VIETNAMESE REFUGEE CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES

There were virtually no Vietnamese students in American elementary or secondary schools before 1975. Growing up in America has been difficult for the children of refugees. As a group, they were uprooted from their homeland under frequently violent and traumatic circumstances.

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Source: Teaching Tolerance

VIETNAMESE IMMIGRATION IN THE UNITED STATES

The Vietnamese immigrant population has grown significantly since 1975, roughly doubling every decade between 1980 and 2000, and then increasing 26 percent in the 2000s. In 2017, more than 1.3 million Vietnamese resided in the United States, accounting for 3 percent of the nation’s 44.5 million.

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Source: Migration Policy Institute

FIGHTING XENOPHOBIA AND ADDRESSING ANTI-ASIAN RACISM

Anti-Asian discrimination and hate crimes root back to our early history, and in the latest news there's been an uptick in Anti-Asian hate crimes, particularly targeting elderly Asian Americans. It is important to fight against this incessant racism, and be vocal about the lives that are currently at risk.

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SIGN & SHARE THESE PETITIONS

• End Hate Crimes Against Asian Americans

• Provide Safety Ambassadors & prevent Hate Crimes on elderly in San Francisco Chinatown

• Get Mainstream News Coverage Of National Elderly Asian American Assaults

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WATCH, READ, & SHARE

• Asian Americans: The history of identity, contributions, and challenges experienced by Asian Americans. (PBS, 5-part documentary series)

• 'We are crying out to help.' Actors, activists sounding alarm on surging attacks against Asian Americans (MSNBC, video)

• The long history of US racism against Asian Americans, from 'yellow peril' to 'model minority' to the 'Chinese virus' (The Conversation, article) 

• America's long history of scapegoating its Asian citizens (National Geographic, article)

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REPORT HATE CRIME INCIDENTS

• Report them at StopAAPIHate.org​

• Report them at StandAgainstHatred.org

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BE AN ALLY & STAND UP TO HATE

• Join a local watch group like NYC's Chinatown Block Watch or SF-Bay Area Compassion in Oakland

• Seek out bystander intervention training

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MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, FOR THOSE IN NEED

Nationwide

• Asian Mental Health Collective (AMHC)

• National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association (NAAPIMHA)

• National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse (NAPAFASA)

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California

• Each Mind Matters

• Los Angeles: Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council (A3PCON)

• Los Angeles: Pacific Asian Counseling Services (PACSLA)

• Sacramento: Asian Pacific Community Counseling (APCC)

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New York​

• Bridges Mental Health

• Hamilton-Madison House

• NYCWell

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OTHER RESOURCES

• Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC)

• Asian American Racial Justice Toolkit (APALA)

• Act To Change

• API Equality - Northern California (APIENC)

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If there are any other mental health resources or AAPI organizations you'd like us to champion, email Jackie Reed at jackie@vietnameseboatpeople.org.

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