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In response to the rise in anti-Asian attacks in the Bay Area, ABC-7 reporter Dion Lim and Fremont mayor Lily Mei praised community efforts to combat racism and said that even the smallest of contributions go a long way in collective advocacy work.
“I think people can show solidarity with something as small as making a comment on a group page. That sometimes is enough to trigger someone else to share more of their story or to throw more resources behind an effort,” Lim said during a conversation hosted by the Asian Staff Forum and Filipino American Community at Stanford on Tuesday.