COVID-19 Advocacy
Here at AdvancED we believe whole-heartedly in the complete person. We also support the level of equity and social justice that nurtures, nourishes, and protects the whole person.
Whether you are an individual or an organization, if you are interested in advocating around issues that protect our most vulnerable communities, especially during this era of the coronavirus, please find opportunities below and get involved.
Whether you are an individual or an organization, if you are interested in advocating around issues that protect our most vulnerable communities, especially during this era of the coronavirus, please find opportunities below and get involved.
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Anti-Blackness in Filipino Communities from One Down and Palms Up Academy I'm very grateful and humbled that I was recently included in a video around anti-blackness and I'd like to share it with those who work with Filipino communities. This video was created by a local LA group called One Down and one of the founders is a fellow UCLA alum! A huge thanks again to Gel from LEAD Filipino for connecting me with One Down for this video! I've shared this on Facebook and LinkedIn but I don't have an IG or anything else. I appreciate any support you can offer in helping this reach the Filipinx communities where you work and live, as well as our ally communities. Please be sure to tag me (@advancedconsultingllc) and One Down (@onedwnmedia). You can take action on a larger scale by supporting One Down, the Movement for Black Lives, the Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies, LEAD Filipino, AAPI Women Lead, Kabataan Alliance and the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns or NAFCON. By support, I mean money. I mean people power. I mean your voice and your story. Bring your lolos and lolas, your manangs and manongs. And if you are Black and Filipinx like me, tell your story at least to your family. |
Unlearning Anti-Blackness in Filipino Culture | One Down | Palms Up Academy
(https://www.facebook.com/onedwnmedia/videos/222963872213369/)
(https://www.facebook.com/onedwnmedia/videos/222963872213369/)
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Philippines Anti-Terror Bill and the Philippines Human Rights Act
from Malaya Movement As of July 3, President Duterte signed the Anti-Terror Bill into Law. All employers to defend their employees, encourage PI to repeal the law. There were organized July 17 protests, the day the law went into effect, and another one is scheduled for July 27 when Duterte gives his next speech. Resources to learn more:
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Calls to Action:
1. Take action on July 27 against the Anti-Terror Law. For updates, go to tinyurl.com/resistterrorbill.
2. Join an organization. Consider ICHRP (tinyurl.com/joinichrp), Malaya (bit.ly/joinmalaya), and Kabataan Alliance (tinyurl.com/joinkabataanalliance).
1. Take action on July 27 against the Anti-Terror Law. For updates, go to tinyurl.com/resistterrorbill.
2. Join an organization. Consider ICHRP (tinyurl.com/joinichrp), Malaya (bit.ly/joinmalaya), and Kabataan Alliance (tinyurl.com/joinkabataanalliance).
- Kabataan Alliance is for students ages 13-35, youth professionals, working youth, out of school youth, etc. You must be a youth organization, student club, youth-led institution, youth program, or an individual to be a member. tinyurl.com/joinkabataanalliance
- Malaya is for members who are ready to help plan and participate in actions and activities of Malaya, and receive updates on the issues of MALAYA's concern including, but not limited to, human rights, dictatorship, and martial law. bit.ly/joinmalaya
- ICHRP is the International Coalition for Human Rights for the Philippines. By signing up you will be connected with member organizations of ICHRP-US Network near you. tinyurl.com/joinichrp
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Raise $15,000 to fund 40 Youth-Led Mutual Aid Projects across the country!
from AAPI Women Lead AAPI Women Lead's youth-based mutual aid relief funds team needs your support! One of our youth leaders launched this campaign to fund youth mutual aid projects. Last month we were able to fund 9 projects with your help. Each group received $300. These projects included youth-led fundraisers for food banks and local Chinatowns; young herbalists who made natural protest first-aid kits, youth-centered podcasts, and food delivery services to single resident occupancies. Our youth leaders ranged from 10-24 years old. In our second round of applications, we received more than 40 applications!! This speaks to the creativity and commitments of our youth AND it speaks to the need. We want to fund each project. Read the full newsletter issue. |
Please help us fundraise by going to the GoFundMe! In the next two weeks, we are fundraising for $15,000.
