Coronavirus/COVID-19 Resources to Stand Against Racism

Facts, Not Fear

For health information, please refer to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization.

Words Matter

We are working with the media, Congress, and partner organizations to inform around the harm of this xenophobia.

• Asian Americans Advancing Justice Statement on Discrimination and the Coronavirus Epidemic (February 2020)
• Social media responses to comments by elected officials:
  • House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (March 10, 2020)
  • President Trump (March 16, 2020)
  • Senator John Cornyn (March 18, 2020) 
• Asian American and Pacific Islander Leaders and Over 260 Civil Rights Organizations Call on Congress to Denounce Anti-Asian Racism around COVID-19 (National Council of Asian Pacific Americans)
• As Coronavirus Fears Incite Violence, CAPAC Members Urge Colleagues to Not Stoke Xenophobia (Letter from the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus)

Resources to Take On Hate

• We encourage reporting to our site, www.StandAgainstHatred.org, which is accessible in Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese. As we state on the site, when people submit reports, they are aiding our efforts to monitor hate incidents across the country. “By sharing what you experienced or witnessed, you can educate the public, empower others, show service providers where help is needed, and strengthen advocacy efforts for hate crimes response and prevention.”

• For direct assistance, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has a Stop Hate project and a hotline at 1-844-9-NO-HATE, also accessible in a number of languages.

• Asian Americans Advancing Justice is part of a diverse coalition of civil rights organizations, Communities Against Hate, which is led by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Read the report Hate Magnified published by the coalition last year that details the hate incidents reported to Communities Against Hate.

• Protecting Asian American and Pacific Islander Working People (Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance)

• Resources from the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO)

• Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander In-Language Resources for Coronavirus (Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum)

• Media Guidance: Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) calls on news organizations to exercise care in coverage of the coronavirus outbreak

  • Joint statement from AAJA and partners denouncing anti-Asian racism during coronavirus outbreak