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As the country continues to confront a history of racial injustice, deeply rooted in the legacy of slavery and systemic racism, today, Governor Gavin Newsom appointed five individuals to serve on the newly formed Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. The formation of this task force was made possible by the Governor’s signing of AB 3121, authored by then-Assemblymember Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), which established a nine-member task force to inform Californians about slavery and explore ways the state might provide reparations. “California is leading...

Bouncing back from years in a WWII 'war relocation' camp Chizu and her family were forced to move to the Poston War Relocation Center when she was just 12 years old and by the time she was 15, she was still living behind those walls. and last updated 2021-05-05 08:48:22-04 It was where Chizu Omori lived for more than three years, but it never felt like home. "It was a sad time for me, especially towards the end of the war," Chizu explains. Chizu and her family were forced to move to the Poston War Relocation Center when she was just 12 years old and by the time she was 15, she was still livin...

Sign up for the Morning Brief, delivered weekdays. Subscribe The news in March that six women of Asian descent were 4:32 How Academics Are Taking On Anti-Asian Hate It hit UCLA doctoral student Eunhee Park especially hard. She was born and raised in South Korea, like several of the women killed in Atlanta. “I think that was really like a triggering point for everyone to come out” and speak out about the violence, Park said. She underlined that “everyone” includes her circle of academics who conduct research about Asian and Asian American communities. Suppo...

close modal Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities have a long history in the United States, from Filipino sailors arriving as early as the 1750s to the present day, with AAPIs who have origins in more than 30 countries and number 22 million, nearly 6 percent of the U.S. population. Despite this growing presence, there remains a gap in curricula regarding AAPI communities and their experiences in our schools. Children’s literature offers one way to close this gap. Multicultural education experts, including Emily Style and Rudine Sims Bishop, developed the idea of children�...

by Bao Phi; illustrated by Basia Tran In this snowy yet colorful picture book, little Thuy uses her imagination to recover from a bullying incident at school, with help from her two mothers. Ages 4 to 7. Image by Asma Mobin-Uddin; illustrated by Barbara Kiwak Bilal tries to hide his Muslim identity at his new school while his sister, Ayesha, is harassed for wearing a head scarf. A book, persuades Bilal to embrace his faith publicly and gives him the courage to stand up to the school bully. Ages 6 to 9. Image by Thanhha Lai This novel in verse spends a year with 10-year-old Ha and her family a...