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THE STANDARD CENTRAL Kirinyaga County Commissioner Jim Njoka (L), and other officers at PI Police Post in Mwea East Sub-County. [Kariuki Mwangi, Standard] The Kirinyaga County Security and Intelligence Committee has moved swiftly to save six police officers deployed at P.I. police post in Mwea East from forcible eviction. This is after the 10-year lease on plot where the six police officers have been residing for the last 10 years came to an end, and the owner of the plot started bringing in b...

THE STANDARD CENTRAL Kirinyaga County Commissioner Jim Njoka (L), and other officers at PI Police Post in Mwea East Sub-County. [Kariuki Mwangi, Standard] The Kirinyaga County Security and Intelligence Committee has moved swiftly to save six police officers deployed at P.I. police post in Mwea East from forcible eviction. This is after the 10-year lease on plot where the six police officers have been residing for the last 10 years came to an end, and the owner of the plot started bringing in b...

“I think it’s really important people come together to address this issue which is important to me,” said Mountain View resident Sue Tan. The large group marched from the Caltrain station to Mountain View City Hall, denouncing hate and violence against Asians and Pacific Islanders along the way. Teenagers Including Amanda Khu organized it. She said someone recently shouted racial slurs at her in San Mateo. “I think the rise in hate crimes recently and the violence against Asians pushed ...

When Alex Hanesakda saw the tragic news that eight people were shot and killed in Atlanta on March 16, and that six of them were Asian women, he knew it was time for him to speak out. What he wrote in the post, he also submitted to the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service (bit.ly/3dwZlBU). The editorial was titled: “ ‘I’m done keeping my head down:’ Why we must stop the hate against Asian Americans (and everyone else).” “At first, I was like, ‘Do I say somethin...

1:05     On Monday, the California legislature approved $1.4 million to help stop these attacks. The bill they passed could support initiatives including       “For so long you hear anecdotal stories, you hear “this happened here this happened there” but you have no idea how large the problem is.”   The bill included unrelated funding for voter outreach and information guides, among other items. It still requires the governor’s approval.  Tags: 

Directors Guild, Content Players Decry Malicious Attacks Against AAPI Community Matt Donnelly, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail As Hollywood continues to observe the alarming rise in anti-Asian hate crimes across the U.S., creative unions and content producers are speaking out. Following celebrity outcry last week, the Directors Guild of America has formally issued a condemnation of attacks — many of which affect elders in the AAPI community. More from Variety “The DGA strongly condemns th...

Republicans only care about voting when they lose. and the fact that theyre losing and cannot accept that theyve lost is like, its just to the point where the doj has to be involved, is really insane. and so i feel like with the aapi community, in particular, my parents have never voted, because theyve never felt like that this is their country and now theyre realizing the mistake of that. asian americans, pacific islanders are realizing theyre here, were not all queer, but i am, and were here t...

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