Since COVID-19 became news in the United States, hate speech and violence against the AAPI community has been widespread. Unfortunately, many of these incidents are not being reported and many are invisible to major media outlets. We hope to change this by offering outlets that anyone is able to use. Below you'll find resources that CMAA has gathered to help individuals report, educate, take action, donate, and more. Please join us in taking action in whatever way works for you.
CMAA AAPI Fund Donation
CMAA has been working tirelessly throughout the pandemic to provide emergency and necessary resources to our low-income, immigrant and refugee community in the Uptown area. We would appreciate your support through a monetary donation to help us continue providing imperative services.
For Reporting Hate Crimes, please refer to the resources below:
Stop AAPI Hate - https://stopaapihate.org/
Illinois Department of Human Rights - https://www2.illinois.gov/dhr/FilingaCharge/Pages/default.aspx
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association - https://www.napaba.org/page/HateCrimeResources
Asian American Advancing Justice - https://www.standagainsthatred.org/
For Safety Tips, please refer to Stop AAPI Hate's Safety Tips
and Asian Mental Health Project
For Bystander Training, please refer to Asian American Advancing Justice (AAAJ) Bystander Intervention and the Right To Be Bystander Guide
For Mental Health Services, please refer to resource links below:
Asian Health Coalition - https://www.asianhealth.org/programs
Asian Human Services - https://www.ahschicago.org/healthcare/
Midwest Asian Health Association - http://maha-us.org/
Community Counseling Centers of Chicago - https://www.c4chicago.org/services/