Important US legislation:

• Voting rights now. Follow Black Voters Matter.

• Raise the wage. Follow Fight for 15.

• Protect immigrants. Follow Mijente.

• Climate action. Follow Sunrise Movement.

• 2022 midterm elections. Follow Working Families Party.

 

Stopping Gun Violence:

• Advocating for commonsense gun laws by sponsoring Assembly Bill 1594 to increase accountability for the firearm industry, working to strengthen federal laws to protect the public from ghost guns, and successfully defending California’s laws to prevent gun violence

• Seizing guns from prohibited persons in the Armed and Prohibited Persons System, and through multiagency sweeps in the Bay Area and Los Angeles County, operations targeting individuals attempting to illegally purchase guns, and collaboration with local law enforcement partners

• Improving transparency by expanding gun violence-related data the DOJ releases to researchers

• Ending the sale of illegal firearms by suing manufacturers of ghost gun kits and putting a stop to the sale of illegal assault weapons in Orange County

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For Ukraine:

#1 Click here for a curated list of organizations you can choose from to support the people of Ukraine. These have been vetted by partner organizations we trust and our friends on the ground.

#2 Contact your elected officials to voice your support for peace in Ukraine.

To learn more, read these.

Russia's at war with Ukraine. Here's how we got here (NPR) - A detailed overview of what's happened between Russia and Ukraine since Ukraine gained independence.

Ukraine profile (BBC) - This timeline provides deep historical context on the evolution of the region that is modern day Ukraine.

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For Afghanistan: 

Text CRISIS to 52886 and ask your representatives and senators to help with relocating. You can also find out if your tax payer dollars are funding terroristic activities. Donate to charities like Afghan Aid, International Rescue Committee (IRC) or Women for Afghan Women.  

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For Lebanon: 

Lebanon has been experiencing multiple crisis at once, from food insecurity to lack of medicine, now after a fuel explosion and 22 deaths, people are forced to seek refuge else where. Right now donations and collections of medical supplies and blood are the pressing ways to support, visit Lebanese Red Cross for more information.

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Helping Refugees:

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Miry’s list: The Los Angeles-based organization relies on crowdsourcing and social media to connect people with a new refugee family whose needs might not be entirely met by the organizations that sponsor them. Miry’s List supports families with temporary housing, emergency supplies, rides to appointments and more.

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International Rescue Committee: International Rescue Committee has been providing humanitarian aid and relief in Afghanistan since 1988. It has offices in Northern California, Los Angeles and San Diego. Stanford Prescott, the network communications officer for the organization, said all of the offices are currently serving recently arrived Afghan refugees and Afghans with special immigrant visas. 

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Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay: Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay offers a resettlement program that has long focused on refugees who have experienced persecution based on their religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation or gender identity. The majority of refugees it works with are Afghans who served as translators or provided support services for U.S. personnel in Afghanistan.

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UC Berkely Crowdfunding: The university’s Human Rights Center, in partnership with San Jose State’s Human Rights Institute and the UC Berkeley Afghan Student Assn., created a crowdfunding campaign with the initial goal of providing immediate support for a leading women’s rights activist and journalist with five small children. The campaign’s goals were surpassed, so new donations will be used to support other Afghan refugees.

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Bystander Intervention Training

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Hollaback! is a global, people-powered movement to end harassment, and believes we all have a role to play in disrupting harassment and building a culture where it is no longer seen as “just the price you have to pay” for being a woman, LGBTQ+, a person of color, or any other marginalized identity. See a calendar of upcoming bystander intervention and harrassment prevention trainings here: https://www.ihollaback.org/harassmenttraining/

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Faith in Action

 

Faith in Action is a national interfaith social justice organization with many local chapters. They advocate for reform in the areas of immigrant justice, mass incarceration, voting rights, gun violence, and health care. 

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Find a local chapter here https://faithinaction.org/the-network/ and for a listing of opportunities to take action, visit https://faithinaction.org/take-action/

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The California state branch of Faith in Action is called PICO California and you can find a list of their legislative priorities by clicking here. 

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Nine Solidarity Commitments to/with Incarcerated People for 2021

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People experiencing incarceration have been especially challenged the last year and a half, as COVID cases in prisons have been astronomical, personal visits and prison programming and classes have been completely disrupted, and much more. If you would like to support people experiencing incarceration with concrete actions, please check out this powerful list here.

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Report to the Stop AAPI Hate Reporting Center

 

https://stopaapihate.org/ 

The center tracks and responds to incidents of hate, violence, harassment, discrimination, shunning, and child bullying against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. Our approach recognizes that in order to effectively address anti-Asian racism we must work to end all forms of structural racism leveled at Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color. 

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