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At least 30 cities and over a dozen unions across the country have joined a grassroots movement calling for a day of action against racism as a result of a Burnaby woman’s efforts to combat the deep-seated anti-Asian racism exposed during the pandemic.
Doris Mah, co-founder of the Stand With Asians Coalition (SWAC) and a member of the Social Planning Committee of the City of Burnaby was moved to action following reports that anti-Asian hate crime in her city jumped by 350 per cent in 2020 as COVID-19 spread around the world.
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