This week a Thai American was MURDERED, a Viet grandmother was assaulted & a Fillipino American was slashed across the face. Mainstream media does not spotlight our stories. Racism Kills.
@CNN
@MSNBC
@maddowshow
@andersoncooper
cover us! Weย are dying to be heard.
#justiceforvicha
How are we supposed to mourn and celebrate at the same time?? Lunar New Year is sacred to us. Iโm desperately trying not to cry because I was brought up with the tradition that anything that happens on LNY sets a precedent for the rest of the year.
We can't talk about
#MontereyPark
without talking about Domestic Violence in the AAPI community. The subject is still taboo but we must uplift AAPI survivors. According to
@apigbv
55% Asian women in the U.S. report intimate and/or sexual violence in their lifetime. ๐งต๐ชก
I am disheartened to see the xenophobia to Asian Americans during this time. Big shoutout to my asian sisters & brothers, esp healthcare professionals who are on the front lines protecting people despite the racism. Iโll be highlighting these heroes over the next few days
#COVID
In Vietnamese, consolation is called โchia buแปnโ. The phrase translates to โdividing sadnessโ. The community divides up the pain to ease the burden of grieving. Last night we paid our respects to the mass shooting victims at Half Moon Bay and picked up our share to chia buแปn.
Why didnโt you say something?
I did.
Why didnโt you push him off?
I did.
Why didnโt you cuss him out?
I did.
Why didnโt you tell the police?
I did.
Why didnโt you press charges?
I did.
Why did you just let it happen?
I didnโt.
Why didnโt you beat him up?
(Sigh)
Re: LNY shooting. We MUST exam domestic violence in the AAPI community. 60% of AAPI women are survivors of DV or SV. (Frm AAPI women lead) 60 percent! Believe Asian women.
WE CHANGED THE WORLD ๐!!! UNANIMOUS UN
#SurvivorsResolution
adoption!!!! Thank you UN for affirming to all sexual assault survivors around the world that you see us, our rapes matter, we will not be left behind.
Life milestone: Grateful to
@amplifierart
and to
@OBEYGIANT
for including me in the โWe The Futureโ portrait series to be sent to 20,000 schools across America. Possibility stems from seeing. I hope a young Asian American girl sees this and knows the world is for her too.
Bought 100
@CrazyRichMovie
tickets for low income CA Viet-American girls who trace their heritage to boat refugees - like me. On my way to meet them. Wish I had a movie that told stories like mine when I was their age - glad to be able to give back today. Representation matters.
Congratulations
@PresidentBio
for leading Sierra Leone to a successful UN Security Council bid! Survivors everywhere applaud your leadership and we are rooting for you.
Currently on
@Delta
flight where 2 men threatened me to give up my assigned seating telling me โI will turn on the light the entire flight, make noise the entire flight. I will climb all over youโ. I switched Bc I felt unsafe.
@Delta
flight attendants did nothing to address.
.
@weijia
asks what President Biden plans to do about attacks on the Asian American community, beyond his executive order denouncing xenophobia
Psaki says Biden would "support additional action on the local level or the federal level"
While on air talking about a mass shooting that has rocked the AAPI community, the host informed me that there was another mass shooting in the AAPI community. I havenโt even processed the first shooting less than 48 hours ago.
SOBBING!! I didnโt realize how much watching the first southeast Asian Disney Princess would mean to me. Legit teared up when she called her dad โBaโ. I literally rewound because I couldnโt believe I heard Vietnamese in a Disney movie.
#raya
#goldopen
#KMT
@awkwafina
@gemma_chan
.
@ParisHilton
joined the Senate for afternoon floor time. She will be testifying in the Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice Committee this afternoon about her time at a youth residential treatment center.
#utpol
#utleg
In 236 cases involving homicides of API women, 58% of cases with known causes were related to intimate partner violence.
Of the intimate partner violence-related homicides, 81% of perpetrators were the victimโs current intimate partner, and 10% were a former intimate partner.
All the more important to recognize Asian excellence on the medical frontlines of
#covid
when racist phrases like โChinese virusโ is trending. There are Asian, Asian American and Chinese heroes risking their lives to save lives! Check out these
#asianheroes
in thread below
I am disheartened to see the xenophobia to Asian Americans during this time. Big shoutout to my asian sisters & brothers, esp healthcare professionals who are on the front lines protecting people despite the racism. Iโll be highlighting these heroes over the next few days
#COVID
Thereโs a bittersweet feeling unique to those who taste representation for the first time. A feeling of โI never knew I was missing thisโ. Thatโs the feeling I had stepping into the White Houseโs first ever Lunar New Year Party.
Dancing with
@HillaryClinton
. One summer in college I worked in ibanking. I hated it. I would sneak into the bathroom and watch Hillaryโs speeches. Glad I left that to become an activist. Instead of watching speeches in secret bathroom stalls, Iโm here dancing with her.
MY DAD IS CANCER FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you to Dr. Pinter Brown and everyone who took care of him. From friends who pitched in to drive him to chemotherapy to all the cancer survivors who wrote in to share their support and love. CANCER FREE!!!!