Stay tuned for our updates on our online activities and campaigns. In the meantime, thank you to everyone who has helped to make our mutual-aid projects possible. Special thanks to www.wearablemasks.com for helpings us to donate thousands of masks to our unhoused, seniors, low-income students’ and their families, food banks, and other community members in Oakland, CA.
Below are some amazing projects that have been funded!
Stay tuned for our updates on our online activities and campaigns. In the meantime, thank you to everyone who has helped to make our mutual-aid projects possible. Special thanks to www.wearablemasks.com for helpings us to donate thousands of masks to our unhoused, seniors, low-income students’ and their families, food banks, and other community members in Oakland, CA.
Below are some amazing projects that have been funded!
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Support the African American Community Service Agency's "Pack a Back"
from Silicon Valley Organization SVO Member, The African American Community Service Agency (AACSA) in partnership with the National Pan-Hellenic Council (Silicon Valley Chapter) is kicking off it's annual "Pack a Back with Supplies and Love" to help San Jose and Santa Clara County area children get ready for back to school! Check out their Amazon Wish List for donation ideas, new backpacks, and school supplies, to benefit the African American Community Service Agency in San Jose. |
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#HearOurEdStories
from NACAC and the Committee for Education Funding
This week, the House of Representatives is going to vote on the annual spending bill for the Department of Education. To show Congress why increased funding for education is critical, NACAC is joining the #HearOurEdStories campaign the week of July 27.
Click here to learn more about the #HearOurEdStories campaign and download the social campaign toolkit.
This toolkit will equip you to start an online conversation about raising the federal education budget in the United States. Our goal is to increase federal education investments to 5 percent of the budget.
The campaign’s official hashtags are #HearOurEdStories & #5Cents4EdFunding.
from NACAC and the Committee for Education Funding
This week, the House of Representatives is going to vote on the annual spending bill for the Department of Education. To show Congress why increased funding for education is critical, NACAC is joining the #HearOurEdStories campaign the week of July 27.
Click here to learn more about the #HearOurEdStories campaign and download the social campaign toolkit.
This toolkit will equip you to start an online conversation about raising the federal education budget in the United States. Our goal is to increase federal education investments to 5 percent of the budget.
The campaign’s official hashtags are #HearOurEdStories & #5Cents4EdFunding.
A 100-Year Commitment to Report the Black Experience in America
from Gallup
Gallup is proud to announce the launch of the Center on Black Voices — an ongoing, independent study of Black life in America.
The Center on Black Voices expands on decades of Gallup research to give a full picture of the experiences and perspectives of more than 40 million Black Americans.
Read Clifton's blog about the launch of the new center.
"We're going to listen for 100 years, gathering stories and perspectives from Black Americans that can help bring about meaningful change in our society." — Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO of Gallup
from Gallup
Gallup is proud to announce the launch of the Center on Black Voices — an ongoing, independent study of Black life in America.
The Center on Black Voices expands on decades of Gallup research to give a full picture of the experiences and perspectives of more than 40 million Black Americans.
Read Clifton's blog about the launch of the new center.
"We're going to listen for 100 years, gathering stories and perspectives from Black Americans that can help bring about meaningful change in our society." — Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO of Gallup
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The Black National Convention on Aug 28
from the M4BL The Movement for Black Lives is hosting the Black National Convention, a virtual event on August 28th at 7pm ET. is presented by the Electoral Justice Project of the Movement for Black Lives. Next month, we’ll set a Black agenda to lead our work, no matter who sits in the White House in January 2021. During Black August, we will also launch our full Vision for Black Lives policy platform to clearly state our demands for how we win and build the world of our dreams. |
NACAC Advocacy Letters
from NACAC
NACAC recently signed on to several letters as a part of their advocacy work.
from NACAC
NACAC recently signed on to several letters as a part of their advocacy work.
