This #BlackHistoryMonth, we recognize that our movement for racial justice builds on so much from Black activists. Learn more about the long history of Black and AAPI solidarity in the United States below 🧵 1869 – Frederick Douglass, in a speech in Boston, states his opposition to restrictions on Chinese immigration.

ICYMI: AAPI News You May Have Missed Last Week 🌙 President Joe Biden held the White House's first-ever Lunar New Year reception days after a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, during a Lunar New Year celebration. [@ABC] abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden…

One year ago today, a shooter murdered eight people in Atlanta, six of them Asian American women from China and Korea.

We remember the victims of the senseless acts of violence, and our thoughts are with their families on this day. #AAPIWomenStrong #StopAsianHate #StopAAPIHate As we grieve, we continue to reflect on the public attacks and tragic incidents targeting Asian American women across the country.

Asian American women have been hypersexualized and objectified for both our race and our gender.

For every dollar a man makes, women, on average, only earn 83¢.

For AANHPI women, the average is 75¢.

#EqualPayDay #EqualPayDay2022 This year’s wage gap data includes part-time & seasonal workers. Previous data only counted full-time workers, which focused on white collar women.

This created an inaccurate picture, especially for women of color.

We must call this moment what it truly is: white supremacy, anti-Asian racism, sexism, and sexual violence against Asian American women. Sign our petition: napawf.org/stopasianhate #StopAsianHate While officials now have announced the shooter's motivations were based on a “sex addiction” and not racial bias, we know firsthand that sexual violence, sexism, and racism are intertwined for Asian American and Pacific Islander women.

Thread on some thoughts from Vivien, our National Field Director: "I’m thinking about all the Asian workers, mothers, their families who have to get up this morning and show up to their jobs at restaurants, salons and spas, convenience stores, grocery stores..." #StopAsianHate "...not knowing if what they do for a living will keep them alive. I’m thinking about all the racialized misogyny in my life and my loved ones’ lives. How we have been reduced to a sexual fantasy, an ‘easy target,’ and a threat at the same time."

We are appalled and devastated at the violence in Georgia that has taken eight lives, six of whom were Asian American women. We mourn with the families of these victims.
nytimes.com/2021/03/16/us/… Statement from @schoimorrow: "We are horrified and continue to be concerned for the safety of our community members across the country as violence toward Asian Americans has escalated."

Hi everyone, this is Da Hae from NAPAWF. Sadly, no would-be pithy tweets from me today, as I take over our account to share the SCOTUS ruling from PA v Trump, also known as Little Sisters. #HandsOffMyBC If you’ll remember, this case was about whether the Administration can allow employers with religious or moral objections to exempt itself from the ACA’s requirement that health care plans must cover contraception. Today, SCOTUS ruled employers can do that

This week, NAPAWF, @NLIRH, and @BlackWomensRJ sent a letter to Congress demanding they protect #TitleX.

"Cutting off Planned Parenthood and other providers from this essential program further threatens women of color's access to essential preventive health services" @PPact @NLIRH @BlackWomensRJ @PPact "This harmful and unlawful regulation denies people of color the ability to make healthy and fully-informed decisions for their bodies and their families, undermining individual agency and bodily autonomy." #TitleX @PPact