WSBA Leadership Condemns Escalating Violence Against the Asian American Pacific Islander Community
We mourn those who lost their lives in the horrific shootings in Atlanta last week and grieve with their families. These attacks come amidst a nationwide, escalating pattern of violence, discrimination, and xenophobia directed against the Asian community. Unfortunately, our own communities are not immune: A recent study of major cities shows hate crimes against Asian Americans in Seattle has jumped 33% in 2020.
Last summer, the Washington Supreme Court called on the legal community to have the courage and will to recognize our responsibility for on-going racism and system injustices. As WSBA leaders, we heed the Supreme Court’s call to action; we stand ready to support and encourage members to take action against anti-Asian racism, to take advantage of educational opportunities about how our systems and culture perpetuates racism and many other forms of inequity, and to support our colleagues and community members who are directly impacted. We stand resolutely in solidarity with our AAPI members and local and national minority bar associations who are actively working toward a more representative, inclusive, and equitable justice system.
Kyle Sciuchetti, WSBA President
Terra Nevitt, WSBA Executive Director
Resources
Taking Action Against AAPI Racism
- Anti-Asian Violence Resources: https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/
- Stop AAPI Hate: www.stopaapihate.org
- Stand Against Hatred: https://www.standagainsthatred.org/
- Dear Asian Youth: https://www.dearasianyouth.org/about-us
- Asian Law Caucus: www.advancingjustice-alc.org
Trainings and Videos about Understanding and Fighting Against AAPI Racism
- Bystander Intervention Training to Stop Anti-Asian Harassment: https://www.ihollaback.org/bystanderintervention/
- WSBA Legal Lunchbox CLE on Structural Racism: https://www.mywsba.org/PersonifyEbusiness/CLEStore/CLECalendar/MeetingDetails.aspx?productId=19366423
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice’s Bystander Trainings: Bystander Intervention Trainings - Advancing Justice-Chicago (advancingjustice-chicago.org)
- Asian Americans: A History of Identity, Contributions and Challenges: https://www.pbs.org/show/asian-americans/
- Chinese Exclusion Act: https://www.pbs.org/video/the-chinese-exclusion-act-eixnlw/
- AAPI-Black Allyship and Reparations Panel (March 31): bit.ly/apilsa21
- Legacies of the Japanese American Incarceration: Korematsu, Hirabayashi, and the Evolution of Xenophobia (April ): bit.ly/apalsa21
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice’s Bystander Trainings (April): Bystander Intervention Trainings - Advancing Justice-Chicago (advancingjustice-chicago.org)
- Asian Americans: A History of Identity, Contributions and Challenges:https://www.pbs.org/show/asian-americans/
- Chinese Exclusion Act: https://www.pbs.org/video/the-chinese-exclusion-act-eixnlw/
Resources for AAPI Community
- Asian Counseling and Referral Service @acrsnews (Instagram) and www.acrs.org
- Asian Mental Health Collective: https://www.asianmhc.org/
- Asian Prisoner Support https://www.asianprisonersupport.com/
- Asian Mental Health Project: https://linktr.ee/asianmentalhealthproject
