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Community Mourns Passing of Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan

Impact of loss felt across the County and beyond


Statement of APADC Board of Directors on the Passing of Supervisor Wilma Chan

Tribute to Wilma Chan

NEWS COVERAGE

Oaklandside - Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan killed by motorist

The Oaklandside - Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan killed by motorist while on morning walk

The former state assemblymember is being remembered as a tireless advocate for the county’s most vulnerable residents.

https://oaklandside.org/alameda-county-supervisor-wilma-chan-killed

KTVU-TV – Emotional vigil held

KTVU-TV – Emotional vigil held to honor life and legacy of Wilma Chan

A spontaneous, yet, emotional vigil was held in Oakland on Thursday, one day after Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan was struck and killed by a vehicle while she was walking her dog.

https://www.ktvu.com/video/998191

KGO-TV - Colleagues, friends remember selfless public servant

KGO-TV - Colleagues, friends remember Alameda Co. Supervisor Wilma Chan as selfless public servant

"She was an amazing champion, a quiet champion for the vulnerable and for public health."

https://abc7news.com/wilma-chan-supervisor-memorial

KQED-Radio – Forum

KQED Radio - Forum: Remembering Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan

https://www.kqed.org/forum-wilma-chan

SF Chronicle - Supervisor Wilma Chan 'a quiet power'

SF Chronicle - Local leaders recall Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan as 'a quiet power'

By Dustin Gardiner, Michael Cabanatuan
Nov. 4, 2021

https://www.sfchronicle.com/Alameda-County-Supervisor

East Bay Times - ‘fierce’ leadership

East Bay Times - County Supervisor Wilma Chan remembered for ‘fierce’ leadership

She spent 3 decades in public service, including as Assembly majority leader

https://enewspaper.eastbaytimes.com-supervisor-chan

YouTube - Supervisor Chan 2016

A Day in the Life of a Supervisor 2016 -- Wilma talking about herself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY_zoLnMsTk&t=114s

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Stop Treating Violence Against Asian American Women as Just a Racism Problem
By Sung Yeon Choimorrow
Ms Magazine, October 27, 2021

ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS IN THE NEWS

FROM NPR: Asian American And Pacific Islander Turnout Helped Hand Biden Georgia

Asian American And Pacific Islander Turnout Helped Hand Biden Georgia

Reprinted from NPR: Full Episode on: https://www.npr.org/sections/biden-transition-updates/2020/12/04/942271036/asian-american-and-pacific-islander-turnout-helped-hand-biden-georgia

December 4, 20205:01 AM ET  Heard on Morning Edition

By Ryan Benk  and Lulu Garcia-Navarro

President-elect Joe Biden carried Georgia with less than a 13,000-vote lead, a tiny margin made possible, in part, by historic turnout among Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the Peach State. It's the first time in nearly 30 years that Georgia voters chose a Democrat for president.

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FROM THE HILL: Remember Asian American Voters: Voted in Numbers Never Seen Before.

Remember Asian American Voters

By Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.), Opinion Contributor — 12/08/20 03:00 PM EST

The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill

Reprinted from The Hill:  https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/529298-remember-asian-american-voters

Without a doubt, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) voters showed up in this 2020 election cycle.

We showed up in numbers never seen before. We showed up with an energy and fervor never experienced before. We showed up to be counted among the historic 80 million votes — the highest ever received by a winning presidential candidate. Most of all, we showed up to elect the first Black and Asian American woman as our next vice president — breaking down the highest glass and bamboo ceiling yet.

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FROM NBC NEWS: Asian Americans are growing fastest in Nevada. Here's how they voted.

Asian Americans are growing fastest in Nevada. Here's how they voted.

In Nevada, observers say, Filipino Americans illustrate the complexity of — and the need for nuance in — voter outreach efforts.

By Celeste Katz Marston

Reprinted from NBC News  - Nov. 11, 2020, 8:31 AM PST

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asian-americans-are-growing-fastest-nevada-here-s-how-they-n1247323

"TikTok Titas" in the Silver State may have helped Joe Biden win gold in this year's dramatic presidential election.

Older Filipina American women — known as "titas" — made a splash in Nevada in get-out-the-vote moments during the campaign, from vibrant car parades to popular TikTok clips. They're just one of a variety of Asian American and Pacific Islander groups that came out enthusiastically for Biden's campaign even amid the stress and unusual circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic, said Christian Bato, the Biden campaign's lead for AAPI outreach in Nevada.

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FROM ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE: What You Can Do About Anti-Asian Violence

What You Can Do About Anti-Asian Violence

A new surge of anti-Asian attacks comes nearly a year after Covid spawned increased vitriol toward people of Asian descent across the country

Reprinted from ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/asian-american-racism-violence

February 13, 2021 9:30AM ET

By ROSALIE CABISON

Recent attacks on elderly Asian victims are at the center of a rising national dialogue about anti-Asian and Asian-American racism, with the latest incidents coming nearly a year after the coronavirus pandemic spawned increased vitriol towards people of Asian descent across the country.

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FROM THE WASHINGTON POST: The long, ugly history of anti-Asian racism & violence in the U.S.

The long, ugly history of anti-Asian racism and violence in the U.S.

Reprinted from the WASHINGTON POST: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/03/18/history-anti-asian-violence-racism/

By Gillian Brockell - March 18, 2021 at 4:00 a.m. PDT
A gunman killed eight people at three Atlanta-area spas Tuesday night; six of the victims were women of Asian descent, sparking fears among advocacy groups that the killings may have been racially motivated.

Anti-Asian hate crimes have spiked 150 percent since the pandemic began, according to a recent study.

People of Asian descent have been living in the United States for more than 160 years, and have long been the target of bigotry. Here is a look at the violence and racism that Asian immigrants and Asian Americans have faced since before the Civil War.

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FROM THE ATLANTIC: Why This Wave of Anti-Asian Racism Feels Different

Why This Wave of Anti-Asian Racism Feels Different

The author Cathy Park Hong sees the recent upsurge in violence as a turning point for Asian Americans.

Reprinted from THE ATLANTIC MAGAZINE: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/cathy-park-hong-anti-asian-racism/

March 17, 2021

By Morgan Ome, Assistant Editor at The Atlantic

“The indignity of being Asian in this country has been underreported,” the poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong writes in Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning. Hong, 44, is the daughter of Korean immigrants and was raised in Los Angeles. Although she has written about race in her poetry, Minor Feelings is her first nonfiction book, a blend of memoir and cultural criticism. Her essays explore the painful and often invisible racial traumas that Asian Americans experience—traumas that have become impossible to ignore over the past year, as reports of anti-Asian racism and violence have increased.

Yesterday, a gunman killed eight people, six of whom were Asian women, at massage parlors in the Atlanta area. Hong told me by email that she was grateful to see an outpouring of sympathy from people outside the Asian American community, but also expressed the concern that police and commentators would downplay the significance of the event.

READ full article in The Atlantic here.

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Officially chartered in March of 2005, the Asian Pacific American Democratic Caucus of Alameda County (APADC) was formed in order to ensure equal participation in and support from the Democratic Party of Alameda County.

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