The asian pacific american legal resource center's (apalrc) stop anti-asian hate campaign (campaign) addresses the rise in hate crimes and bias incidents against metropolitan-DCS asian pacific…

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a 3-year, $388,843 Project Grant to the Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center (APALRC) under the Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice (CFDA 16.047) program. The grant will fund the APALRC's "Stop Anti-Asian Hate Campaign" to address the rise in hate crimes and bias incidents against the Asian Pacific Islander (API) community in metropolitan Washington, DC since 2020. The campaign aims to: (1) promote community awareness and preparedness in addressing anti-Asian hate; (2) encourage reporting of hate crimes/incidents; (3) provide language-accessible legal services to API hate crime victims; (4) collect data to improve prevention and response; and (5) partner with local jurisdictions and stakeholders to de-escalate tension and promote conflict resolution. Key activities include conducting community legal education seminars, establishing a multilingual hotline to report incidents, and enhancing APALRC's capacity to deliver culturally-appropriate legal services to victims.

The asian pacific american legal resource center's (apalrc) stop anti-asian hate campaign (campaign) addresses the rise in hate crimes and bias incidents against metropolitan-DCS asian pacific islander (API) community since 2020, and the underreporting of these crimes/incidents. The apalrc mission is to protect the civil and legal rights of the low-income, limited english proficient (LEP) API community residing in metropolitan-DC through the provision of linguistically accessible and culturally appropriate civil legal services. (see program narrative pages 11-12.) the apalrc is requesting $388,843 in funding for 3 years to fully implement this campaign. The campaign's goals are to: (1) promote community awareness and preparedness in addressing anti-asian hate crimes/incidents; (2) encourage the API community to report anti-asian hate crimes/incidents; (3) provide language-accessible legal redress to API victims of anti-asian hate; (4) collect data on anti-asian hate in metropolitan-DC to improve prevention and community response; and (5) partner with local jurisdictions and community stakeholders to DE-escalate community tension and promote conflict resolution. To address these goals, the apalrc will conduct community legal education seminars on how to identify anti-asian hate, and how to respond as either a victim or as a bystander. Additionally, the apalrc will establish a language-accessible hotline to report anti-asian hate crimes/incidents. The hotline will provide granular data on the number and nature of anti-asian hate crimes/incidents in metropolitan-DC. Data collected will include whether the incident was reported to a government or other entity, the outcome of the reporting and, if not reported, why the incident was not reported. The outcomes of the campaign include: (1) increased knowledge by the API community in identifying, preventing, and responding to anti-asian hate crimes/incidents; (2) enhanced organizational capacity to provide language-accessible legal services and resources to victims of anti-asian hate; (3) increased and more accurate reporting of anti-asian hate crimes/incidents; and (4) active collaboration between law enforcement, legal, social service, and mental health providers to reduce the frequency and impact of anti-asian hate.