The National Network is an assembly of organizations with diverse expertise that can support local organizations on the frontlines of AAPI hate.
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Our community deserves more than thoughts and prayers. It’s time for all 23 million of us to be heard.
TAAF’s Anti-Hate National Network catapults our communities from a frame of responding to hate to a frame of creating belonging. The Network is a community of national, regional, and local organizations working together to leverage existing skills, expertise, and community connections, to strengthen infrastructure and build a safer America for AAPIs.
The solutions are already in our community. Let’s show the rest of the nation how to step up with us.
From legal services to mental health resources, their experiences are a shared resource to build resilient communities.
This is the first-of-its-kind multi-million dollar investment in our communities that will be both intersectional and intergenerational. TAAF is activating every aspect of the AAPI community: from addressing bullying in the K-12 school system to engaging interfaith leaders and journalists to protecting our elders. This type of coordinated effort has never been done before in our communities.
Here are some ways TAAF is supporting the work of the organizations in our National Network:
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National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF)
The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) is building a movement for social, political, and structural change for AAPI women and girls. NAPAWF provides a national gender justice lens and contributes their intersectional perspective to TAAF’s anti-hate National Network, helping to combat hate, bias, and violence against AAPI women. In 2022, TAAF funding supported NAPAWF in conducting The State of Safety Report. This groundbreaking survey shows that 74% of AANHPI women reported experiencing racism and/or discrimination over the last twelve months, bringing to light AANHPI women’s experiences with discrimination, harassment, and violence.
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Sikh Coalition
With more than 20+ years of expertise and experience, the Sikh Coalition is a leader in anti-hate work. The Sikh Coaltion’s goal is working towards a world where Sikhs, and other religious minorities in America, may fearlessly practice their faith without bias and discrimination. With TAAF’s support, the Sikh Coalition has continued to expand their programmatic and policy work to provide free legal and educational resources, rapid response support, and more inclusive policies from Congress to classrooms. In addition, the Coalition trains National Network partners on best practices for responding to violent acts of hate.
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Center for Public Integrity
The Center for Public Integrity is investigating and contextualizing narratives, policies, and practices at federal, state, and local levels that hinder the understanding and response to the rise of harassment and hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in the US. Our initial reporting highlights the lack of depth in covering AAPI hate crimes, especially in K-12 schools, where incidents are often underreported or misclassified as bullying. Working with a reporter with deep connections in the AAPI community, we're also uncovering the challenges faced by victims who often deal with a prolonged and challenging legal process to seek justice. We are creating resources to guide journalists in reporting more effectively on these issues.
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Act to Change
Act To Change is an organization working to end bullying for AAPI youth. TAAF supports Act to Change’s Youth Ambassador Program (YAP). The YAP engages and empowers AAPI youth by providing them the resources and tools they need to end bullying in their communities, cohort sessions where Youth Ambassadors (YAs) engage in meaningful conversations, and workshops about intersectionality and their lived experiences as AAPI youth to promote greater community engagement and leadership development.
Alliance for Asian American Justice
The Alliance for Asian American Justice brings together Asian American Fortune 1000 General Counsel and law firm partners to join forces to offer pro bono legal services to victims of anti-Asian hate. To strengthen prevention and response infrastructure and increase awareness of anti-AAPI incidents among law enforcement, the Alliance plans to conduct implicit bias training for local, state and federal prosecutors in California, New York, and Illinois and share best practices with the Anti-Hate National Network, helping to strengthen community resilience against hate and violence.
Our community deserves more than thoughts and prayers. It’s time for all 23 million of us to be heard.
TAAF’s Anti-Hate National Network catapults our communities from a frame of responding to hate to a frame of creating belonging. The Network is a community of national, regional, and local organizations working together to leverage existing skills, expertise, and community connections, to strengthen infrastructure and build a safer America for AAPIs.
The solutions are already in our community. Let’s show the rest of the nation how to step up with us.
From legal services to mental health resources, their experiences are a shared resource to build resilient communities.
This is the first-of-its-kind multi-million dollar investment in our communities that will be both intersectional and intergenerational. TAAF is activating every aspect of the AAPI community: from addressing bullying in the K-12 school system to engaging interfaith leaders and journalists to protecting our elders. This type of coordinated effort has never been done before in our communities.
Here are some ways TAAF is supporting the work of the organizations in our National Network:
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF)
The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) is building a movement for social, political, and structural change for AAPI women and girls. NAPAWF provides a national gender justice lens and contributes their intersectional perspective to TAAF’s anti-hate National Network, helping to combat hate, bias, and violence against AAPI women. In 2022, TAAF funding supported NAPAWF in conducting The State of Safety Report. This groundbreaking survey shows that 74% of AANHPI women reported experiencing racism and/or discrimination over the last twelve months, bringing to light AANHPI women’s experiences with discrimination, harassment, and violence.
Sikh Coalition
With more than 20+ years of expertise and experience, the Sikh Coalition is a leader in anti-hate work. The Sikh Coaltion’s goal is working towards a world where Sikhs, and other religious minorities in America, may fearlessly practice their faith without bias and discrimination. With TAAF’s support, the Sikh Coalition has continued to expand their programmatic and policy work to provide free legal and educational resources, rapid response support, and more inclusive policies from Congress to classrooms. In addition, the Coalition trains National Network partners on best practices for responding to violent acts of hate.
Center for Public Integrity
The Center for Public Integrity is investigating and contextualizing narratives, policies, and practices at federal, state, and local levels that hinder the understanding and response to the rise of harassment and hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in the US. Our initial reporting highlights the lack of depth in covering AAPI hate crimes, especially in K-12 schools, where incidents are often underreported or misclassified as bullying. Working with a reporter with deep connections in the AAPI community, we're also uncovering the challenges faced by victims who often deal with a prolonged and challenging legal process to seek justice. We are creating resources to guide journalists in reporting more effectively on these issues.
Act to Change
Act To Change is an organization working to end bullying for AAPI youth. TAAF supports Act to Change’s Youth Ambassador Program (YAP). The YAP engages and empowers AAPI youth by providing them the resources and tools they need to end bullying in their communities, cohort sessions where Youth Ambassadors (YAs) engage in meaningful conversations, and workshops about intersectionality and their lived experiences as AAPI youth to promote greater community engagement and leadership development.
Alliance for Asian American Justice
The Alliance for Asian American Justice brings together Asian American Fortune 1000 General Counsel and law firm partners to join forces to offer pro bono legal services to victims of anti-Asian hate. To strengthen prevention and response infrastructure and increase awareness of anti-AAPI incidents among law enforcement, the Alliance plans to conduct implicit bias training for local, state and federal prosecutors in California, New York, and Illinois and share best practices with the Anti-Hate National Network, helping to strengthen community resilience against hate and violence.