Statements Against AAPI Hate
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A Letter to SSW from The Asian Pacific Islander Coalition
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April 27, 2020
Letter to the School of Social Work
Purpose:
- Destigmatize myths and stereotypes of API by informing our communities about API and the erroneous connection to the COVID-19 virus.
- Encourage people to act against anti-Asian discrimination (check-in that they are okay, intervene, raise awareness, support local business) and xenophobia
- Unite with API and the international community acting politically and commit to allyship with other minorities
Many of us are aware of the surge in hostility towards Asian Pacific Islanders (AAPI). In the U.S. alone, we are averaging one hundred “reported” hate crimes towards API on a daily basis (Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council 2020). Racist harassment may tend to affect those within the API community differently based on their other intersectional, marginalized positionalities (Lu 2020, Reeves and Rothwell 2020). We also acknowledge that this pandemic has negatively impacted other racial minorities, such as the disproportionate proportion of
Black
and
Latino/a/x communities
. Let's stand together despite our differences, and express kindness and support towards one another. In efforts to collectively reduce negative impacts of COVID-19 during this tumultuous time of confusion and fast-changing policies, we, as API Coalition encourage everyone to have patience for one another, to exercise empathy and reflection, and to respect each other’s needs and how we show up in spaces.
Read the full letter here
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U-M Task Force Against AAPI Hate
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A grassroots Task Force consisting of U-M faculty, staff, and students have come together to
coordinate efforts and develop tools
for reporting hate incidents, providing support, and fostering community in response to the rising anti-Asian/anti-Chinese bias during the pandemic.
In addition, Rob Sellers, Vice Provost for Equity and Inclusion, recently issued a
statement of support
for the Asian Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Access the resource document
here
What you can do:
- Report incidents of anti-AAPI hate
- Report U-M incidents to Dean of Students and/or Office of Institutional Equity.
- Report incidents to the national Stop AAPI Hate campaign and to OCA Asian Pacific American Advocates hate incident reporting system
- Report Michigan incidents to the Michigan Department of Attorney General Hate Crimes Unit: 313-456-0200.
- Share UAAO’s poster on COVID-19 and anti-Asian bias (included here).
- The poster is currently available in English, Vietnamese, Japanese. Telugu, Korean, traditional Chinese, Hindi, and Burmese translations are in progress. Please contact [email protected] with additional translation requests.
Resources:
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Time:
Friday, May 29, 11 am - 12 pm EDT
Brief Description:
Join the Curtis Center and
Professor James Smith
, Visiting SSW Fulbright Scholar, on a discussion of his research entitled
: “Family are really important”: Understanding intersections between health and well-being, gender, culture and age from the perspective of young Aboriginal males in Australia's Northern Territory
Smith is a Father Frank Flynn Fellow at Menzies School of Health Research, Australia. His Fulbright project involves synthesizing the global evidence about health promotion strategies that aim to reduce health inequities among young men of color. Smith has over 20 years of work in men’s health, health promotion, health equity, evaluation and Indigenous affairs.
RSVP by 5/27/2020, a Zoom link will be sent out the morning of the event.
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Time:
Every Wednesday, 11 am - 1 pm EDT
Brief Description:
Join MESA every Wednesday between 11:00 am - 1:00 pm for Wellness Wednesday lunch, coffee, tea, and conversation.
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Time:
Beginning April 15 for six weeks
Brief Description:
A retrospective of London Migration Film Festival 2016-2019 with some of our favorite films presented in the programme over the past four years will be accessible online for free.
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Time:
one-hour, interactive virtual training; click the link above to see specific time slots
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Time:
April 23 to May 23, 2020
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Spring 2020 Conversation Circles run for six weeks:
May 11th - June 21st
Participant registration is open:
May 4 - May 17
Are you an international student, scholar, or researcher at the University of Michigan? Are you interested in practicing informal English conversation, catching up on current English idioms or slang, meeting new people, and staying connected to the UM community? If yes,
register to join a Conversation Circle
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Time:
Wednesday, May 20, 1 pm - 2 pm EDT
Brief Description:
The International Institute, Peace Corps, and the International Center present this virtual session to explore post-grad opportunities abroad for which you can begin to apply now. Please note that this session will
mainly discuss federally-funded programs, where U.S. citizenship is required. One program (Luce Scholars) has an age limit of 29 years.
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Please contact the SSW Office of Student Services (
[email protected]
) if you are in financial hardship due to COVID-19. OSS staff will assist you to find funding to support you.
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If you are facing financial hardship due to COVID-19 or any other unforeseen situation, the Dean of Students Office stands ready to assist you.
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CEW+ is able to offer small emergency grants to current U-M Ann Arbor graduate students. These grants are for unexpected financial emergencies that threaten to derail degree progress including funding issues that are a result of COVID-19.
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This document was initially directed at ways for how to turn fieldwork that was initially planned as using face-to-face methods into a more ‘hands-off’ mode. However, people have added useful material about ‘born digital’ research (content already generated on the internet by online interactions), which provides an alternative source of social research materials if researchers decide to go down that path."
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The School of Social Work has crafted a list of globally-focused courses offered around campus for Fall 2020. The SSW Registrar also keeps a general
Fall 2020 list of outside courses
. There are many other courses not listed offered elsewhere in the university that may be of interest.
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If you are interested in teaching English online, check out this website. It includes resources such as online certificates, blog posts with tips, and job opportunities.
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This three session video workshop will focus on understanding anxiety, learning strategies to manage anxiety, and developing a plan to apply the strategies on a daily basis wherever you are during the Pandemic.
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