April 2020
MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
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Hello Fellow Advocates,
We're hoping you and your families are safe and healthy during this COVID-19 outbreak.
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Sign our Petition: In partnership with Daily Kos Liberation League, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance AFL-CIO (APALA), Fund Her, National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC), National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, New American Leaders Action Fund, and Value our Families, OCA created a petition to help immigrants and their families feel safe in order to get proper COVID-19 testing and care. For information on the petition, see our previous email blast.
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OCA COVID-19 Toolkit & Website
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Our Civil Rights Fellow, Matthew Nguyen-Ngo, has worked tirelessly the past month to create our much-anticipated COVID-19 resource toolkit. We shared this on our website and via email to our chapter presidents and communications folks. For those of you who have not seen it yet, the link is listed below.
We have a special landing page for COVID-19 resources on our website. We will be updating this list of resources, media, corporate responses, and more. The website is https.://www.ocanational.org/oca-covid19-home
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Here's what we worked on in March!
- We worked with the Communications Department to write a letter (with 180+ organization sign-ons) urging the White House, Department of Justice, and Federal Bureau of Investigation to take action on hate crimes that target AAPI communities.
- Our Civil Rights Fellow created the OCA COVID-19 Toolkit for our chapter and community members
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We were featured by several news organizations discussing COVID-19 related discrimination
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We endorsed a long list of COVID-19 relief bills, including the Supporting Students in Response to Coronavirus Act, the Small Business Relief From Communicable Disease Induced Economic Hardship Act, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the Resilient Elections During Quarantines and Natural Disasters Act, and the Student Debt Emergency Relief Act.
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We continued to work with our partners in NCAPA in asking House and Senate leadership to denounce COVID-19 related racism.
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We built strategic relationships with organizations such as the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, American Indian Higher Education Consortium, Civil Rights Coalition, and the National Immigration Law Center to request that our national leaders support minority serving institutions of higher learning, extend Lifeline internet and telephone service, and include immigrant communities into the COVID-19 relief bill.
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APAMC: TWO NEW TV SHOWS FEATURING SOUTH ASIAN AMERICANS ON SCREEN
As a member of the Asian Pacific American Media Coalition (APAMC), we're proud to share that APAMC heralded the premier of two new TV series on cable networks that features South Asian American Families: the unscripted FAMILY KARMA on Bravo, and MIRA: ROYAL DETECTIVE on Disney Junior.
FAMILY KARMA airs on Bravo at 9/8 Central.
MIRA: ROYAL DETECTIVE first premiered on Disney Junior on March 22.
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The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) is thrilled to announce that ASIAN AMERICANS, the most ambitious television chronicle of the Asian American story in the United States, will premiere on PBS during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month on May 11 & 12, 2020. They will be offering local community organizations and student organizations the opportunity to host preview screenings in March and April for ASIAN AMERICANS. It's a 5-part history series that explores the evolving identity, contributions, and challenges experienced by Asian Americans. Click here to sign up/host a local screening. There is also a Facebook link to share with others.
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Remember to Save the Date for the 2020 OCA National Convention!
Location: Bally's Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Dates: June 25 - June 27
The website went live on March 1! Registration, hotel information, and other details to follow.
The Facebook event will be live soon; make sure to follow us for more details and announcements.
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If you, your family members, someone you know, or community members have experienced xenophobia, discrimination, or harassment (in light of COVID-19), please report the incident using our hate crime reporting tool at aapihatecrimes.org.
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