LibGuides: Anti-Asian/Asian American Racism: A Resource Guide: Events and Programs

Radical Gratitude Spell

a spell to cast upon meeting a stranger, comrade or friend working for social and/or environmental justice and liberation:

you are a miracle walking
i greet you with wonder
in a world which seeks to own
your joy and your imagination
you have chosen to be free,
every day, as a practice.
i can never know
the struggles you went through to get here,
but i know you have swum upstream
and at times it has been lonely

i want you to know
i honor the choices you made in solitude
and i honor the work you have done to belong
i honor your commitment to that which is larger than yourself
and your journey
to love the particular container of life
that is you

you are enough
your work is enough
you are needed
your work is sacred
you are here
and i am grateful

by Adrienne Maree Brown

Featured Events

From the ASSC and the Center for Student Life & Leadership at Skyline College:

Our teams have worked diligently through the Spring Break to come up with meaningful and intentional Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month programming to end our Spring semester with a bang. In the wake of the violence in Myanmar and the Anti-Asian attacks here in the U.S. in our own great cities such as San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, New York City (+ countless other places) - the ASSC made a conscious effort to address some of the injustices we are seeing on our Asian community. To seek solidarity, a curated collection of events to take place online will happen between the end of April & through to the middle of May. We invite you to join us for each of the following events:

OPEN 24/7: here is our Padlet for our events with resources to tap into: https://padlet.com/999x24k/asscaprilmay2021
You will also find an assortment of zoom backgrounds, we encourage yall to visit & share the Padlet and hope to see you at the following events:

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America's history and are instrumental in its future success. Check out the events here.

Past SMCCD / California Community College /National Events

International Anti-Street Harassment Week April 11-17 Five ideas for virtual participation in 2021 from Stop Street Harassment 1. Go online to share stories and information about street harassment using the hashtag #StopStreetHarassment 2. Join Safecity’s campaign “Confidence is Beautiful.” They descibe this as “Confidence to walk down a street without worry, confidence to loiter in public spaces, confidence to travel further to explore work, leisure and more. But that cannot happen if streets are not safe. We need to spotlight the issue, create urgency to act and encourage men to take action Submit your quotes and pictures here. 3. Share your experiences and stories with street harassment across the pandemic – and/or submit artwork to stopstreetharassment@gmail.com. 4. Use chalk outside your home or pen/paper to write anti-harassment messages, take photos of the message and share the photos online, tagging @StopStHarassmnt, @pinthecreep and @catcallsofnyc. Here are
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5. Take an online training about standing up to street harassers, produced by Hollaback! and Oreal Paris.
Filipinx Student Union Seeks to #StopAsianHate Across the District and the Country April 12 at 3 pm PT, student leaders from the two Filipinx American student organizations in the San Mateo Community College District will be presenting a workshop to the Learning Communities Association (LCA) to bring awareness to the violence against the Asian community nationwide. The Filipinx Student Union at Skyline College (FSU) will be presenting along with advisors Dr. Liza Erpelo and Jayde Nieve. Katipunan at College of San Mateo (KTP) will be presenting with their advisor, Doris Garcia. The LCA is the national consortium of learning communities in colleges and universities, and this event is being hosted in conjunction with the Washington Center out of Evergreen College, considered by many to be the pioneering site for research and the advancement of learning communities. All are welcome to attend. #StopAsianHate: Raise Awareness, Rise Up In this workshop, we will provide a brief historical overview of the discrimination and racism endured by Asians in America since the mid-1800s. This will lead into our discussion of current events: the increase in anti-Asian violence in the United States. Our primary goal for this shared space is to look at the root causes of this problem, discuss how it has affected us and our communities, then identify ways to take action and stand in solidarity with our Asian brothers and sisters. Presented by: Kababayan Learning Community at Skyline College (Dr. Liza Erpelo, Jayde Nieve, Caitlin Collantes, and Asa Mobley) and Katipunan at College of San Mateo (Doris Garcia, Angeli Ong, Tyler Castillo, and Monica Dollezon-Yu) This work began earlier this semester as students from both campuses began discussing the alarming increase in violence targeting the Asian community, which prompted the students to take action. On March 7, the FSU and KTP released a joint statement condemning anti-Asian violence across the nation. This statement, to be posted on Instagram in four parts, provides the historical context of racism against Asians in America, discusses current events, and looks at ways we can all help our Asian American community work towards change and healing. On March 23, the FSU and KTP student leaders presented a workshop to the College of San Mateo titled “#StopAsianHate: Understanding What Is Currently Happening in the Asian Community and Calls to Solidarity and Action Forward.” The joint solidarity statement was used as the foundation for this workshop, and will be used to frame the upcoming workshop as well. Below are some links to contextualize the work so far: Instagram KTP x FSU #StopAAPIHateJoint Statement KTP x FSU #StopAAPIHate Historical Context The Skyline View Article: KTP and FSU clubs speak out against Asian American Attack Podcast: Student unions stand against anti-Asian hate on YouTube and Spotify Article by Liza Erpelo
April 29: “How Did We Get Here?” A Historical Lecture + Curated Dialogue on Anti-Asian Climate This historical overview by Dr. Roderick Daus-Magbual shared a response to “how did we get here?” - a question many have asked amidst the violence seen taken out on Asian elders & innocent victims to these senseless acts. This historical overview was followed by AAPI campus leaders from our own Skyline College community on a discussion panel that featured Professor Rika Fabien, Allen Ocampo from SESP & our guest of honor, our very own VPSS: Dr. Newin Orante.
BAEC Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month -- May 26th 11:00 am
Join the Bay Area Entrepreneur Center for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month as we discuss current resources and the importance of representation.
We are excited to host this discussion in partnership with the Center for Student Life and Leadership. We hope to see you there!: Zoom link

