Who Killed Vincent Chin: Discussion Guide Resources
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Here is a list of relevant social movements, nonprofits, and organizations for you to continue learning and get involved:
AANHPI List of mental health and behavioral services in all fifty states
Spreadsheet of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander health organizations throughout the United States.
AAPI Equity Alliance
Nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. This is the umbrella organization of Stop AAPI Hate, providing a variety of resources to combat anti-Asian racism, such as Stop AAPI Hate Mental Health Report, Documenting Anti-AAPI Hate Codebook, and Stop AAPI Hate Signs.
Act to Change
Nonprofit organization that addresses bullying, particularly of Asian American and Pacific Islander youth. They provide programming for K-12 youth, resources, coalition building with advocacy organizations (Hate Crime Coalition in local municipalities) to develop policy, and data.
American Citizens for Justice
First pan-Asian advocacy organization in the Midwest that organized on a national scope. It was created by the family of Vincent Chin, Helen Zia, and civil rights attorneys to mobilize the Justice for Vincent Chin campaign. Today it’s a nonprofit organization that works to combat hate in all forms and provides legal, social, and economic resources to victims of discrimination, and advocates for immigrants to gain full participation in the political process.
Asian American Health Initiative Mental Health Library
Resources on a variety of mental health concerns as they pertain to the Asian American community.
Center for Asian American Media
Nonprofit organization that showcases stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences. They nurture emerging filmmakers and organize one of the largest Asian American film festivals every year. Presented the Vincent Chin 40th Remembrance and Rededication in June 2022 to commemorate the legacy of Asian American activism through films, conversations, and performances.
Chinese for Affirmative Action
Nonprofit organization that protested the hate crime murder of Vincent Chin. They promote a multiracial democracy in the U.S. and stand up for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, immigrant rights, language diversity, and social justice.
Densho.org
Densho documents the testimonies of Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated during World War II before their memories are extinguished. We offer these irreplaceable firsthand accounts, coupled with historical images and teacher resources, to explore principles of democracy and promote equal justice for all.
Filipino American National Historical Society
The mission of the Filipino American National Historical Society is to promote understanding, education, enlightenment, appreciation and enrichment through the identification, gathering, preservation and dissemination of the history and culture of Filipino Americans in the United States.
Hate is a Virus
Hate Is A Virusis a nonprofit community of mobilizers and amplifiers to dismantle racism and hate that started as a movement in 2020 and continues to amplify, educate and activate AAPI to stand for justice and equality in solidarity with other communities. They do this by mobilizing our community to participate in local and national campaigns, creating safe spaces for dialogue and education, and providing actionable steps and funding in partnership with trusted community leaders and organizations. This includes programs related to mental health, community-based solutions for safety, representation, solidarity-building, and so much more.
PBS Digital Studios: A People’s History of Asian America
Produced in partnership by the Center for Asian American Media and PBS Digital Studios, A People’s History of Asian America tells the history of Asian Americans through the microaggressions and stereotypes this community faces.
Right To Be
Nonprofit organization originally founded as Hollaback to prevent public street harassment. It provides bystander intervention and other trainings to prevent harassment in all forms.
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center brings history, art and culture to you through innovative museum experiences and digital initiatives.
Stand Against Hatred
Website to document and educate about hate from the five affiliates of the nonprofit organization Asian Americans Advancing Justice.
UCLA Asian American Studies Center
The mission of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center is to “Expand our scholarly capabilities and deepen the public understanding of Asian American and Pacific Islander lives towards a healthy, just, democratic, and compassionate society for all.” In addition to their research and support for scholars and students, AASC serves the public with publications and media such as the Amerasia Journal, policy reports, the Census Information Center, “Collective Memories” oral histories and the rapid response Covid-19 Multilingual Resources Hub translated into 40 languages. In collaboration with leading scholars in Asian American studies, AASC creates digital educational curricula/resources including: “Untold Stories of Civil Rights Online” and “Vanessa Unmuted Storybooks,” a digital K-College Asian American Studies curriculum.
Vincent Chin 40th Remembrance and Dedication
A group of organizers and former leaders of the Justice for Vincent Chin campaign who organized events and published Legacy Guide: Asian Americans Building the Movement to commemorate Vincent Chin and the significance of the campaign for justice for Vincent Chin.
Vincent Who?
Documentary film that illustrates how the Vincent Chin murder activated the Asian American civil rights movement in the 1980s and beyond. It relates the case to Asian American history, particularly in terms of anti-Asian exclusion and racism.
Museums, Exhibition, & Archives:
Japanese American National Museum
Korean American National Museum (opening 2022)
South Asian American Digital Archive
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