How You Can Support the AAPI Community

Here are hotlines, mental health toolkits, petitions, and more resources that you can use to support Asian Americans right now.

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The Interlude

3 min readMar 17, 2021

On Tuesday night, a gunman killed eight people — six of whom were Asian women — in a shooting spree at three Asian-owned spas and massage parlors in the Atlanta area. The incident has sparked outrage amid a year of heightened violent hate crimes against Asian Americans, partially motivated by xenophobic Covid-19 fears. But Asian Americans across the country are also speaking up about how the Atlanta shooting is a byproduct of America’s history of racism against the community. The Interlude staff has compiled resources for Asian Americans and allies to report hate crimes, take care of their mental health, support Asian businesses, and better understand the history of discrimination against Asian Americans.

How to Report a Hate Crime

Stop AAPI Hate: https://stopaapihate.org/
VictimConnectHotline: 1-855-4-VICTIM or https://chat.victimsofcrime.org/victim-connect/
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights: https://www.usccr.gov/filing/index.php
National Center for Victims of Crime: 1-202-467-8700
Asian Americans Advancing Justice: https://www.standagainsthatred.org/
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund: https://www.aaldef.org/
Asian American Commission: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeITSTOboyzc0SpwPasU_r7yaR8qWtv0F3wRYUB7G6Q8z0AMA/viewform
FBI online tips form: https://tips.fbi.gov/ (or call your local FBI field office https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices)

Mental Health Resources

APISAA Therapist Directory from the Asian Mental Health Collective: https://www.asianmhc.org/apisaa
Mental health organizations’ directory across the U.S.
National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association AANHPI Service Providers in all 50 States: https://www.naapimha.org/aanhpi-service-providers
Mental health toolkits from the Asian American Health Initiative
Mental Health Toolkit 1: Staying Well and Living Fully
Mental Health Toolkit 2: Getting the Care You Need
Boston College’s Racial Trauma Toolkit: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/lynch-school/sites/isprc/isprc-advisory-board.html

Donations, Mutual Aid Funds, and Petitions

Asian American Advocacy Fund: https://www.asianamericanadvocacyfund.org/contribute
Hate is a Virus Community Fund: https://hateisavirus.org/
Save Our Chinatowns: https://www.saveourchinatowns.org/
Send Chinatown Love: https://www.sendchinatownlove.com/
Heart of Dinner: https://www.heartofdinner.org/donate
Ktownforall: https://ktownforall.org/donate/
APIENC, supports trans and queer Asian and Pacific Islanders: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/apienc
Oakland Vietnamese Community Center: https://www.vacceb.net/donate/donations/
Red Canary Song, supports Asian & migrant sex workers: Redcanarysong.net
GoFundMe: Support the Cause Against Anti Asian Violence: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-cause-against-antiasian-violence
GoFundMe: AAPI Journalists Therapy Relief Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/AAPI-journalists-therapy-relief-fund
United Asian Alliance: https://www.unitedasianalliance.com/

Online Bystander Intervention Training

Center for Anti-Violence Education
Hollaback! holds multiple trainings every month
SafeWalkNYC: https://www.instagram.com/safewalksnyc/?hl=en

Learn the History

“Recent Rise in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Doesn’t Mean Anti-Asian Racism Is New,” Teen Vogue
“America’s long history of scapegoating its Asian citizens,” National Geographic
“The Muddled History Of Anti-Asian Violence,” The New Yorker
“There were 3,800 anti-Asian racist incidents, mostly against women, in past year,” NBC Asian America
“Spit On, Yelled At, Attacked: Chinese-Americans Fear for Their Safety,” The New York Times
“Recent violence against Asian Americans highlights need for better tracking, reporting,” NBC Asian America
“Anti-racism resources to support Asian American, Pacific Islander community,” NBC Asian America
“The Racism We Never Discussed,” InStyle