Events: Remembering the Internment of Japanese Americans

This year, February 19 marks the 80th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, the federal government’s order that forced the evacuation and incarceration for the duration of the war. Please save the date for two important events:

NWHM's 2021 Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month Resource Toolkit
National Women's History Museum's 2021 Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month Resource Toolkit; filled with links to biographies, events, and programming to celebrate this important month.

On February, 2022, faculty members Rika Yonemura-Fabian and Tadashi Tsuchida will represent Skyline College at a virtual screening and discussion of M. Matsuno’s First to Go, an intimate, inspirational, and emotional story of the wartime impact on the Kataoka family across generations. This event was hosted by the South San Francisco Public Library.

On February 25, 2022 Wartime Memories: Faculty Share Family Stories of Japanese Incarceration, hosted by Skyline College faculty members of Japanese descent and Skyline College Intercultural Center and Library.

Recordings of Past Events

Upcoming Events and Programs

Standing Together for AAPI Heritage Month -- Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center "These month-long events in May have been wonderful ways to gather up our voices to celebrate achievements. We would share songs, food, ritual, and stories. And while this year we grieve, let us also strive to find the humanity in each other. We wish to see the fullness of who we have been, who we are, and who we can still be. We are more than what has been done to us. We bear witness to and participate in calls for racial equality, justice, and much-needed kindness and healing. Our Asian American and Pacific Islander traditions demonstrate unity and care for each other."
BYSTANDER INTERVENTION TO ADDRESS ANTI-ASIAN/AMERICAN AND XENOPHOBIC HARASSMENT.
BYSTANDER INTERVENTION TO ADDRESS ANTI-ASIAN/AMERICAN AND XENOPHOBIC HARASSMENT. In response to the rise in Anti-Asian/American harassment, we partnered with Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC to adapt our bystander intervention training to meet this moment. Sign up
HOW TO RESPOND TO ANTI-ASIAN/AMERICAN HARASSMENT
HOW TO RESPOND TO ANTI-ASIAN/AMERICAN HARASSMENT WHEN IT HAPPENS TO YOU. As the pandemic escalates, we have seen more discrimination and even violence directed at Asian/American communities. During this interactive training, you’ll learn what to look for when assessing your safety.
Stand Up Against Street Harassment During this training you’ll learn a clear, adaptable, and expert-approved set of tools that have been proven to reduce the prevalence of street harassment: Hollaback!’s 5D’s of bystander intervention.
8 TOOLS TO MITIGATE IMPLICIT BIAS
8 TOOLS TO MITIGATE IMPLICIT BIAS. Everyone holds implicit biases. That doesn’t make us “bad people,” it just means that we have work to do. Through polls, brief thought experiments, and journaling, we’ll teach you how to understand and begin to undo your own implicit biases. Sign up here.

Anti-Asian/Asian American Racism: A Resource Guide: Events and Programs

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Radical Gratitude Spell

Featured Events

Past SMCCD / California Community College /National Events

Recordings of Past Events

Upcoming Events and Programs