ASIAN-AMERICAN, PACIFIC ISLANDER, AND ASIAN COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Songtrust stands in solidarity with all the members of our community and is 100% committed to dismantling systemic racism and all forms of injustice and exclusion.
We are committed to supporting our clients, their rights, and their careers, and will continue to fight the racism and injustice in our industry. Below is a collection of organizations and resources to fight racism and injustice among the Asian community.
ORGANIZATIONS
Asian Mental Health Collective
It is the mission of the Asian Mental Health Collective to normalize and de-stigmatize mental health within the Asian community.
Read MoreAsian Americans Advancing Justice
Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta is the first and only nonprofit legal advocacy organization dedicated to protecting the civil rights of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) in Georgia and the Southeast.
Read MoreHmong Innovating Politics
HIP is a grassroots organization whose mission is to strengthen the political power of Hmong and disenfranchised communities through innovative civic engagement and strategic grassroots mobilization.
Read MoreAmerican Asian Women's Association
The mission of the American Asian Women’s Association (AAWA) is to make a positive difference in the community and its members.
Read MoreAsian American Resource Center
Today at the AARC, we work towards a better tomorrow in our community and the world around us. Our primary programs are our EL/Civics Class and our Rapid Re-Housing Programs. These programs give the struggling the help they need, creating a better society around us. We also engage in countless other forms of help every year, like a toy drive, or blanket donation, or just giving out a helping hand.
Read MoreCAAAV
CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities works to build grassroots community power across diverse poor and working class Asian immigrant and refugee communities in New York City.
Read MoreAsian American Feminist Collective
Asian/American feminism is an ever-evolving practice that seeks to address the multi-dimensional ways Asian/American people confront systems of power at the intersections of race, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, migration history, citizenship and immigration status.
Read MoreAsian Americans for Equality
Through community development, Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE) advances racial, social and economic justice for Asian Americans and other systematically disadvantaged communities, guided by our experiences as Asian Americans and our commitment to civil rights.
Read MoreVietLead
VietLead is a grassroots community organization in Philadelphia and South Jersey that is creating a vision and strategy for community self-determination, social justice, and cultural resilience. We are staffed and led by community members with collectively over 25 years serving our community and are committed to working from love and solidarity.
Read MoreAPI Women | AAPI Women Lead | United States
AAPI Women Lead and #ImReady Movement aims to strengthen the progressive political and social platforms of Asian and Pacific Islander communities in the US through the leadership of self-identified AAPI women and girls. Our goal is to challenge and help end the intersections of violence against and within our communities. We do this work in solidarity with other communities of color.
#HATEISAVIRUS
A community of mobilizers and amplifiers dedicated to dismantling racism and other forms of hate.
Read MoreWOMANKIND – I am Womankind
Our Mission: Womankind works with survivors of gender-based violence to rise above trauma and build a path to healing. We bring critical resources and deep cultural competency to help Asian communities find refuge, recovery, and renewal.
Read MoreAsian American Psychological Association (AAPA)
Our Mission is to advance the mental health and well-being of Asian American communities through research, professional practice, education, and policy.
Read MoreFreedom, Inc.
Freedom, Inc. (FI) is a Black and Southeast Asian non-profit organization that works with low- to no-income communities of color. Our mission is to achieve social justice through coupling direct services with leadership development and community organizing that will bring about social, political, cultural, and economic change resulting in the end of violence against women, gender-non-conforming and transgender folks, and children within communities of color.
Read MoreARTICLES, BOOKS, AND GENERAL RESOURCES
18 Million Rising
18 Million Rising (18MR) brings Asian American communities together online and offline to reimagine Asian American identity with nuance, specificity, and power. We are using this Asian American identity as the foundation to build a more just and creative world where our experiences are affirmed, our leadership is valued, and all of us have the opportunity to thrive.
Read MoreStop AAPI Hate
A resource for reporting hate crimes, learning about latest news surrounding the AAPI community, and read national as well as state reports on the rise of hate targeted at the AAPI communities.
Read MoreShow Up: Your Guide to Bystander Intervention
We all Play A Role in creating safe public space by supporting each other when we’re harassed. That’s what bystander intervention is all about.
Read MoreThe Asian American Response to Black Lives Matter Is Part of a Long, Complicated History
In the United States, issues of race can often be cast along the lines of Black and white — and, especially at a moment when the world is being forced to confront the ways systemic racism is built into the nation’s history, the reasons for that focus are clear. At the same time, the land has never been inhabited by only those two groups, and the ways in which other minorities interact with both Black America and white America offer key insight into that past. Case in point: The complex histories of both anti-Blackness and anti-racist solidarity within the Asian American community.
Read MoreAnti Asian Violence Resources
Find resources that have been gathered to help individuals educate others, take action, donate, and more.
