Create to Stop Hate

"Now [Janel's] doing some of the most important work of her career — both as a designer and as the organizer of , an ongoing fundraising effort by AAPI makers benefiting the advocacy group Stop AAPI Hate."

Artist @janelfooglassworks shares her vision with the world through dazzling, geometric and exceptionally cool stained glass pieces using @squarespace. 🌈 Now she’s doing some of the most important work of her career — both as a designer and as the organizer of @createtostophate, an ongoing fundraising effort by AAPI makers benefiting the advocacy group @stopaapihate. \\\ Read more about how Squarespace makes Janel's work easier at the link in bio. 🔗 📷: @mscottphoto.

Big news for AAPI communities in California. Governor Gavin Newsom has signed the 2021-22 Budget, which includes a $156+ million investment in AAPI communities, intended to address the surge of pandemic-related hate as well as the racial inequities levied against Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. This historic budget represents one of the most powerful responses to anti-AAPI hate in state history. So, where will funds be spent?

$110M will go to community organizations who are providing vital victim services and prevention;

$10M will support efforts to track, respond, and prevent to incidents of racial bias and harm;

$10M will go to anti-bias block grant to provide funding to schools to create restorative justice programs to address hate early on;

$10M will go to ethnic media outlets to reach AAPI and other underserved communities in California;

$5M will support a peer social media network project to address bullying and mental health for children and youth;

and $1.5M will go towards a workgroup to address education attainment for low income first generation AAPI college students.

There is more work to be done. Still, we hope the API Equity Budget becomes a progressive model for lawmakers here and everywhere to use in responding to hate in all of its forms.

Read our joint statement with the California API Legislative Caucus at https://stopaapihate.org/statement-governor-newsom-signs-api-equity-budget

Janel Foo: Bringing the Light In Artist Janel Foo doesn't just create stained glass, she's the organizer of the Create to Stop Hate fundraiser that benefits Stop AAPI Hate.