These Asian American women are chaperoning others who feel unsafe: 'It's uplifting to help'
Cathy Free, The Washington Post
April 12, 2021
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Katrina Ramos, left, meets with Compassion in Oakland volunteers in Oakland's Chinatown in March.Compassion in Oakland.
In February, after a number of anti-Asian attacks in the Bay Area, Jess Owyoung's sadness quickly turned to outrage.
"I felt like it could have happened to my grandparents," said Owyoung, 37, a fourth-generation Chinese American who lives in the Bay Area.
She already felt traumatized by news stories she'd seen about the nationwide rise of anti-Asian hate crimes, and knowing that similar violent acts had happened just a few miles from her home left her with a sick feeling, she said.