Supporting Asian/Pacific Islander Communities during the COVID-19 Pandemic In the United States and around the world, COVID-19 is impacting everyone in various challenging ways. Although everyone is experiencing different hardships during this uncertain time, specifically API individuals and communities are being faced with racism, xenophobia, and discrimination. There have been reports all around the country, including Minnesota, of hateful acts from dirty looks and being called racial slurs to specific targeted attacks, like a racist note left on one Woodbury resident’s door. While President Trump has called COVID-19 “the Chinese virus,” Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has outrightly rebuked connecting the coronavirus to API identities. “We can’t tolerate the discrimination of our neighbors,” Walz said. Overall, it’s important to note that API individuals and communities are experiencing high levels of stress and fear about being discriminated against, based on the false perception that COVID-19 is connected to their race. With that in mind, Education Minnesota created this list of resources to help support API individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic, including different organizations, various articles, and helplines to report discrimination.

Northdale continues to run our Affinity Groups, contact Ms. Mitchell for more information.