Stop AAPI Hate was founded when community leaders from AAPI Equity Alliance, Chinese for Affirmative Action, and the Asian American Studies Department at San Francisco State University recognized the need to document the rise of COVID-19-related anti-Asian racism in the early stages of the global pandemic.
The three organizations joined forces to launch stopaapihate.org on March 19, 2020, providing Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders a way to share their experiences with hate and discrimination without divulging personal information or engaging with law enforcement.
It went viral. In the days, weeks, months that followed, we received thousands of reports from across the U.S. that helped us bring unprecedented national awareness to anti-AAPI hate. And with the subsequent rise of high profile anti-Asian attacks like the Atlanta spa shootings in 2021, millions of people took to the streets and raised their voices online to protest violence against Asian Americans — giving rise to a nationwide movement for racial justice that we are proud to be a part of.
Today, people of all ages, genders, and ethnicities continue to share acts of anti-AAPI hate with us — including verbal harassment, physical assault, racial discrimination, child bullying, anti-immigrant attacks, and more. Plus, we have made tremendous progress by expanding our research, advocacy, policy, and communications work. By engaging with political leaders, allied organizations, and everyday people, Stop AAPI Hate continues to advance policy change, publish critical data and research, challenge harmful misconceptions about our communities, and activate everyday people to help create a world where every person has the chance to thrive.
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