Panelists for the VPM event Breaking the Cycle of Asian Hate, moderated by Laura Pho.
At the end of April, VPM hosted Breaking the Cycle of Asian Hate, an online conversation with local Asian-Pacific Islander (API) leaders about the historic nature of anti-API racism and what actions our community can take to #StopAsianHate.
Laura Pho, community activist and API advocate, led a broad discussion with panelists May Nivar, Chair of the Asian & Latino Solidarity Alliance and the Virginia Asian Advisory Board; Ting-Yi Oei, Director of the Asian American Education Project for Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC; Natalie Nguyen Woodruff, Vice-President of the Service Employees International Union - Fairfax Chapter; and Farah Chowdhury, Epidemiologist and Regulatory Consultant at a multi-national scientific consulting firm.
âThis virus doesnât discriminateâ: Henrico holds vaccine clinic for refugees, immigrants, minorities
âThis virus doesnât discriminateâ: Henrico holds vaccine clinic for refugees, immigrants, minorities By Desiree Montilla | April 25, 2021 at 6:42 PM EDT - Updated April 25 at 11:17 PM
HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WWBT) - Dozens of people came to the Richmond Raceway on Sunday afternoon for a walk-up mass vaccination clinic focused on helping residents who are refugees, immigrants and minorities.
The clinic offered the Moderna vaccine along with on-site registration and translators for those that spoke another language.
âThis event is specifically for those of immigrant and refugee communities with a special focus on those of Asian and Hispanic descent,â said Monica Smith-Callahan, deputy county manager for community affairs with Henrico County.
Henrico to hold walk-up vaccine clinic for residents who are refugees, immigrants, minorities Vaccine (Source: Pixabay) By NBC12 Newsroom | April 23, 2021 at 6:27 PM EDT - Updated April 23 at 6:27 PM
HENRICO, Va. (WWBT) - Henrico County will host a walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinic for residents who are immigrants, refugees and minorities and want the shot.
The county has partnered with the Asian and Latino Solidarity Alliance of Central Virginia and other organizations to vaccinate residents who are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.
The clinic will be on Sunday, April 25 from 1-4 p.m. at the Old Dominion Building at the Richmond Raceway, 600 East Laburnum Avenue.
VPM hosts
Breaking the Cycle of Asian Hate, a panel discussion to bring awareness about racism against Asian-Pacific Islanders and to stem the tide of Asian hate.
On March 16, 2021, a gunman targeted three Atlanta spas, killing eight people - six of whom were Asian women. Less than two weeks later, video surveillance caught a man attacking a 65 year-old Filipino-American woman in New York City - pushing her to the ground, kicking her stomach and stomping her face as he shouted anti-Asian slurs. And just this month, eight workers were murdered at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis. Four of them were Sikhs.