Dear Asian American community and allies,

It has been a year of change and new that we at AAAFF have been navigating through in the past year. Although we have had some tremendous growth in the organization, we have also been balancing that with how to be a civically-minded arts nonprofit. Unfortunately, what has not been new is anti-Asian hate and violence against women of Asian descent in part perpetuated by the harmful stereotypes of Asians depicted in the media we consume.

This is why our work in championing Asian and Asian American stories by those from the communities they write and create films about is so important. We would also like to take some time to highlight the tremendous work that our fellow Austin-area nonprofit, Asian Family Services of Austin, does around domestic violence and sexual assault.

Our team and community have been working on how to be a bigger part of the solution. In the meantime, please consider these resources to learn more about how to #StopAAPIHate.

• Stop AAPI Hate National Report

• Report a hate incident (multiple Asian languages available)

• Asian Family Support Services of Austin

• Support local Asian American businesses

• Take a Bystander Intervention Training by Hollaback

• Call your Texas representatives to support the bi-partisan HCR66 (Condemning hate against the AA/PI Community) in the upcoming legislative session

• Mayor Steve Adlers Statement about hate crimes against the Asian American community

Hanna Huang, Executive Director of AAAFF