In a six-year period, 160 cases in Asian families resulted in 226 fatalities, of which 72% were adult homicide victims, 10% were child homicide victims, and 18% were suicide deaths.
5 years ago I started a crazy idea called Rise. Here we are 27 laws later codifying civil rights for 72 million survivors. Thanks to the believers, the crazy ones, the Risers for proving impossible is just an opinion. To changing the world for 5 more years. Happy birthday Rise!
One-quarter of non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander men (24.8%) shared this experience of contact sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetimes
More than one-quarter of non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander women (27.2%) reported this experience of contact sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetimes
Source:
OKLAHOMA HAS PASSED ONE OF OUR FLAGSHIP RIGHTS!! Rape Kits will be kept for 50 years!!!! Weโre really grateful to so many leaders, organizers, Senators and Reps in Oklahoma who have worked very hard on this for multiple years!
6 years ago I started a crazy idea called Rise. Here we are 32 laws later codifying civil rights for 84.6 million survivors. Thanks to the believers, the crazy ones, the Risers for proving impossible is just an opinion. To changing the world for 6 more years. Happy birthday Rise!
Half crying bc Iโm exhausted & half crying bc I have hope. Didnt imagine 1 month ago when I called on people to bring attention that
@POTUS
would address it in a prime time speech. Thanks to everyone for speaking us into the nationโs consciousness. Our voices carry immense power.
NEW: Tonight
@POTUS
will call out the hate crimes against the Asian American community in his prime time address, a White House official tells me. The decision to do so was very deliberate, and the message will be โvery forcefulโ.
BAWLING ๐ญ๐ญmy family were also boat refugees from Vietnam.
#kehuyquan
we are so proud of you. We are screaming for you. YOU REPRESENT US. YOU are the DREAM!!! โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ
#Oscars
Power isnโt given, itโs fought for. I felt powerless after my rape. But when I learned that other survivors were also faced with their evidence being destroyed too we teamed up at
@RiseNowUS
and fought back. And we won. Thank you
@marieclaire
for including me in your power list.
NYPD says 65-year-old Asian American woman was walking to church this morning when suspect assaulted her and said โf*** you, you donโt belong here.โ Happened in front of 360 W. 43rd St. 11:40am. Sources say building security guard not only failed to render her aid... 1/2
!!! I am deeply grateful and honored to share my familyโs Vietnamese American refugee story as a part of the Presidential Inauguration. My remarks are streaming now, 7-8pm ET Tuesday January 19 at as a part of the Presidential Inauguration AAPI ball!
I modeled my legal activism off of Ruth Bader Ginsberg. I wouldnโt be where I am without your work. This movement wouldnโt be where it is without your work. Thank you
#RBG
for paving the pathway for all of us. Rest In Peace.
We just hit 20,000 signatures!!!!! Uโ.โS. Governors : Make Asian and Pacific Islander History a part of the American Curriculum - Sign the Petition! via
@Change
Thinking of UN Ambassador Moritan
@ArgentinaUN
who is currently in the hospital fighting COVID. He has been one of our biggest champions at the UN to fight for survivorsโ access to justice.
The release of
@Uber
โs report on sexual assault is a positive step towards accountability and transparency in the tech industry. We hope this encourages other companies to take concrete steps to prevent sexual assault and project the rights of survivors!
NEW: According to law enforcement, the Monterey Park mass shooter is a "male Asian." Witnesses and community members - including Chester Chong, leader of the local Chamber of Commerce - are saying the shooting was instigated by intimate partner violence.
This week
@GreysABC
had a moving episode on what going through a rape kit entails. I sat down with Shondaland to discuss the civil rights fight over rape kits and why itโs so important to protect survivor rights. Thank you
@byshondaland
@shondarhimes
for telling this story
The founder and CEO of Rise has changed laws affecting millions of sexual assault survivors โ but there's more work to be done to protect their civil rights.
Attacks on
#AsianAmericans
are growing at an alarming rate in the U.S.
@nguyen_amanda
of
@RiseNowUS
says there needs to be fundamental change - and people need to speak up: "The opposite of love isn't hate, it's apathy. The most powerful tool we have is our voice - speak up"
I am so excited to share that I am a Forbes contributor! My writing will focus on social change & change makers. It is part insights on building & scaling social movements & part interviews with todayโs most extraordinary change makers. Follow along here!
THIS SHOWED - โthe makeup of the writersโ room: The writers and directors on the show have always been overwhelmingly male, and women were shut out of both writing and directing jobs for every episode in season 8.โ
I have been waiting so long to share this secret! Yours truly is in Spike Leeโs upcoming film
#Da5Bloods
Itโs a blink or miss it voice role (still qualify for SAG)!! I practiced my lines probably 800 times. Thank you so much Spike for telling these stories. โค๏ธโค๏ธ
This is the dress I wore the night I was raped. We displayed it during
#UNGA
to juxtapose the unfair shame survivors face against the prestige surrounding
#UNGA
an event that gathers the worldโs most powerful people.