unemployment AAPI Women Are Fighting to Get Their Jobs Back Asian American and Pacific Islander women are overrepresented in many service jobs that shut down during the pandemic, and 44% who lost their job in 2020 have remained unemployed longer than 6 months. Sung Yeon Choimorrow from the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum breaks it down.
AAPI ‘Felt Like It Could Be Me': The Powerful Legacy of AAPI Olympians Despite challenges of being "othered" or rendered invisible, many AAPI athletes have inspired others while making a name for themselves on the world stage.
AAPI U.S. Gymnast Morgan Hurd is Speaking Out Against Anti-AAPI Hate and Violence Morgan Hurd may not be competing in the Tokyo Olympics this year, but she’s no less committed to using her voice to speak out against the rising number of violent attacks in the AAPI community.
AAPI Six Things You Can Do Today to Help the AAPI Community Police have seen a notable uptick in such crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders during the coronavirus pandemic.
AAPI 42% of People in a Survey Couldn't Name a Single Asian American How visible are AAPI people? 42% of respondents in a study could not name an Asian American or Pacific Islander when asked. “It just goes to show that while we’re visible in some degree, we’re still not top of mind,” Norman Chen tells LX News during AAPI Heritage Month. He leads the group that conducted the survey, LAAUNCH (Leading...
AAPI Meet the 13-Year-Old Fashion Designer Speaking Out Against Hate Ashlyn So is using her platform as a young fashion designer to call attention to the issue of rising hate against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. She told us about getting into sewing and gaining the courage to speak up.
poetry ‘Golden Light' by Alice Tsui: A Poem for AAPI Heritage Month “I’m an Asian American woman speaking up.” Alice Tsui’s poem “Golden Light,” shared with NBCLX for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, raises a battle cry against AAPI hate and anti-Blackness.
AAPI In 2020, Many AAPI Women Voted for the 1st Time During this Asian American and Pacific Islander Awareness Month, we discuss the 2020 election and AAPI women’s participation in it. Many AAPI women reported voting for the first time in 2020, says Jennifer Wang from the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum.
AAPI It's AAPI Heritage Month. What's Going On With the Bill to Stop Asian Hate? The House of Representatives has not yet signed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, a timely bill to discuss during May, which is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. NBC News and MSNBC legal contributor Katie Phang explains what’s in the bill and how it addresses a rise in attacks against AAPI people during the pandemic.
asian americans Cheryl Burke of ‘Dancing With the Stars' Speaks Out Against Anti-AAPI Hate TV personality Cheryl Burke said she worries for her mom in the San Francisco Bay Area as hate crimes spiked during the pandemic, with many Asian Americans and women becoming victims. The attacks “hit too close to home.”
