Dear Supporter,
When I logged into Zoom last night to train more than a thousand people who signed up for our “Bystander Intervention to stop anti-Asian/American and xenophobic harassment training,” I thought we were ready.
I was worried about trolls—we always are in this work—but I didn’t realize that we would be taken down by the demand and hundreds of people couldn’t get in.
We’re doing this work without funding because it needs to be done. Will you join this work by giving now to make sure we can get the tech we need to keep this work going?
This training exists because racism and xenophobia are following in the wake of COVID-19 must be confronted and we’ve got the tools to train bystanders to intervene.
Over the last few weeks, we’ve partnered with Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC to adapt our methodology for the surge of violence and harassment. And no matter what, we’re going to keep doing this work. It’s necessary and urgent and we hope you’ll join us.
As we continue to upgrade tech and train thousands of more people. Your support means we can keep going. Please give now.
Love and video conferencing,
Emily
PS. You can sign up for our next training here!