Doing our part to stop Asian hate

An op-ed in The Greenfield Recorder by Nghia Trinh, staff attorney for the Harry H. Dow Asian Outreach & Advocacy Project of Community Legal Aid.

Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month is observed annually in the month of May to celebrate the culture and diversity of Americans of Asian and Pacific Islander descent. 2021 is a particularly profound year for the AAPI community, given all that has happened since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak. The surge in anti-AAPI hate crimes across the globe has been alarming, but even more disturbing are the unreported offenses that AAPI community members endure in silence. Most readers may be unaware that some of your AAPI neighbors face harmful discrimination and bigotry on a regular basis. Read more in The Greenfield Recorder.