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  • Black/Asian Solidarity and Anti-Blackness in AAPI Communities: A Personal Perspective

    Writers: Ngoc Bui, Siena Iwasaki Milbauer Recently, we examined the conflicting yet intertwined histories of Black/Asian solidarity and anti-Blackness in AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) communities. For a more personal perspective on this topic, we turn to an interview with Yuna Kha, one of our 2020 Summer Organizing Fellows. Yuna identifies as a child of…

  • Opposing Yet Interconnected: Black/Asian Solidarity and Anti-Blackness in AAPI Communities

    Writer: Siena Iwasaki Milbauer The murder of George Floyd prompted communities across our state and country to reevaluate their response to and participation in anti-Blackness. As we engaged in critical reflection, Asian Americans were confronted by a complicated and emotionally loaded history, filled with both Black/Asian solidarity and anti-Blackness in Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI)…

  • Open Letter to Community:

    A call for unity and solidarity in the face of violence May 29, 2020 Dear Community, Earlier this week, George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, was murdered by the Minneapolis police. George Floyd’s death is a continuation of the long history of criminalization, dehumanization, and oppression of Black lives in this country since its founding.…

  • We stand with #BlackLivesMatter

    Black. Lives. Matter. We are devastated to learn of another senseless murder of a black man and community member by Minneapolis police officers Monday night. His name is George Floyd. We cannot continue to fund institutions such as the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) as it continues to hurt our black communities. Systemic racism allowed for…

  • Statement on Officer Peter Liang

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 27, 2016 Contact: Linda Her Executive Director (612)564-0020 linda@aaopmn.org ST. PAUL, Minn. – This month, New York Police Officer Peter Liang was handed a guilty verdict for second-degree manslaughter and official misconduct in the shooting death of Akai Gurley. A bullet accidentally discharged by Officer Liang in a New York housing…

  • Justice for Jamar

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 25, 2015 Contact: Daniel Yang Board Chair daniel@aaopmn.org PRESS RELEASE: AAOP Statement on Protests Over Death of Jamar Clark ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Asian American Organizing Project (AAOP) mourns the loss of yet another unarmed young man of color killed at the hands of law enforcement. We extend our deepest…