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We can take action to show that hate against Asian Americans is not acceptable.

Sen. Chang’s floor statement on March 18, 2021 about her resolution, SR 30, condemning hate against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. These senseless acts of violence, discrimination, & harassment are driven by hate and white supremacy — they must stop. Sen. Hollier’s floor statement on March 18, 2021, in support of Sen. Chang’s resolution, […]

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How Our Community Is Being Impacted

Our community continues to be greatly and disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. The Michigan Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities is a start in addressing this but we must continue this conversation through this crisis and after. Below includes some of the ongoing conversations. “By failing to heed warnings he received about the crisis Donald Trump […]

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Resources available during COVID-19

Stay Home, Stay Mindful: Headspace is offering a special collection of free meditation, sleep, and movement exercises to Michiganders, to help them get through staying home longer. Here’s more information.  Apply for Unemployment:

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Black Maternal Health Week

April 11-17 is the third annual Black Maternal Health Week. This pandemic has made us focus on our entire healthcare system and now the world is seeing the disparities that many of us already knew were in the system. Now, the country and world are beginning to reckon with the many largely structural and systemic […]

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Michigan Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities

Thank you to Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist for realizing the impact COVID-19 is having on our community and taking action by creating the Michigan Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities. “We know that generations of racial disparities and inequality has a detrimental impact on the lives of people across the state. […]

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Stay Home, Stay Safe

COVID-19 is a very serious and dangerous threat to our community. It is important that we follow the Governor’s order to Stay Home and Stay Safe. Resources available during COVID-19