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Defend AAPI
Life
The murder of eight
people, including six Asian women, in
Atlanta this week is a profound tragedy—for the families and loved
ones of those lost, for the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI)
community, and for all those who grieve and relive enduring
traumas.
That loss is made only more
devastating by the broader forces it reflects: a rise in hate crimes
against AAPI people in recent months, and a far longer history of
white supremacist and anti-Asian beliefs and systems.
“Exclusionary and incendiary
government policies and rhetoric have both ignited and fanned those
flames. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the FDR administration’s
incarceration of Japanese Americans, the Trump administration’s
xenophobic language against AAPI people during this pandemic: Our
history brought us to this moment,” the Roosevelt Institute noted
in
a statement
yesterday.
“Today, we are led by a Chinese
American woman, and thus especially recognize the deep and sometimes
invisible wounds caused by anti-Asian racism.
We fight—for values, policies, and
systems that will honor those we’ve lost, prevent violence, and end
bigotry in all its forms.”
 Good Policy, Good
Politics
Removing the filibuster would also make way for
legislation on energy efficiency and infrastructure—like the
Economic
Recovery Begins at Home plan, outlined
last week in a Roosevelt Institute and Evergreen Collaborative
report.
Per new Data for Progress
polling on the report’s proposals, the plan is
pretty popular.
Almost two-thirds of Americans
support including funding in the next infrastructure bill to
weatherize homes and buildings and make them more energy-efficient, as
Roosevelt Fellow and Evergreen Collaborative co-founder Bracken
Hendricks discussed on The
Hill’s What
America’s Thinking.
“As the Congress moves to advance a
package of infrastructure investment [and] building retrofits to lower
energy bills and put Americans back on the job, building a smarter,
more advanced clean energy economy is a winner with Republicans, with
independents and Democrats,” said Hendricks.
“It’s a winner in every state in
the union, and it’s a winner for urban and rural voters. This is
something the American people want.”
 2021 Distinguished Public Service
Awards
This Monday, March 22, 2021, at 7:00
PM ET, join Roosevelt’s virtual Distinguished
Public Service Awards, which honor individuals
whose careers exemplify FDR’s extraordinary dedication to public
service. This year’s recipients: Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ)—Chairman of
the House Energy and Commerce Committee—and AFL-CIO
Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Shuler. Register
now.
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