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ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Malala Yousafzai and more nominate those who are making history in our world. • 309 min read ABC News Photo Illustration Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month celebrates the contributions of one of the fastest-growing groups of people living in the United States. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders contain multitudes. They are a global community with a homegrown and unique perspective on America. Their diversity expands continents and demographics. The hopes and dreams of the AAPI community are America at its finest, and its people and traditions are those that are tightly stitched into the fabric of the nation. The American dream is alive and well within the AAPI community, and we ve gathered so many of those dreams here throughout this inspiring list of individuals. ....
For Bay Area Asian Americans worried about walking alone, there s a new service Iris Kwok FacebookTwitterEmail A new service seeks to help Asian Americans walking aloneAekkarak Thongjiew / EyeEm/Getty Images Akari Myo was walking home from the bus stop after working the closing shift at Boba Guys in Hayes Valley one March evening when she noticed something peculiar: three unfamiliar cars, parked on the street she lived on. “Weird,” Myo thought. There usually weren’t that many cars. But she was almost home, and kept walking. The running footsteps came from behind. Myo turned around, terrified. From the shadows had emerged a dark figure that was now rapidly approaching. The thief grabbed her shoulder bag and tried to pry it off her shoulder. Little did he know that Myo was prepared. ....
How Crowdfunded Cabs Became a Beacon of Hope In the Fight Against AAPI Violence May 5, 2021 After her grandmother passed away in January, Ivana Xie has been keeping her 96-year-old grandfather company on weekends. She picks up dim sum, and they spend hours playing very quick, very competitive games of mahjong. Xie used to feel full both in heart and stomach after leaving his apartment in the heart of New York City’s Chinatown. Now she just feels anxious. Two months ago, an Asian man was stabbed by a stranger two blocks from where Xie’s grandfather has lived since coming to the U.S. from China 30 years ago.“I hate that I m scared,” Xie, 21, tells ELLE.com. “But it s true, I’m terrified.” ....
Nationwide efforts underway to disarm hate and make the Asian community feel safer and last updated 2021-04-27 15:54:06-04 SAN DIEGO, Calif. â Reports of violent crimes against people from the Asian community continue to come into law enforcement. But efforts are underway nationwide to help the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) community feel safer. Taking public transportation or just walking out in public has been pretty challenging and pretty scary, said Paul Lim, a sophomore at Emory University. Lim and longtime friend Sydney Trieu created a fund to help provide more transportation options to the AAPI community. Their donation-based fund, San Diego Cabbie, is reimbursing Uber and Lyft rides for Asian women, seniors, and Asians with disabilities. So far, they ve raised over $7,000. ....
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