{"id":1228,"date":"2021-03-31T22:29:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T05:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnicstudies.ucr.edu\/?p=1228"},"modified":"2024-10-27T08:16:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T15:16:26","slug":"community-resources-on-anti-asian-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnicstudies.ucr.edu\/community-resources-on-anti-asian-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Resources on Anti-Asian Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Community Resources on Anti-Asian Violence, Curated by the UCRFTP Cops Off Campus Collective<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1J7QeqRJrcBj1ovXaOLXI8ip4qvmY_iywIaE-9-jL49s\/edit?usp=sharing\"><strong>curated list<\/strong><\/a> of non-carceral statements, events, reporting, and resources speak to the longstanding and ongoing racialized misogyny, xenophobia, and fear of sex workers that have contributed to the countless acts of individual and state violence targeting Asian femmes, sex workers, elders, and others, and which contextualize the murders of spa workers in Atlanta on March 16, 2021. As we continue to have these important conversations, we hope the following resources provide guidance, analysis, support, and paths toward community-oriented action and collective healing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Public Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(upcoming) U Michigan online forum Friday, March 26, \u201cContextualizing Violence Against Asians Within the History of US Relational Racism.\u201d It\u2019s early (7:30-9 am pacific), FREE, NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/umich.zoom.us\/j\/94866591981\">https:\/\/umich.zoom.us\/j\/94866591981<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Canary Song (Asian Migrant Sex Workers) Vigil recording: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pscp.tv\/w\/1gqxvoYBEYeKB\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.pscp.tv\/w\/1gqxvoYBEYeKB<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asian American Writers Workshop \u201cAnti-Asian Violence and Black-Asian Solidarity Today\u201d Lecture with Tamara K. Nopper, March 23, 3pm pacific: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/aaww.org\/curation\/anti-asian-violence-and-black-asian-solidarity-today\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/aaww.org\/curation\/anti-asian-violence-and-black-asian-solidarity-today\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hollaback! \u201cBystander intervention to stop anti-Asian\/American harassment and xenophobia\u201d training session, March 29, 12-1pm pacific: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihollaback.org\/event\/bystander-intervention-stop-anti-asian-american-harassment-xenophobia\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.ihollaback.org\/event\/bystander-intervention-stop-anti-asian-american-harassment-xenophobia\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Statements\/Sign-ons<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Canary Song statement: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1_Q0mFJnivTZL5fcCS7eUZn9EhOJ1XHtFBGOGqVaUY_8\/edit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1_Q0mFJnivTZL5fcCS7eUZn9EhOJ1XHtFBGOGqVaUY_8\/edit<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter and Butterfly (Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network) Sign-on statement: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScaF9sNT8o13HB9AtmKZMzaSfl3MWabasMcE3VqJy8-HhJnyw\/viewform?fbzx=6522665096167094573\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScaF9sNT8o13HB9AtmKZMzaSfl3MWabasMcE3VqJy8-HhJnyw\/viewform?fbzx=6522665096167094573<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Butterfly sign-on: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSftvwRE2LEsfL24fvtygAHdqN8qHSjcImOhu_AINt6cmtstQw\/viewform\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSftvwRE2LEsfL24fvtygAHdqN8qHSjcImOhu_AINt6cmtstQw\/viewform<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community response: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org\/news\/communityresponse\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org\/news\/communityresponse<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Korean: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org\/news\/communityresponse-kr\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org\/news\/communityresponse-kr<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sign-on Statement: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org\/aaajcommunitystatement\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org\/aaajcommunitystatement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Donations for community support <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/fundraising\/support-georgias-asian-american-community\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/fundraising\/support-georgias-asian-american-community\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Resources Offering Form: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfYfnPRfl0twPE4TtCODbpdZ50UnY97ZMz-aYHA5HJcR-vlyQ\/viewform\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfYfnPRfl0twPE4TtCODbpdZ50UnY97ZMz-aYHA5HJcR-vlyQ\/viewform<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barnard BCRW statement and resources:: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/defending-asian-women-defending-sex-workers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/defending-asian-women-defending-sex-workers\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UIUC AAS\/GWS Statement: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gws.illinois.edu\/news\/2021-03-18\/aasgws-statement-anti-asian-violence\">https:\/\/gws.illinois.edu\/news\/2021-03-18\/aasgws-statement-anti-asian-violence<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reportage and Perspectives<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connie Wun, Ignoring the History of Anti-Asian Racism Is Another Form of Violence: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/author\/227672\/Connie-Wun\/\">https:\/\/www.elle.com\/author\/227672\/Connie-Wun\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jennifer Ho\u2019s CNN Op-Ed: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/17\/opinions\/to-be-an-asian-woman-in-america-ho\/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2ab54o_RUG-sPEO8hsKLCbLQV84azhv_EVkUKcQyccRPFcCEAP4qJ-42U\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/17\/opinions\/to-be-an-asian-woman-in-america-ho\/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2ab54o_RUG-sPEO8hsKLCbLQV84azhv_EVkUKcQyccRPFcCEAP4qJ-42U<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NBC Asian America popular press framing: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/asian-america\/racism-sexism-must-be-considered-atlanta-case-involving-killing-six-n1261347?fbclid=IwAR0-UvCioJy-tL3pN7EGzL79yg2UNa2sMSbGb4Mgf98c0CRayPtCsTRLWqo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/asian-america\/racism-sexism-must-be-considered-atlanta-case-involving-killing-six-n1261347?fbclid=IwAR0-UvCioJy-tL3pN7EGzL79yg2UNa2sMSbGb4Mgf98c0CRayPtCsTRLWqo<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How Red Canary Song is advocating for migrant sex workers: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.papermag.com\/red-canary-song-interview-2641163041.