Here are AAPI-led organizations where you can donate today.
The news of last night’s shootings at three Atlanta-area massage parlors, in which a white gunman killed eight people—including six people of Asian descent—is a tragic, sobering reminder that anti-Asian hatred and violence remains a deadly threat in the US. Below are some organizations working to support and uplift Asian communities that could use your donations, including those specific to Georgia, advocacy organizations, and more.
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Atlanta-area organizations
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, Atlanta chapter
Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Atlanta chapter
Korean American Coalition Metro Atlanta
Raksha
Asian American Resource Center
Asian American Advocacy Fund (Georgia)
Center for Pan Asian Community Services
Justice advocacy organizations
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
Red Canary Song
Stop AAPI Hate
Asian American Feminist Collective
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum
Asian Americans Advancing Justice
Empowering Pacific Islander Communities
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance
Asian Pacific American Advocates
Japanese American Citizens League
Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
National Council of Asian Pacific Americans
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association
Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote
South Asian Americans Leading Together
AAPI Women Lead
Asian Prisoner Support Committee
Chinese Progressive Association
Asian Pacific Environmental Network
Literary and journalism organizations
Asian American Writers’ Workshop
Kundiman
The Circle for Asian American Literary Studies
Asian American Journalists Association
Trainings and workshops
“Anti-Asian Violence and Black-Asian Solidarity Today,” a Zoom webinar offered by the Asian American Writers’ Workshop featuring a lecture by Tamara K. Nopper. (March 23, 6 p.m. ET)
Bystander intervention training to stop anti-Asian/American and xenophobic harassment, hosted by Hollaback! partnered with Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC. (Various dates)
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AAPI Journalists Therapy Relief Fund, which “will secure AAPI journalists with funding for mental wellness resources needed to process trauma resulting from both their work in the media industry and their daily lives.” (Journalists can apply for funding here.)
