Next steps for the future: How do we build organizational infrastructure across our APA communities and coalition build with others? What do we need to do to strategically plan for a future where we aren’t just responding to threats, but leading toward solutions?

What does relief and recovery look like, both socially and economically? What do our communities and vital institutions need at this time, to come back from its direct impact, to reframe the narrative about who we are as a people, and to ensure resilience in future crises?

Our history, our roots: literary, sociological and community-based voices on the larger historical context of anti-Asian discrimination. Is what’s happening familiar from a big-picture perspective? How has harm against our community manifested in the past?

Why we feel this conversation is necessary, and an overview by diverse voices of what’s happening across the country — hate crimes, anti-Asian sentiment, communities struck both by COVID-19 and the virus of racism.