- To Congressional Leadership encouraging Congress to give careful consideration to ensure that any new initiatives in the next COVID-19 supplemental appropriations act are implemented effectively by the Department of Education (July 2020). https://www.acenet.edu/Documents/Letter-Senate-CARES-Act-Implementation-072220.pdf
- To Congressional Leadership encouraging them to include policy protections in any additional COVID funding package to protect students and taxpayers from unscrupulous colleges (uly 2020). https://ticas.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CARES_2_Accountability.LeadershipLetter.pdf
- To the Department of Homeland Security seeking clarification regarding the status of incoming international students (July 2020). https://www.acenet.edu/Documents/Letter-DHS-ICE-Directive-072220.pdf
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Introducing the 2020 Filipino Policy Platform
from the Filipino Policy Steering Committee This platform is a summary of Symposium discussions, ongoing community-based-research around how our community has been impacted by COVID-19, and campaigns the Filipino Policy Steering Committee have been working on in their respective organizations pre and post pandemic. Even though the platform covers a broad array of issues, there are still many voices and experiences that we have yet to hear from, and so, [Katherine Nasol] hopes the platform is a starting point to continue expanding our coalition building. We'll be sharing the platform to the API Legislative Caucus and other key legislators, but most importantly sharing this with our community. Please feel free to share on your social media networks and [we] hope that this platform can be a way to activate folks to get involved with grassroots orgs and coalitions. |
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PBS Series: Asian Americans from the Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute (APALI) Asian Americans is a five-hour film series that will chronicle the contributions, and challenges of Asian Americans, the fastest-growing ethnic group in America. Personal histories and new academic research will cast a fresh lens on U.S. history and the role Asian Americans have played in it. Watch it now on PBS! |
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AAPI Women Lead Launches Community Care Series #CCS & COVID-19 website
From AAPI Women Lead AAPI Women Lead partnered up with community leaders, organizers, activists, spiritual leaders, psychologists, educators and then some to learn about what's happening on the ground, in their communities and getting more insight on anti-Asian racism and beyond to create the Community Care Series #CCS , a web series. Check out our conversations with Dr. Dylan Rodriguez, Eddy Zheng, Dr. Jennifer Mullan, and more! |
Along with that, we created a dedicated section to COVID-19 that includes our response to heightened anti-Asian racism with links and articles, the Community Care Series , and a growing community resource guide with links to mutual aid projects, employment rights under Covid-19, and so much more. We are also preparing to launch a mutual aid project, so stay tuned.
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Domestic Workers Celebrate as SB 1257 Passes Vote on the Senate Floor From Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies A HUGE THANK YOU! To everyone who organized, mobilized, wrote letters of support, made phone calls, posted tweets, joined lobby days, or generally sent good energy our way! Today SB 1257 passed the Senate, and we are on to the Assembly, and then the Governor's Desk! Please see the press releasewww.cadomesticworkers.org/news-category/press-releases/ - and enjoy this moment, when we first reached the 21 votes we needed to pass (80 more folks on the screen that this doesn't capture!)! Final votes: 27 Yes, 11 No. |
Research-Informed Interventions and Leadership: COVID-19 and Anti-Asian Bias
From San José State University
The webinar Research-Informed Interventions and Leadership: COVID-19 and Anti-Asian Bias was hosted on May 7th. It was presented by Kathleen Wong(Lau), PhD - Chief Diversity Officer, Yvonne Y. Kwan, PhD - Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies, and Moderated by Edwin Tan, PhD - Director of Advocacy and Community Relations at San José State University.
Anti-immigrant sentiment, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, or other forms of bias have always been with us. The current pandemic has seen an exponential rise in anti-Asian discrimination and milder microaggressions. We recognize the horrific disparities in higher morbidity and infection rates for Black/African Americans, Native Americans, and Latinx peoples from COVID-19 across the country. The collective realities have a great impact on the climate, organizational identity, and retention of employees.
Crafted within the complex cultural and political contexts of the Bay Area, this webinar will (1) introduce historical and social psychological frameworks for organizational leaders and team members to understand the dynamics of COVID-19 xenophobia and bias, and (2) offer research-informed interventions and strategies to address anti-Asian bias incidents when they occur in the context of crisis. Target participants span from team members to people who hold positions of leadership in their organizations.
