Asian Organizations Across Bay Area Join Forces to Demand Action Against Violence
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SAN FRANCISCO A coalition of 70 Asian American community organizations, mainly in the San Francisco Bay Area, issued the following statement on Feb. 9.
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We, the undersigned organizations, denounce violence against members of Asian American communities in San Francisco, Oakland, and the greater Bay Area. We stand in solidarity with victims, survivors, and families who have suffered loss and pain.
These violent assaults have made the especially difficult circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic even more painful. From our Chinese, Thai, and Vietnamese elders to our youth, our Asian American communities are traumatized, afraid, and outraged during a time when we are also experiencing disproportionate impacts of the pandemic. These include mass unemployment, safety risks to frontline workers, insecure housing, the shuttering of our local small businesses, and a surge in anti-Asian racis
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In Oakland s Chinatown, community leaders are going public with their pleas for help in combating an increase in violent crime, an effort deemed especially important with the Lunar New Year celebration kicking into high gear. It s about trust, that person will help provide information to seniors and businesses on what they need to do to report crime, said Carl Chan President of Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce.
In a statement mayor Libby Schaaf said, The horrific targeting of victims based on race or nationality has no place in our diverse, sanctuary city of Oakland. We will restore these officers - as so many in the community have demanded while at the same time invest in non-police safety measures as well.