APIDA Anti-Racism & Cultural Awareness Resources

Explore an extensive list of resources - from historical information, academic reseach, tools, data, local/national organizations, cultural/arts education, and self-care - to promote and support the APIDA community. This archive also includes articles that are currently "in the news" as well as publications, podcasts, and videos.

CSUSM Support

Campus APIDA Support

Support	Resource Type
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)	Faculty/Staff Care & Support
Faculty - Advocacy, Care, Engagement and Support (FACES)	Faculty Care & Support
Stop Asian Hate: Anti-Racism & Cultural Awareness	Kellogg Library Guide
Request an Initial Counseling Consultation (Students)	Counseling Services
Report a Bias Incident	Incident Reporting
Staff Center	Staff Care & Support

COVID-19

COVID-19 APIDA Resources

Resource Provider	Resource Type
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF)	Health Policy
Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) - COVID Resources	COVID-19
Asian American Feminist Antibodies (Care in a Time of Coronavirus)	Self-Care & Social Justice
Combating Anti-Asian Racism in the Age of Coronavirus	Curriculum Guide

Government

Government APIDA Resources

Resource Provider	Resource Type
California Asian & Pacific Islander (API) Legislative Caucus	Policy & Legislation
Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC)	Policy & Legislation
COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act	Policy & Legislation
Memorandum Condemning and Combating Racism, Xenophobia, and Intolerance Against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States	Presidential Action, 01/26/21

In the News

APIDA News Stories

News Article/Story	Source
The Hidden Problem of Food Insecurity Among Asian Americans	Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center
Asian Americans have high vaccine rates, but it hasn’t come easy, nonprofit groups say	NBC News
San Diego’s Vietnamese Community Is Booming – and Wants Redistricting to Show it	Voice of San Diego
America Was Eager for Chinese Immigrants. What Happened?	The New Yorker
Asian Americans Emerge as Force in US Politics	Voice of America
GOP confronts big trouble in Little Saigon	Politico
Amid wave of violence, Asian Americans, Black communities build coalitions	NBC News
JoAnn Fields: A leader in San Diego's growing AAPI community	CBS 8
Illinois is First State to Mandate Teaching Asian American History	YR Media
Cancel 'curry'? Why South Asian American chefs say it's time for the word to go	NBC News
A Chinese American Girl Learns That Her Name Contains Multitudes	New York Times
New Asian American bakeries find bicultural sweet spot	San Diego Union-Tribune
Anti-Asian Attacks Rise During Pandemic. Read NPR's Stories On The Surge In Violence	NPR
Asian, Black Americans more likely to give to racial justice	Click 2 Houston
Anti-Asian violence has surged in the US since COVID-19. But it didn't start there.	TODAY
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders — a FAQ	NBC News
Attacks against Asian Americans are on the rise. Here's what you can do	CNN
'Black and Asian unity': attacks on elders spark reckoning with racism's roots	The Guardian
Fighting xenophobia and discrimination against Asians	City College Times
Hate crimes against Asian Americans are nothing new	FORTUNE
How to address the surge of anti-Asian hate crimes	PBS NewsHour
How to Protect the Asian-American Community (published April 19, 2021)	Bloomberg CityLab
I'm done ignoring the racism I've faced as an Asian American	CNN Business
The Muddled History of Anti-Asian Violence	The New Yorker
The U.S. Is Seeing a Massive Spike in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes	The Cut

Local

Local APIDA News

Article	Resource Type
Alliance of Chinese Americans San Diego (ACA)	Advocacy
Asian Business Association of San Diego (ABASD)	Public Policy & Advocacy
Asian Pacific American Coalition (APAC)	Civic Empowerment
Asian Solidarity Collective	Solidarity
Japanese American Citizens League (San Diego Chapter)	Civil Rights
Pacific Arts Movement	Media Arts
San Diego Queer APIMEDA Coalition	Social Awareness
Union of Pan Asian Communities (UPAC)	Health & Human Services
Viet Vote San Diego	Civic Empowerment

