RACIAL JUSTICE RESOURCE REEL
←
→
Page content transcription
If your browser does not render page correctly, please read the page content below
MAY 2021
RACIAL JUSTICE
RESOURCE REEL
THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE
RACIAL JUSTICE RESOURCE REEL. PLEASE CHECK OUT THE
RESOURCES BELOW!
"WHEN WEST COAST CITIES TRIED TO DRIVE
OUT THEIR CHINATOWNS"
BY: JESSICA PEARCE ROTONDI
Please check out the below link to read how U.S. cities
violently drove out Chinese residents from their cities.
See the link below to read:
https://www.history.com/news/anti-chinese-violence-
removal-tacoma-seattle-1885
MAY 2021
PATSY T. MINK
On January 4, 1965 Patsy T.
Mink was sworn in as the first
Asian American woman and
woman of color in Congress.
She was vocal on civil and
women's rights and opposed
the Vietnam war. She was a
key author of Title IX of the
Education Amendments of
1972.
Read more about her at:
https://www.history.com/this-
day-in-history/patsy-mink-
sworn-in-first-asian-american-
woman-of-color-in-congress
"SCREAMS AND SILENCE"
Code Switch
PHOTO BY: HOKYOUNG KIM
HOSTS: SHEREEN MARISOL MERAJI and GENE DEMBY
Please check out the below link to hear about Anti-Asian Violence in the U.S., how
it is important to know our history concerning violence towards the Asian
American community, and how to address this systemic issue.
Here is the link to listen: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/23/980437156/screams-
and-silence
Here is the link to read the transcript:
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/980437156
How do Asian Americans - you know, and I was in this
position once - how do we see our own oppression or
misrecognition as a window into understanding that
it's systemic, that it requires solidarity of others if we
want to change it? - Scott Kurashige on NPR's Code
Switch
MAY 2021
Asian American and
Pacific Islander
Heritage Month 2021
Webinar Series
Please check out this series
by clicking here:
https://www.americanbar.org/gro
ups/crsj/events_cle/aapi-
heritage-month-2021
"4 ways to work toward an anti-racist
allyship"
BY ENGY ABDELKADER
Being an ally is extremely important. Please check out the below
link to read on how to be an ally:
https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/toward-an-anti-
racist-allyship/
You cannot be an anti-racist ally until you subscribe
to anti-racism. Being anti-racist means moving
beyond the “not racist” defense and, rather,
advancing intentionally anti-racist beliefs and
positions. - Engy Abdelkader
MAY 2021
Black Centered
Equity in Community
Engagement Event
Please see the below link
to register for this event:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/r
egister/tZcpcuGoqjgtEteD8YLNOGFyl
2VDuv4BY-3a.
"Measuring the Financial Well-Being of
Hispanics: 2018 Financial Well-Being
Score Benchmarks"
Please check out the below link to read this report from the
CFPB:
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/research-
reports/measuring-financial-well-being-hispanics-2018-
benchmarks/#utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&ut
m_campaign=FinEd
"The scores can be used as benchmarks by
practitioners and researchers in their work to design
programs and other initiatives to improve and protect
the financial well-being of their Hispanic clients, and
to track changes in financial well-being scores over
time." - CFPB Report
MAY 2021
"Supreme Court of
Florida challenges
CLE diversity policy"
By Teresa J. Schmid, J.D., MBA, LP.
D, CAE
SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
ISSUED AN ORDER CHANGING THE
FLORIDA BAR'S BUSINESS LAW
SECTION DIVERSITY POLICY ON HOW
THEY SELECT THEIR SPEAKERS.
Please read the order here:
https://www.floridasupremeco
urt.org/content/download/73
2072/opinion/sc21-284.pdf
Like the resources in this Reel? We invite all LSNV
staff who want to get more involved with our racial
justice work to join the Racial Justice Team. For more
information or to join, please email
jharris@lsnv.org and akempczynski@lsnv.org.You can also read
