Asian Justice Rally: A National Day of Remembrance & Action

In honor of Asian America victims of racist violence, and marking one year from the day Vicha Ratanapakdee died after being attacked in San Francisco, “Asian Justice Rallies” were held on Sunday, January 30 in multiple cities across the U.S. Asian Americans continue to stand up against the tide of violent attacks.

Videos from six cities and one national video stream – all events happened at once. You can view and find the other video streams on the “Asian Justice Rally” website: https://www.asianjusticerally.org

In Los Angeles, members of Neighborhood Safety Companions and other street walking activists were in attendance at the event hosted by Thai Community Development Center at Wat Thai Buddhist Temple. Speakers addressed how “China-bashing” exacerbates the violence, and called for the need to require ethnic studies at all levels of education to counter the ignorance that Asian Americans are forever “foreigners” to be easy targets for scapegoating.
Portrait of Bew Jirajariyawetch by LA artist Jonathan Chang
Host: Chancee Martorell of Thai CDC
Congresswoman Judy Chu
Manjusha P. Kulkarni
Executive Director at AAPI Equity Alliance (formerly A3PCON) and Co-Founder of Stop AAPI Hate
NSC, AWA, PANA and other safety walks activists

More coverage here: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/us-cities-honor-one-year-mark-killing-vicha-ratanapakdee-thai-grandfat-rcna14211

Join the grassroots community safety walks and solidarity-in-action event on February 16 in Koreatown:

https://safetywalks.org/feb16

Reaffirming solidarity in action to fight anti-Asian violence