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San Francisco Institutes “Community Ambassador” Program to Safely Escort Residents Place to Place in Bayview and Viz Valley
San Francisco officials recently announced the implementation of a new community safety program in Southeast San Francisco called the “Community Ambassador” program, which will provide residents with safety escorts to walk them from bus stops to work, home, or other locations whenever they feel unsafe. These safety escorts are non-police city employees dressed in bright [...]
Stop violent perpetrators, whoever the victims (San Francisco Chronicle)
By Joseph E. Marshall Jr.
May 13, 2010
The recent attacks on Chinese American seniors by young African American males have horrified many of us in both the Asian American and black communities, and has once again made evident the devastating toll that violence takes on us all. All of us suffer immensely when these things happen. [...]
Bayview Responds to T-Third Muni Violence (Mission Loc@l)
By Anrica Deb
May 7, 2010
District 10 community leaders worked this week to bridge the divide between Asian and African American residents, a rift exacerbated by high-profile crimes against Asian residents on the platform of the T-Third Street Muni line.
“The best way to bring communities together is to work on these problems together,” said Vincent Pan, [...]
KQED Public Radio Discusses Tensions Between Asians and African-Americans
Tensions Between Asians and African-Americans
A recent spate of incidents between Asians and African-Americans in the Bay Area has focused attention on relationships between the two groups. We discuss how perception of ‘the other’ plays out in the community, and how both are trying to move forward.
Host: Scott Shafer
Guests:
* Joe Marshall, executive director of the Omega [...]
Why Asian Americans must be heard (CAA Op-Ed in the San Francisco Chronicle)
By Vincent Pan
May 4, 2010
With the recent attacks on Chinese immigrant seniors emerging in public discourse, let us remember that Asian Pacific Americans, like everyone, are entitled to be heard. We have not cornered the market on truth – but we do deserve an appreciation that discrimination affects each community differently, and that our experiences [...]
Stop Violence Against the Asian American Community – SF City Hall Rally
[ May 4, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Stop Violence Against the Asian American Community
San Francisco City Hall Rally
THIS TUESDAY @ 6pm
In response to recent attacks on and the deaths of Asian American Elderly in the San Francisco Southeast Corridor and Oakland, we are organizing a peaceful rally to call attention to the violence suffered by the Chinese and Asian American communities.
Join us [...]
Recent attacks prompt calls to relieve tensions (San Francisco Examiner)
By Erin Sherbert
April 26, 2010
In light of recent attacks against elderly Asians, community leaders are calling on politicians to respond to the concerns about violence and race.
Today, Mayor Gavin Newsom is convening with leaders from the Asian-American and black communities to begin discussions about how to end the violence and smooth over relationships among minority [...]
Leaders try to ease perceived ethnic tension (ABC 7)
By Carolyn Tyler
April 26, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — After several attacks, there is an effort to improve race relations in the Bay Area. The attacks, on both sides of the bay, involved young African-American men against Asian adults and two of those attacks ended tragically.
Police stress there’s no evidence that any of the crimes was [...]
VIDEO: Rallies planned after violent attacks in Bay Area (ABC 7)
By Alan Wong
April 25, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — The recent string of violent attacks against Asians is raising concern that they’re becoming the victims of hate crimes. Several news conferences and rallies are planned for this week. Sunday night, a local radio talk show host tackled the topic.
Sunday night’s forum guests included San Francisco’s police [...]
VIDEO: NAACP Hopes to Diffuse Tension Between Asians and Blacks in San Francisco (New America Media)
NAACP Hopes to Diffuse Tension Between Asians and Blacks in San Francisco from New America Media on Vimeo.
By Odette Keeley
April 24, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO — Rev. Amos Brown and leaders of the San Francisco chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) convened a group of community, church and civil rights leaders [...]
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