Read MoreThe Intersection Of Race, Misogyny And The Experiences Of Asian Americans
Atlanta police have charged a suspect in the spa shootings, which comes amid a wave of violence against Asian Americans, spurred in part by racist and xenophobic rhetoric surrounding the pandemic. But the suspect claims the shootings were motived by his self-described sexual addiction. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization reports that about one in three women, globally, have faced physical or sexual violence at least once in their lives. We discuss the shootings and violence against women.
Read More10 musicians from Asia defining a new era
From innovators to traditionalists, here are ten artists from Asia making waves around the world.
Read MoreChinatown Community for Equitable Development - Resources for Researchers and Creators
Chinatown Community for Equitable Development (CCED) is an all volunteer, multi-ethnic, intergenerational organization based in Los Angeles Chinatown that builds grassroots power through organizing, education, and mutual help.
Read MoreThe W.O.W Project
The W.O.W Project is a community-based initiative that reinvents, preserves, and encourages Chinatown’s creative culture and history through arts, culture and activism. Located inside Wing On Wo & Co., the oldest continually-run family business in New York's Chinatown, The W.O.W Project was established by fifth-generation store owner, Mei Lum, to bring concerns of a rapidly changing Chinatown into a resident-led space for intergenerational dialogue and action.
Read MoreAnti-Asian Bias Reporting Form
The spread of the coronavirus has led to a rise in anti-Asian sentiment and actions. When you report an incident that happened to you through this form, you are helping AAF track these bias incidents in the tri-state area.
Read MoreThe Making of Asian America by Erika Lee
A "comprehensive...fascinating" (The New York Times Book Review) history of Asian Americans and their role in American life, by one of the nation's preeminent scholars on the subject.
Read MoreAPISSA Therapist Directory
Welcome to the Asian, Pacific Islander, and South Asian American (APISAA) Therapist Directory. It is our hope that this resource would help to facilitate your search for a therapist
Read MoreStop AAPI Hate National Report
This report covers the 3,795 incidents received by the Stop AAPI Hate reporting centerfrom March 19, 2020 to February 28, 2021.
Read MoreVIDEO AND AUDIO RESOURCES
Asian Americans
Asian Americans is a five-hour film series that delivers a bold, fresh perspective on a history that matters today, more than ever. As America becomes more diverse, and more divided, while facing unimaginable challenges, how do we move forward together? Told through intimate and personal lives, the series will cast a new lens on U.S. history and the ongoing role that Asian Americans have played in shaping the nation’s story.
Watch NowDear Asian Americans
Dear Asian Americans is a podcast for and by Asian Americans, focusing on authentic storytelling rooted in origin, identity, and legacy. Host Jerry Won brings on guests from diverse backgrounds and career paths to celebrate, support, and inspire the Asian American community
Watch NowI Am Not Your Asian Stereotype - Ted Talk
Canwen Xu shares her Asian-American story of breaking stereotypes, reaffirming stereotypes, and driving competently on her way to buy rice.
Watch NowRepresentation in Media
Peter Westacott speaks about the portrayals (or lack thereof) of Asians in the media. Speaking from a psychological perspective, Peter Westacott discusses the consequences of whitewashing and stereotypes and implores for more dynamic, empowering, versatile roles for Asians in media.
Watch NowThe Full Well
Conversations about the intersection of Asian American identity and mental health as we explore our experiences, our beliefs, and what it means to be us.
Listen NowUncovering Overlooked Southeast Asian Stories
Kai Yuan uses video story-telling to educate and change perspectives about Singapore and the world at large.
Watch NowHollaback! Bystander Intervention Trainings to stop Anti-Asian/American Harassment & Xenophobia
Hollaback! teaches bystander intervention using our proven 5D’s methodology: Distract, Delegate, Document, Delay, and Direct.
Read MoreWe Are Not A Stereotype by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center is proud to present We are not a stereotype, a video series for educators, by educators. This series explores and challenges the complexity surrounding the term Asian Pacific American, breaking it down into topics that span multiple timelines, geographies, and identities.
Learn MoreKeep Saray Home
A short documentary covering three families of Southeast Asian descent on deportation in Massachusetts.
Watch NowHow Are The Atlanta Shootings Reverberating Among AAPIs In The Commonwealth?
A podcast episode with Angie Liou, executive director of the Asian Community Development Corporation, and Danielle Kim, member of the Massachusetts Asian American Commission.
Listen NowSelf Evident Podcast
Each episode presents an in-depth story or conversation from specific communities within the Asian diasporas in America.
Read MoreCelebrating Asian-American Voices & Stories | The Daily Show
Ali Wong, Kelly Marie Tran, David Chang & others speak on the challenges faced and progress made in having Asian identity seen, respected, and celebrated in America
Watch NowAAWW Radio
AAWW Radio is the podcast of the Asian American Writers' Workshop, an NYC literary arts space at the intersection of migration, race, and social justice.
Listen NowThey Call Us Bruce
Hosts Jeff Yang and Phil Yu present an unfiltered conversation about what's happening in Asian America.
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