Museums

APIDA Museums

Museum	Category
Asian Art Museum	Arts & Culture
Japanese American National Museum	History Preservation
San Diego Chinese Historical Museum	History Preservation
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center	History Preservation
USC Pacific Asia Museum	History Preservation
Virtual Asian American Art Museum	Art & History Preservation
Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience	History Preservation

National

National APIDA News

News Article	Resource Type
AAPI Emergency Response Network (ERN)	Solidarity
APIA Scholars	Scholarships
Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC)	Advocacy
Asian American Organizing Project (AAOP)	Advocacy
Asian American Writers’ Workshop (AAWW)	Asian America Stories
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), AFL-CIO	Advocacy
Black and Asian Feminist Solidarity Letter	Solidarity
CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities	Advocacy & Allyship
Center for Asian Americans United for Self Empowerment (CAUSE)	Civic Empowerment
Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM)	Advocacy
IMPACT - Indian American Impact Fund	Public Policy & Advocacy
Korean Resource Center	Advocacy & Education
National APIDA Panhellenic Association	Advocacy
National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA)	Coalition
South Asians for Black Lives	Advocacy
South Pacific Islander Organization	Advocacy & Support
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)	Civil Rights
Stop AAPI Hate Reporting Site	Anti-Asianism
Taiwanese American Citizens League (TACL)	Advocacy & Support
The Center for Asian Pacific American Women	Leadership Enrichment
Vietnam Heritage Center	Advocacy & Education

Podcasts & Publications

APIDA Media

Media Name	Media Type
Asian Enough Podcast	News Commentary
Code Switch Podcast - One Korean American's Reckoning	Conversation on Race
COLORLINES	News & Culture
Hyphen Magazine	News & Culture
Jeff Chang - Author	Race, Culture, & Politics
Long Distance Podcast - Larry Itliong and the Great Delano Grape Strike	Documentary
Minor Feelings - An Asian American Reckoning	Autobiography (2020)
Major Feelings: An APIDA Reading List	Novels, Stories & Books
Model Majority Podcast	Politics, Culture & Life
NPR - Stories Shed Light On Recent Attacks On Asian Americans	Conversation on Race
Positively Filipino	News & Culture
The Purpose of Power - How We Come Together When We Fall Apart	Novels, Stories & Books
ThoughtCo - History of the Asian American Civil Rights Movement	Article

Research & Data

Research	Research Type
Breaking the Silence: Mental Health and Treatment Utilization Among Asian Pacific Islander Desi American College and University Students	Thesis
From Exotic to Invisible: Asian American Womens' Experiences of Discrimination	Journal Article
Looking to the Next Decade: Strengthening Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions through Policy and Practice	Non-Journal
Moving Toward an Inclusive Model of Allyship for Racial Justice	Paper
One-third of Asian Americans fear threats, physical attacks and most say violence against them is rising	Pew Research Center
South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)	History Archive
Stop AAPI Hate National Report	Discrimination
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) - Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI)	Behavioral Health Equity
The Hypersexualization of Asian Women in America: From Stereotype to Massacre (by Dr. Susie Lan Cassel, Literature & Writing Studies Dept./Ethnic Studies Program Affiliate Faculty @ CSUSM)	Faculty Presentation

Training & Tools

APIDA Training/Tools

Article	Resource Type
Anti-racism resources to support Asian American, Pacific Islander community	NBC News Story
Asian American Justice Toolkit	Advocacy
Hollaback!	Training
How to support Asian American colleagues amid the recent wave of anti-Asian violence	CNBC
Racial Equity Tools	Tools & Curricula

Videos 

APIDA Videos

Video Name	Resource Type
2021 Inauguration Poem, 'The Hill We Climb' (by Amanda Gorman)	Poetry
Asian American Documentary Network	YouTube
Conversations that Matter: From Yellow Peril to COVID-19 (April 15, 2021)	CSUSM Event
I Am Not Your Asian Stereotype (by Canwen Xu)	TEDxBoise
The Mask of Bias in America (by Dr. Theresa Suarez, Associate Professor - CHABSS Sociology @ CSUSM)	Faculty Presentation

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