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Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders need our support

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders need our support NATIONAL AFFAIRS: We must continue to confront anti-Asian racism, even after COVID-19 begins to fade from our collective memory Jericho Tang/Staff Insistent chants rang out across South Berkeley Wednesday evening as a crowd of students and community members gathered to condemn a string of violent attacks on the Asian American and Pacific Islander, or AAPI, community. Winding through Berkeley’s streets, protestors voiced their grief and anger over what has been a most tumultuous and traumatic year for AAPI communities. Nationwide, Asian Americans reported almost 4,000 hate incidents in the past year, ranging from microaggressions to verbal harassment to physical assault. Nearly half of these incidents occurred in California. Countless more went unreported.

The Bridge hosts kickoff ceremony for Child Abuse Awareness, Prevention Month

The Bridge hosts kickoff ceremony for Child Abuse Awareness, Prevention Month In front of The Bridge Children’s Advocacy Center, located at 804 Quail Creek Dr., there are currently 1,109 pinwheels which spin in the Texas Panhandle wind.  Those 1,109 pinwheels were put in the ground of the center’s front lawn by numerous supporters of The Bridge wearing blue at a Tuesday morning ceremony, including law enforcement, representatives from other agencies, members of the community as well as students from Crockett Middle School, Bushland Independent School District, Wildorado ISD and the Tascosa High School softball team.  Each one of the individual pinwheels represents a child in the top 26 counties of the Texas Panhandle who used the services of The Bridge in the past year, telling their individual stories of abuse. 

The Bridge Children Advocacy Center honoring Child Abuse Awareness month with Pinwheel Ceremony

The Bridge Children Advocacy Center honoring Child Abuse Awareness month with Pinwheel Ceremony The Bridge (Source: KFDA) By Tamlyn Cochran | April 6, 2021 at 2:33 PM CDT - Updated April 6 at 3:26 PM AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - April is Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month and The Bridge Children Advocacy Center is started their awareness with a Pinwheel Ceremony. Today, April 6, The Bridge, Amarillo Area Casa, and Family Support Services, along with The Bridge Multidisciplinary Agencies and local student groups gathered together and planted 1,109 whimsical pinwheels to honor 1,109 children who told their stories of abuse at The Bridge. Everyone was encourages to wear blue at the ceremony to honor the Child Abuse Awareness month.

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