Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a rise in racism and discrimination against the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.
Together, we can stop the hate.
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Stop AAPI Hate
Stop AAPI Hate released a report, Two Years and Thousands of Voices, which provides insight into the racism and discrimination the AAPI community has faced since the start of the pandemic.
- 11,500 hate incidents were reported between March 19, 2020, and March 31, 2022.
- Harrassment is a major problem. Approximately 67 percent of incidents involved harassment, such as verbal or written hate speech or inappropriate gestures.
- AAPI individuals who are also female, non-binary, LGBTQIA+ and/or elderly experienced hate incidents that targeted them for more than one of their identities at once.
Hate Can Happen Anywhere
- In large cities
- In small towns
- In AAPI enclaves
- In places where AAPI communities are few and far between
Actions You Can Take
- Speak out against hate and intolerance.
- Report AAPI and other hate crimes and incidents to Stop AAPI Hate.
- Offer support to victims and organizations assisting victims.
- Have community rallies to give victims a platform and voice.
- Ask public officials to speak out against hate crimes.
- Establish a local hate crime network that includes law enforcement, local government, schools, religious organizations and community organizations. Ask them to respond to hate crimes immediately when they happen and to promote prevention and awareness.
What We Are Doing
The Center partners with the California Department of Social Services to support grantmaking to qualified organizations. We work with funded partners to provide support and services to hate crime victims and survivors and their families. The grants also equip organizations to facilitate hate incident and hate crime prevention measures. Learn more about our funded partners below.
Learn About Our Partners
In March 2022, the California Department of Social Services chose The Center to serve as a regional lead for the Stop the Hate program.
In this role, The Center directs grants to qualified organizations to provide support and services to hate crime victims and survivors and their families. The grants also equip organizations to facilitate hate incident and hate crime prevention measures.
The California Department of Social Services and The Center partner with 35 organizations to partner on the important work of Stop the Hate.
- AAPIs for Civic Empowerment Education Fund (Statewide)
- Asian American Liberation Network (Sacramento/Northern California)
- ACC Senior Services (Sacramento)
- Black Youth Leadership Project (Sacramento/Northern California)
- CA-HI State Conference NAACP (Statewide)
- California Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce Foundation (Sacramento/Northern California
- California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (Statewide)
- Chico Area Interfaith Council (Chico)
- Community Interventions (Bakersfield)
- Community Matters (Statewide)
- Dolores C. Huerta Foundation (Bakersfield)
- East Bay Sanctuary Convenant (Berkeley)
- Education and Leadership Foundation (Fresno)
- Empowering Marginalized Asian Communities (Stockton)
- Equality California Institute (Statewide)
- Escape Velocity Resources Foundation, Inc. (Sacramento/Northern California)
- Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministries (Fresno)
- Healing Together (Oakland/Statewide)
- Hlub Hmong Center (Merced)
- Hmong Innovating Politics (Sacramento)
- Hmong Youth and Parents United (Sacramento)
- Jakara Movement (Fresno)
- Lao Family Community Development, Inc. (Sacramento/Northern California)
- Little Manila Rising (Stockton)
- Merced Lao Family Community, Inc. (Merced)
- My Sister’s House (Sacramento)
- Oasis Legal Services (Berkeley)
- Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center (San Mateo)
- Queer Humboldt (Sacramento/Northern California)
- Stone Soup Fresno (Fresno)
- The Fresno Center (Fresno)
- Not in Our Town (Oakland/Statewide)
- The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles Labor Center (Los Angeles)
- The Sacramento API Regional Network (Sacramento)
- University Enterprises, Inc. dba Sacramento State Sponsored Research (Sacramento)
- Uplift the Human Spirit (Stockton)
- Vigilant Love (Statewide)
Stop the Hate's 2024 Convening
In the News
Northern California organization supports, accompanies senior citizens (ABC10)
Feb. 17, 2023
Our Safety and Wellness are Inextricably Linked
Sierra Health Foundation and The Center statement on ending violence
Jan. 24, 2023
Newsom signs bill targeting harassment and hate in public spaces (Axios.com)
Sept. 13, 2022
Two anti-Asian hate bills pass unanimously in California (AsAmNews.com)
August 31, 2022
Stopping hate crime in the API community (Fox40.com)
May 19, 2022