05/10/2021

Major Law Firms and Advocacy Groups Unite to Combat Anti-Asian Violence

As a community, we need to stand up and stand together

A recent surge in anti-Asian violence across the country motivated a group of prominent law firms, bar associations, and advocacy organizations to form the Alliance for Asian American Justice. The alliance is a national pro bono initiative committed to standing up for victims and stopping the recent rise in anti-Asian hate crimes.

Nearly 3,800 anti-Asian incidents have been reported between March 2020 and February 2021, according to data from Stop AAPI Hate, a national coalition. Nearly seven out of every 10 victims who reported an incident during that time were women.

“All of us have seen coverage of these attacks in the media,” said Debra Wong Yang, a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and cochair of the alliance’s board of directors. “These people are getting attacked and it’s unprovoked. They’re just innocent people.”

Please select this link to read the complete article from Associations Now.