Stop asian american and pacific islander (aapi)hate proposes to implement stop aapi hate community-based approaches to prevent and address hate crimes and/or hate incidents

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant under the Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice program (CFDA 16.047) to Chinese For Affirmative Action (CAA), a minority-owned non-profit organization based in San Francisco, CA. The grant aims to implement a comprehensive, community-based approach to preventing and addressing hate crimes and incidents targeting the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. Key activities include data collection and research on AAPI hate incidents, policy advocacy, technical assistance, community care and crisis response, and strategic communications. Expected outcomes include forming a multidisciplinary team to develop and evaluate community-based strategies, establishing partnerships with AAPI and minority-serving organizations, expanding community healing pilots, and increasing public awareness around AAPI hate through media and social media engagement. The grant period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027.

The purpose is to develop a holistic, multi-disciplinary, trauma-informed, community-based approach to documenting aapi hate incidents and provide crisis response, care and healing to those individuals and communities affected by hate incidents. Key areas for activities include: data and research on aapi hate incidents in partnership with aapi communities; policy advocacy to educate, inform, and provide technical assistance to prevent anti-aapi hate; community care to partner with communities to center healing and improve crisis response including further work on a landscape analysis of existing resources and models; and strategic communications & digital media to sustain public education and conversations on anti-aapi hate and scapegoating. Expected outcomes include the formation of a multidisciplinary team to develop and evaluate community-based strategies for affected individuals and communities including: the establishment of partnerships with aapi/black, indigenous, and people of color organizations engaging in community care/healing work; the expansion of community healing pilots; and increased awareness through media and social media engagement around aapi hate incidents.