I’ll try to keep this short. I know it is an incredibly challenging time for our communities right now, unlike anything we’ve seen in our lifetime.

My team and I have been working hard to advocate at the state level on a number of social equity and justice fronts to help ensure we address the Coronavirus pandemic in a way that doesn’t leave the most vulnerable people behind. We will keep pushing.

We also have been doing our best to share information about the crisis via social media, telephone townhalls, email, and more. We even got some information translated by volunteers like my mom, to be available as quickly as possible. We put together a resource guide specific to Senate District 1 that will be available shortly at www.senatorstephaniechang.com. In less than a day, we recruited more than 30 volunteer mask-makers and convened a live mask making tutorial and Q&A with Rising Voices of Asian American Families and Mai Xiong. We are connecting people to services and lifting up key issues every day. Soon, my team and I will be calling seniors in Senate District 1 to see how they are doing and offer assistance.

I wanted to let you know where I am donating to help combat the pandemic. I hope you can join me and make a donation too. There are likely numerous other organizations that need support, and these are just a few.

• One Fair Wage emergency fund for restaurant workers & delivery workers who need support ASAP during this crisis. 
• Gleaner’s Community Food Bank 
• United Way for Southeastern Michigan COVID-19 relief fund supporting service organizations and individuals in need  
• GoFundMe for undocumented families in Detroit impacted by the pandemic 
• TechTown Detroit Small Business Stabilization Fund 

I hope you and your family are staying safe and healthy. Please reach out if I can be of any help.

Together, we will get through this.

In solidarity,