual aid network, like  Malden Neighbors Helping Neighbors!

• Vote, call elected officials, and take action!

  • Sign this petition for Equal Access to Unemployment Benefits for All -- 所有人應該平等地獲得失業金福利 http://chng.it/WwgWTwqyX8

  • Join the Massachusetts Public Health Association - Emergency Task Force on Coronavirus & Equity.  

  • Call federal elected officials to support Congresswoman Grace Meng’s bill H.R.6721.

    • If you live in Malden, we can thank our Congresswoman Katherine Clark for supporting it!

  • Call House/Senate elected officials to support the HEAL Act for Immigrant Women & Families.

RESOURCES FROM PANELISTS AND YOUTH

From panelist Andrew Leong, JD

• Love, Death, & Hate in the Time of COVID-19: Slides and Recording by Andrew Leong

From panelist Kimberly Truong, PhD:

• "Social Justice Pedagogy for Whom? Developing Privileged Students' Critical Mathematics Consciousness" in The Urban Review. 

• Oakland Unified School District and others: Teaching about Anti-Asian Violence in the United States

• Treating Yellow Peril: Resources to Address Coronavirus Racism, by Jason Oliver Chang

• Research and Publications by Dr. Shaun R. Harper

• 20+ Allyship actions for Asians to Show up for the Black Community Right Now, by Michelle Kim of Awaken

• 65 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice , by Corinne Shutack

• I’m White and I’m Outraged by Ahmaud Arbery’s Murder. Now What? A Practical Guide for White Allies and Accomplices, by Dr. Taharee Jackson

From the youth leadership team:

• Presentation Slides

• Racial Disparities Continue Among Boston's Reported COVID-19 Cases

• COVID-19 in Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups

• Coronavirus in African Americans and Other People of Color

• After 50 years of 'Asian American,' advocates say the term is 'more essential than ever'

• Malden neighborhood, Asian restaurants targeted by teen vandals

• Ping-Pong controversy opens racial wound in Malden

• Voting violations in Malden; Census Bureau releases list of counties requiring Asian language assistance (Voting Rights Act)

• 2015 WELLBEING OF MALDEN  REPORT

• Hollaback! - Spectrum of Disrespect

• I’m an Asian American doctor on the front lines of two wars: Coronavirus and racism

• Diversity in Medicine: Facts and Figures 2019

• COVID-19 takes heavy toll on Filipino health care workers

• Lexington woman makes masks, joining community efforts

• Chinese community collects masks for Boston area healthcare workers

• The Murder of Vincent Chin

• Japanese Internment Camps

• Chinese Exclusion Act

This event was cosponsored by the following organizations and partners of GMAACC:

• MaldenCORE

• Chinese Culture Connection, for funding interpretation

• Malden Senior Community Center

• Asian Community Development Corporation

• Greater Boston Legal Services

• Chinese Progressive Association

Thank you to the following elected officials for their endorsement of this town hall:

• Mayor of Malden, Gary Christenson 

• City Council: Debbie DeMaria (At-Large), Stephen Winslow (At-Large), Ryan O’Malley (Ward 4), Amanda Linehan (Ward 3), David Camell (Ward 6), Neal Anderson (Ward 7)

• State Senator: Jason Lewis

• State Representative: Steve Ultrino 

• State Representative: Paul Donato

• U.S. Congresswoman Katherine Clark of 5th District of MA

• U.S. Congresswoman Grace Meng of 6th District of NY