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.papermag.com\/red-canary-song-interview-2641163041.html<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deeper than Hate: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/roarmag.org\/essays\/atlanta-spa-shootings-racial-violence\/\">https:\/\/roarmag.org\/essays\/atlanta-spa-shootings-racial-violence\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Answer to Anti-Asian Racism is Not More Policing, Kayla Hui, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Truthout<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, March 17, 2021: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/the-answer-to-anti-asian-racism-is-not-more-policing\/\">https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/the-answer-to-anti-asian-racism-is-not-more-policing\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stop Asian Hate: Connie Wun on Atlanta Spa Killings, Gender Violence &amp; Spike in Anti-Asian Attacks, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Democracy Now<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, March 18, 2021: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2021\/3\/18\/atlanta_shooting_rampage_anti_asian_violence\">https:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2021\/3\/18\/atlanta_shooting_rampage_anti_asian_violence<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Letter to My Fellow Asian Women Whose Hearts Are Still Breaking, R.O. Kwon, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vanity Fair<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, March 19, 2021: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/2021\/03\/ro-kwon-letter-to-asian-women\">https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/2021\/03\/ro-kwon-letter-to-asian-women<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asian Women Are Facing a Terrifying Rise in Hate Incidents, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cut<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, March 17, 2021<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/2021\/03\/asian-women-are-facing-a-terrifying-rise-in-hate-incidents.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/2021\/03\/asian-women-are-facing-a-terrifying-rise-in-hate-incidents.html<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eddie Conway and Dylan Rodriguez, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Real News Network<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u201cCOVID-19 Pandemic Illuminates Anti-Chinese Racism And Xenophobia\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GT4ud5xXI2U\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/GT4ud5xXI2U<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ju Yon Kim, \u201cThe Story Does Not Begin in Georgia: A Letter to Students About the Recent Shootings\u201d: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2021\/3\/20\/kim-letter-to-students\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2021\/3\/20\/kim-letter-to-students\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional Resources\/Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Butterfly Report on Protecting the Safety of Workers in Holistic Centres and Body Rub Parlours by AllowingThem to Lock Their Doors: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NrVFrqyLVu?amp=1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/t.co\/NrVFrqyLVu?amp=1<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carceral Feminism: The failure of sex work prohibition: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/robynmaynard.com\/writing\/carceral-feminism-the-failure-of-sex-work-prohibition\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/robynmaynard.com\/writing\/carceral-feminism-the-failure-of-sex-work-prohibition\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From Carceral Feminism to Transformative Justice by Mimi Kim: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1xtF_9x3G1d4JsMgaRFGU4KVgMi1Lzww1\/view?usp=drivesdk\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1xtF_9x3G1d4JsMgaRFGU4KVgMi1Lzww1\/view?usp=drivesdk<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anti-Carceral Feminism by Mimi Kim: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/0886109919878276\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/0886109919878276<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revolting Prostitutes by Molly Smith and Juno Mac: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.versobooks.com\/blogs\/4114-cops-borders-and-carceral-feminists\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.versobooks.com\/blogs\/4114-cops-borders-and-carceral-feminists<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TransformHarm.org: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/transformharm.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/transformharm.org<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SDSU reading list: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1IQUPe7e52Kus-8AE33xuSOuo7j1uXw6VgfP4yfMUcQ0\/edit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1IQUPe7e52Kus-8AE33xuSOuo7j1uXw6VgfP4yfMUcQ0\/edit<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities reading list: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackwomenradicals.com\/blog-feed\/black-and-asian-feminist-solidarities-a-reading-list\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.blackwomenradicals.com\/blog-feed\/black-and-asian-feminist-solidarities-a-reading-list<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDon\u2019t be a bystander\u201d video by BCRW and Project NIA: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=krgcbiRu0ys\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=krgcbiRu0ys<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What to keep in mind as you talk about the Atlanta spa shootings: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelily.com\/what-to-keep-in-mind-as-you-talk-about-the-atlanta-spa-shootings\/\">https:\/\/www.thelily.com\/what-to-keep-in-mind-as-you-talk-about-the-atlanta-spa-shootings\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Times Op-ed on how to support massage workers by Elena Shih: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/26\/opinion\/politics\/atlanta-shooting-massage-workers-protection.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/26\/opinion\/politics\/atlanta-shooting-massage-workers-protection.html<\/span><\/a><span 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