Stop AAPI Hate & Activate

Join us for panel discussion + workshop to take action. AAPI community & their allies welcome!

What do we mean when we talk about AAPI Hate? What can I do if I am on the receiving end? What can I do to support someone when they’ve experienced an act of hate?

AAPI community and their allies are invited to explore these and more questions in our panel and workshop event featuring activists, anti-racism facilitators, and community organizers.

Choose your own adventure!

Pick a topic for your mini-workshop experience. Don’t worry, you’ll get an event resource page with all the links and info from both workshops so you won’t miss a thing.

Breakout Room 1 - Activism & Advocacy: Sign petitions, email and call your elected officials, donate, join your local activist and advocacy groups, and share your actions with folks in your network as dedicated as you.

Breakout Room 2 - Intervention & Trauma First Aid: Learn what to do if you’re experiencing a form of violence, how to intervene if you see one happening, and what to do with the trauma aftermath.

Bonus time

If we feel the conversation and connections are getting deep, we'll offer an additional 30 minutes of facilitated discussion - think of it like coffee or tea mingling time.

Stop AAPI Hate & Activate is co-organized and co-developed by the Unconscious Bias Project in partnership with Viv Tran, host of the What Gives? podcast. Learn more about the event on our website ubproject.org.

This event is FREE

This event is free and part of our Breaking Bread & Bias 2021 outreach campaign. We would be grateful for any support you can lend us to help us keep bringing free resources to our communities.

If you would like to sponsor this event in whole or in part please check out our Stop AAPI Hate & Activate event web page.

Make a tax deductible donation at our Breaking Bread & Bias Flipcause donations page. Or chip in any amount when you reserve your ticket. Please note that we support donation-matching on either platform.

Who should join us:

AAPI community members and their friends, loved ones, neighbors, co-workers and allies (of any intersection).

Accessibility:

We will have ASL interpreters available for both the main room and breakout rooms. The main room will include simultaneous closed captioning. If you will be using ASL interpreters to engage please let us know so we can link you with the interpreters during the event. We want everyone to enjoy the event, if we can make this event more accessible to you, please email us at ubp@ubproject.org.

About our Panelists & Moderator:

Rohan Zhou-Lee (they/Siya/Tā): Zhou-Lee is the founder of the Blasian March, a solidarity movement for Black, Asian and Blasian communities through education on parallel struggles with racial injustice and mutual celebration. Independent of the Blasian March, they co-organised with a team of women of color the End Violence Towards Asians United Against White Nationalism rally as well as the Protect Asian Lives gathering in 2021. In addition to their activism, Rohan is a professional dancer and writer with performances at the New Bedford Festival Theater, Victoria Ballet Theater, Circa Pintig, and writing featured on them.us. [Photo by elansner]

Dr. Liza Talusan (she/her): Dr. Talusan is an educator, strategic change partner, leader, writer, leadership coach and parent. With over 25 years of experience in PreK-20 education, strategic leadership, and organizational change, Liza is an engaging facilitator in conversations about diversity, anti-racism, bias, privilege and power and creates environments that allow for people to build skills for difficult conversations. Through her direct work with organizational leaders, staff, students, teachers, and communities, Liza empowers individuals to create a more inclusive organization, environment, community and team. In her work with the Asian American community, Liza served as the Chair of the Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans (REAPA) from 2017-2019. [Photo by Alonso Nichols]

About our Moderator:

Viv Tran (she/her): Viv is the podcast host for What Gives?, a Chicago-based organizer, and emerging leader in the Philanthropy space. With a decade of experience working in the non-profit space, in mainly AAPI and migrant focused organizations in the Midwest, Viv has dedicated her career to strengthening diverse communities through education, civic investment and storytelling. [Photo by Ron Obdin]

About our workshop facilitators:

Dr. Linet Mera (she/her): is a change maker, scientist, and artist from Colombia. She weaves her creativity and multicultural background into her 10 years of developing and implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. She does this by assessing community needs, leveraging existing resources, and cultivating collaborations within and between organizations to sustain long-lasting impact. She is co-founder and co-Executive Director of the Unconscious Bias Project. [Photo by @CarlyBennettPhotography]

Viv Tran (she/her): Viv is the podcast host for What Gives?, a Chicago-based organizer, and emerging leader in the Philanthropy space. With a decade of experience working in the non-profit space, in mainly AAPI and migrant focused organizations in the Midwest, Viv has dedicated her career to strengthening diverse communities through education, civic investment and storytelling. [Photo by Ron Obdin]

Event recording

Our event will be recorded, check the event confirmation page for more details on how we will use the recording.

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