With rise in anti-Asian harassment, efforts renewed to establish Ohio AAPI Commission Grace Deng and Titus Wu, The Columbus Dispatch © Jona Hilario Leaders in the AAPI community testified at the Ohio Statehouse early 2021 in support of adding a budget amendment which would create an Ohio Asian American and Pacific Islander Affairs Commission. From left to right: Yung Chen-Lu, Jona Hilario, Angela Dawson, Dr. Gregory Lam, Shahin Rahman, Manju Sankarappa and Sudarshan Pyakurel Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) are the only ethnic group in Ohio without a state-lev...