Reconnect with your Bay Area community by volunteering FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Volunteer Matthew Lee collects trash at Lincoln Square Park in Oakland.Courtesy Vanessa HuaShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Volunteer Amanda Farrell collects trash at Lincoln Square Park in Oakland.Courtesy Vanessa HuaShow MoreShow Less 3of3 Trash bags stacked at Lincoln Square Park in Oakland. Chronicle columnist Vanessa Hua contributed with trash collection at the park as part of a volunteering effort with the Oakland Chinatown Coalition’s pilot ambassador project.Courtesy Vanessa HuaShow MoreShow Less In the wake of the anti-Asian violence that intensified during the pandemic, I worried about how I might protect my mother and my community. The attacks have been a devastating reminder of this country’s long history of xenophobia against immigrants and their families.