If you missed our Community Discussion on Anti-Asian Violence last week co-hosted with the Alumni Association, you may catch a recording at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LmsjbA8Law
View the Slide deck here: https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.aabany.org/resource/resmgr/press_releases/2021/A_Rising_Tide_of_Hate_and_Vi.pdf
Stuyvesant High School and the Stuyvesant High School Alumni Association held a Community Discussion on Anti-Asian Violence on April 15, 2021. We were very proud to co-host this virtual community discussion to talk about racism against AAPI Americans, an issue that so profoundly affects our community.
The COVID-19 pandemic has directly impacted all Americans, uniting so many of us in loss and reinforcing the need for human connection to adapt and stay safe. Conversely, the pandemic has also divided American communities, particularly against the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community, who have been blamed for the pandemic and made the target of hate and violence. Stop AAPI Hate (https://stopaapihate.org/) has documented more than 3,000 counts of anti-Asian hate crimes since March 2020, a direct result of racism fueled by misinformation and fear during a global pandemic.
This event provided opportunity for Stuyvesant alumni and current Stuyvesant students to share their experiences, opinions and questions on recent acts of racism and violence against the AAPI community, how racism and bias manifest, and how positive change can start within our own community.
Chris Kwok ‘92, Asian American Bar Association (AABANY) was moderator and panelist along with Yang Chen ‘83, AABANY Executive Director; U.S. Congresswoman Grace Meng ‘93; Joanne Kwong ‘93, President of Chinatown’s iconic Pearl River Mart and current Stuyvesant Students: Alice Zhu, Chirstopher Liu, Xianoshen Ma, and Laura Xia. Principal Seung Yu and SHSAA President, Soo Kim ‘93 gave opening and closing remarks.
You can read more about the panelists here: https://www.stuyalumni.org/events/stuyvesant-community-discussion-on-violence-against-asian-americans.
