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Asian American, Black, Latinx, Indigenous Activists to Hold Emergency Rally Against Racism Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to include Indigenous rally organizers, according to Rohan Zhou-Lee. Activists from the Black, Latinx, Indigenous and Asian American community will hold an emergency rally in New York City on Saturday in response to the string of violent racist attacks against Asians. The details: Asian American activists and their allies will organize a rally on Feb. 20 at 2 p.m. in Washington Square Park to decry “the recent wave of racist attacks on Asian Americans.”...

Donajkowski ALPENA — The Alpena Public Schools Board of Education censured former Trustee Steven Donajkowski on Monday because of sexualized comments he posted to Facebook about Vice President Kamala Harris. Donajkowski resigned ahead of the board of education meeting on Monday. The comment Donajkowski made on the Alpena Betterment’s Facebook page–a private group the public can request to join– was in response to a special a local restaurant was offering as part of an event for the Alpena Democratic Party held last week. Donajkowski on Monday declined comment. The resolution to cens...

Erasing the stain of racism 3 published : 15 Feb 2021 at 12:30 3 When Rawiri Waititi got up to ask a question in the New Zealand parliament last Tuesday, he didn't get far. Speaker Trevor Mallard warned the Maori MP that (male) members could only do so if they were wearing a necktie. Mr Waititi, wearing a taonga, a Maori greenstone pendant, continued with his question even after being stopped a second time. He was then ordered to leave the chamber. Crazy, isn't it? Is following a western code the only way to show respect for an exalted body such as a legislative a...

Oakland Communities Rally Together at Madison Park to Denounce Violence Against Asian Americans A crowd of some 500 people — made up of multicultural members from Black, Brown, and other communities — gathered in Oakland's Madison Park Saturday afternoon to protest the growing number of attacks against Asian Americans amid the pandemic. The past eleven or so months have seen an increase in physical violence (and verbal racists outbursts, both IRL and online) toward Asian Americans — a topic our Madam Vice President addressed just a few days ago. Moreover, the elderly have been particul...

A rally was held in Oakland on Saturday to promote multicultural healing after a dramatic surge in horrendous attacks on Asian Americans.