Asian American Cultural Center

Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia Resources: 

oiir.illinois.edu/aacc/resources/anti-asian-bias-tools-and-resources

Solidarity Statements

Office of the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor for Diversity Equity & Inclusion
Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations (OIIR)
Dept of Asian American Studies & Dept of Gender and Women’s Studies
Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies & the Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Department of History
Illinois Student Government
University of Illinois System
Champaign Chinese Magazine
City of Urbana
City of Champaign
Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association at Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Asian Law Students Association, College of Law
 

Videos and Articles

"Anti-Asian Racism during COVID-19" presented by Dr. David Chih, Dr. Teresa Mok, and Dr. Joycelyn Landrum-Brown- https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_vm818gtl

"Our Greatest Potential- Asian American Leadership and Empowerment" presented by U.S. Diplomat and UI Alum Yuri Kim- https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/media/t/1_kjwo9lw6 

Mental Health Experts Offer Advice for Processing Discrimination- https://www.wcia.com/news/mental-health-experts-offer-advice-for-processing-discrimination/

Health Experts Address Rise in Attacks Against Asians in the U.S.: Racism is a public health crisis
Carle Illinois College of Medicine explores the recent discrimination and attacks, and its health impacts with David Chih, founding director of the Asian American Cultural Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Teresa Mok, a licensed clinical psychologist in Urbana, IL. - https://medicine.illinois.edu/health-experts-address-rise-in-attacks-against-asians-in-the-u-s/

Anti-Asian Hate is Taking a Toll on Central Illinois' Asian American Community- by Christine Herman - https://illinoisnewsroom.org/anti-asian-hate-is-taking-a-toll-on-asian-american-communities-including-in-central-illinois/

Editorial | America's Gross Negligence Persecutes Asian Americans- https://dailyillini.com/opinions/2021/03/25/editorial-americas-gross-negligence-persecutes-asian-americans/

Editorial | On anti-Asian racism in CU https://www.smilepolitely.com/opinion/on_anti_asian_racism_in_c_u/

CU community rallies together to address the increase in anti-Asian hate-https://dailyillini.com/news/around-campus/2021/03/29/cu-community-rallies-together-to-address-the-increase-in-anti-asian-hate/

Vigil held to remember victims of Atlanta shootings and to stop Asian hate- https://www.news-gazette.com/news/vigil-held-to-remember-victims-of-atlanta-shootings-and-to-stopasianhate/article_46cf657f-6a0a-5764-9aa1-e18f1f63f810.html

Asian Women: The Toll of Decades of Dismissal https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/asian-women-the-toll-of-decades-of-dismissal

Interview | Theresa Mah, Asian American Caucus -https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/theresa-mah-asian-american-caucus

The Rise of Anti-Asian Violence- https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/anti-asian-violence

WAND17 Rally for Asian American Community - https://www.wandtv.com/news/videos/rally-shows-solidarity-for-asian-american-community/video_02b21b3d-1a6d-564a-a5a9-3b316fdef667.html

Asian American University students fear for elders after spate of racist attacks, urge others to speak to speak out: 'It's up to us as a community'- https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-aapi-hate-crimes-young-asian-americans-20210402-xvy6heqblnaq5oio56pxbuvexi-story.html

CU community rallies to #StopAsianHate- https://dailyillini.com/news/champaign-urbana/2021/04/05/cu-community-rallies-to-stopasianhate/

AACC Director Discusses Ways to Support Asian Community- https://dailyillini.com/features/2021/04/19/aacc-director-discusses-ways-to-support-asian-community/

Anti-Asian Violence Scares UI Community- https://dailyillini.com/features/2021/04/22/anti-asian-violence-scares-ui-community/

Many colleges have come up short in their responses to violence against Asian Americans (opinion) | Inside Higher Ed- https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2021/04/30/many-colleges-have-come-short-their-responses-violence-against-asian-americans?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=6bb0d5306f-DiversityMatters_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-6bb0d5306f-198536057&mc_cid=6bb0d5306f&mc_eid=c510bec0d0

Resources

• Bias Assessment and Response Team- Please report all bias-motivated incidents that occur within our University community to the Bias Assessment and Response Team at bart.illinois.edu
   
• Resources for Champaign Urbana's Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities- https://champaignil.gov/2021/03/23/resources-for-champaign-urbanas-asian-american-and-pacific-islander-communities/
   
• To learn more about anti-Asian hate and to report incidents that occur anywhere, visit stopaapihate.org
• To report a hate crime in Illinois, please call the Illinois Attorney General's Civil Rights Hotline at 1-877-581-3692 or fill out a hate crime complaint form at https://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/rights/civilrights.html

• Stand Against Hatred- https://www.standagainsthatred.org/

• Stop AAPI Hate- stopaapihate.org

• NYU Anti-Racism Education, Programs and Resources https://www.nyu.edu/life/global-inclusion-and-diversity/anti-racism.html

• Seattle University- Toolkit for Anti-Asian Racism https://www.seattleu.edu/diversity/resources/toolkit-for-anti-asian-racism/

• Cornell University- Anti-Racism Resources for the AAPI Community https://asianamericanstudies.cornell.edu/anti-racism-resources-aapi-community

• Asian American Day of Action https://www.asianamericandayofaction.com/

• Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center http://smithsonianapa.org/stand/?fbclid=IwAR207vnFwJUdNUmrXyI03HE6FBV6truHOSpfh9ZAEeimRHe-gc_xGbhqoPA

• Learning for Justice https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/how-to-respond-to-coronavirus-racism
• Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - A Series About the Intersections of Race and COVID-19 https://diversity.illinois.edu/diversity-campus-culture/racializing-covid-19-series/

Who We Are
The University of Illinois has one of the largest and most vibrant Asian American university communities in the Midwest, where almost 40% of students are of Asian descent. Opened in Fall 2005, the Asian American Cultural Center provides the University of Illinois community with space to gather and share experiences of our diverse and rich cultures. As a unit of the Office of Inclusion & Intercultural Relations, the AACC promotes cross-cultural understanding that supports the academic and personal growth of students, along with learning experiences that help shape a lifetime commitment to ethical and engaged citizenship.