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One Year Later: Honoring the Victims of Anti-Asian Hate 

Tuesday, March 15, 2022 | 10 am to 11:30 am
Colorado School of Public Health Injury & Violence Prevention Center or virtual via Zoom

Reverberations are still felt in Colorado’s Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community one year after eight people were killed in a mass shooting in Atlanta – amongst whom were six Asian American women. On March 16, 2021, Daoyou Feng, Hyun Jung Grant, Elcias Hernandez-Ortiz, Suncha Kim, Paul Andre Michels, Soon Chung Park, Xiaojie Tan, Delaina Ashley Yaun, and Yong Ae Yue were killed. Since the start of the pandemic, Asians and Asian Americans have experienced a sharp increase in discrimination and violence. In Colorado, 119 incidents were reported to the national Stop AAPI Hate reporting platform in 2020 and 2021 with the majority of incidents being verbal attacks. 

On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 from 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., we invite you to attend a press conference and panel discussion at the Colorado School of Public Health’s Injury & Violence Prevention Center. From 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., members of the media and community are invited to learn about the issues impacting the AAPI community and what the community needs in order to end gun violence and hate crimes. From 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., a panel will discuss resources for coping with the trauma associated with community victimization, and tools for where we – as a community – go from here. The panel speakers are as follows:

• Dr. Emmy Betz, Director and co-founder of the Colorado School of Public Health’s Injury & Violence Prevention Center and Colorado Firearm Safety Coalition
• Harry Budisidharta, Executive Director of the Asian Pacific Development Center
• Dr. DJ Ida, Executive Director of National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association
• Brian Sugioka, Chief Deputy District Attorney, 18th Judicial District
• Moderator: Dr. Rachele Espiritu, Founding Partner of Change Matrix

This event is organized by Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Colorado, Asian Pacific Development Center, and Colorado Asian Culture and Education Network, and supported by Asian Chamber of Commerce and Community Organizing for Radical Empathy. Please contact Michelle Yi Alexander at michelleyialexander@gmail.com if you have any questions about the event.