{"id":65181,"date":"2024-06-04T15:19:56","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T22:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=65181"},"modified":"2024-06-04T15:19:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T22:19:56","slug":"helping-aapi-communities-heal-from-the-pain-of-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=65181","title":{"rendered":"Helping AAPI Communities Heal from the Pain of Racism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Against historic surges in anti-Asian hate since the pandemic, a new pilot program is helping AAPI communities heal from hate crimes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Against historic surges in anti-Asian hate since the pandemic, a new pilot program is helping AAPI communities heal from hate crimes.<\/p>\n

The Healing Our People Through Engagement (HOPE) program uses a \u201cRadical Healing Framework\u201d to help the five largest Asian communities in Los Angeles County \u2014 Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese and Korean \u2014 respond to past and ongoing racism.<\/p>\n

The project is funded by the California Department of Social Services and led by the AAPI Equity Alliance, an LA-based coalition of over 40 community-based AAPI organizations.<\/p>\n

Racism and the Radical Healing Framework<\/h2>\n

During the pandemic, Asian Americans \u2014 comprising over 15% of California\u2019s population, or six million people \u2014 experienced \u201cbrutality on a scale not seen for generations in this country,\u201d said Michelle Sewrathan Wong, managing director of programs for\u00a0AAPI Equity Alliance<\/a>. \u201cThey were scapegoated by politicians for transmission of COVID, targeted for violent physical attacks, made to feel unwelcome in their own communities and bullied by neighbors and strangers alike.\u201d<\/p>\n

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