How Asian American restaurateurs forced to do layoffs are raising funds for former staff
As corporate chains get big bailouts, Asian American restaurant owners are acting as benefactors to their employees amid a shortage of federal aid.
Month: April 2020
Threats against Asian Americans are on the rise amid coronavirus crisis
In an unexpected side effect of the coronavirus crisis, Asian Americans are becoming the victims of discrimination. One Asian advocacy group said they’ve received more than 1,500 reports of COVID-related … Read more
People Are Writing Notes to Comfort Elderly Asian New Yorkers
Asian seniors in NYC are facing isolation and xenophobia. Table to Table NYC, a new community relief effort, is delivering them hot meals and handwritten notes of love.
Chinese American patrols streets of New York Chinatown with Guardian Angels
Yes Chinatown, there is a Chinese American Guardian Angel.
Sign up for Make Music Day Song Swap
This Make Music Day, you’re invited you to join in a global song swap, where you will learn a song by a local artist, and hear yours covered in return. … Read more
疫情致反亞裔歧視案增 人權組織線上教旁觀者如何協助
新型冠狀病毒在全美的蔓延，也讓各地反亞裔的歧視案件增加，而根據被害者，在這些歧視案發生的當下，僅有極少數旁觀者會介入幫忙，紐約人權組織「Hollaback！」和亞美聯盟(Asian American Federation)、亞平會等機構，即日起在網上舉行「旁觀者干預」(Bystander Intervention)課程，教導民眾若發現身邊出現種族歧視事件，應該如何從旁協助。
查紓困金入帳沒 曼哈頓華埠民眾 銀行前排百米長隊
曼哈頓華埠包厘街附近銀行21日早開始大排長龍，排隊的華裔民眾有百名之多，加上每人之間六呎的社交距離，一路排到了下一條街的轉角，總距離也有200米；市警五分局也出動五名警員在現場維持秩序，排隊的華裔民眾表示，因為最近各種紓困金、救濟補貼的發放，需要即時進銀行查帳。
Cancer-surviving subway operator risks his life to keep NYC moving
Wayne Wong, a subway train operator for six years, has missed just three days of work since the coronavirus came to New York — this past weekend, after his brother … Read more
Family-Owned Italian Eateries Still Stayin’ Alive on Mott Street
The COVID-19 shutdown has devastated myriad mom-and-pops, often rent-burdened, throughout the city… But on a small stretch of Mott Street in Little Italy, three legendary, family-owned Italian joints are surviving, … Read more
Senate Approves Aid for Small-Business Loan Program, Hospitals and Testing
The Senate passed a $484 billion relief package, after Democrats and Trump administration officials finalized an agreement.