From San José State University
The webinar Research-Informed Interventions and Leadership: COVID-19 and Anti-Asian Bias was hosted on May 7th. It was presented by Kathleen Wong(Lau), PhD - Chief Diversity Officer, Yvonne Y. Kwan, PhD - Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies, and Moderated by Edwin Tan, PhD - Director of Advocacy and Community Relations at San José State University.
Anti-immigrant sentiment, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, or other forms of bias have always been with us. The current pandemic has seen an exponential rise in anti-Asian discrimination and milder microaggressions. We recognize the horrific disparities in higher morbidity and infection rates for Black/African Americans, Native Americans, and Latinx peoples from COVID-19 across the country. The collective realities have a great impact on the climate, organizational identity, and retention of employees.
Crafted within the complex cultural and political contexts of the Bay Area, this webinar will (1) introduce historical and social psychological frameworks for organizational leaders and team members to understand the dynamics of COVID-19 xenophobia and bias, and (2) offer research-informed interventions and strategies to address anti-Asian bias incidents when they occur in the context of crisis. Target participants span from team members to people who hold positions of leadership in their organizations.
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NACAC Policy Initiatives
From the National Association of College Admission Counseling (NACAC) As the voice of the college admission counseling profession, NACAC advocates for the best interests of students and members. The foundation for NACAC's policy positions is the Code of Ethics and Professional Practices, which articulates the association’s core values, member conventions, and standards for professional conduct. The CEPP reflects NACAC's long-standing commitment to principled conduct among professionals who support students in the college transition process from secondary school to postsecondary education and in the transfer process between postsecondary institutions. Learn more about each of NACAC's policy priorities. |
NACAC continues to advocate on behalf of its members and students throughout the pandemic, commonly referred to as COVID-19. In just the last few days we have sent the following letters to Congress and/or the Trump Administration:
- Advocacy Groups Submit Distance Education Comments
https://www.nacacnet.org/globalassets/documents/advocacy-and-ethics/gr/advocacy-letters/2020/distanceed_may2020.pdf - NACAC Joins Comments Regarding Proposed Accreditation Standards and Revisions
https://www.nacacnet.org/globalassets/documents/advocacy-and-ethics/gr/advocacy-letters/2020/accreditation_may2020.pdf - Higher Ed Groups Respond to Immigration Executive Order
https://www.nacacnet.org/globalassets/documents/advocacy-and-ethics/gr/advocacy-letters/2020/covid_immigration_april2020.pdf - NACAC Urges Department of Education to Reconsider CARES Act Eligibility
https://www.nacacnet.org/globalassets/documents/advocacy-and-ethics/gr/advocacy-letters/2020/covid_daca_april2020.pdf - Groups Encourage Federal Investment in State Higher Education Budgets
https://www.nacacnet.org/globalassets/documents/advocacy-and-ethics/gr/advocacy-letters/2020/covidstatesupport_april2020.pdf - To see other letters NACAC has sent, visit: https://www.nacacnet.org/advocacy--ethics/advocacy-letters/
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Stop AAPI Hate Reporting Center The API Legislative Caucus joined Asian Pacific Planning and Policy Council, Chinese for Affirmative Action and San Francisco State University Asian American Studies Department to launch the "Stop AAPI Hate Reporting Center" to collect and track incidents of anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander hate, violence and discrimination in California and throughout the country. These incidents will help inform future policy discussions. We encourage individuals to share their stories at www.a3pcon.org/stopaapihate. |
Sign on to Stop Bigotry We the undersigned members of the City University of New York community, and its University Advisory Council on Diversity condemn the anti-Asian and anti-Asian American bigotry which is on the rise because of the divisive and hateful rhetoric of those who seek to divide the nation, at a time when all of us are vulnerable. We urge you to support and join us by signing on to our statement below, and sharing this letter with your networks. It is unconscionable that members of the Asian and Asian American community are threatened by the dangers of Covid-19, and by the very fact that they are Asian or Asian American. This must stop now! Sign on to: STOP ANTI-ASIAN AND ANTI-ASIAN AMERICAN BIGOTRY! |
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