Duke University Resources for Responding to COVID-19 & Anti-Asian Harassment

• Report harassment and racist incidents to Duke’s Office of Institutional Equity
• File a bias incident report: incident report form / anonymous report form
• Duke University also offers many counseling options for remote care for all students, as well as coordination of resources from a student’s local community. If you find yourself or a fellow Duke student struggling with the situation, please make sure to take advantage of Duke’s resources, which can be found and contacted below
  • DukeReach: 919-681-2455 or dukereach@duke.edu
  • Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS): 919-660-1000
  • Religious Life at Duke
  • Mental telehealth support: BlueDevilsCare.duke.edu
  • Contact Duke’s Asian Students Association (ASA) on Facebook or via email: asaatduke@gmail.com

National Resources for Responding to COVID-19 & Anti-Asian Harassment

• For immediate response during harassment:
  • Consider downloading personal safety apps such as Noonlight, Safezone, and Bsafe that are able to assign a virtual guardian, location tracking, fake phone calls, and quickly contact authorities in the case that you experience harassment
  • Ask for a friend to stay on the phone with you if entering a dangerous situation
• Resources for legal advice or assistance with racial discrimination:
  • North Carolina Asian Americans Together (NCAAT)
  • Stop AAPI Hate
  • Asian Americans Advancing Justice
  • National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
  • American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
  • OCA Asian Pacific American Advocates
  • “Treating Yellow Peril: Resources to Address Coronavirus Racism”
    • Open-source syllabus
• Additional resources:
  • #IAmNotAVirus: an online collection of portraits of Asian American volunteers responding to the xenophobia of the Coronavirus outbreak
  • #WashTheHate: an online campaign that recounts stories of Asian American discrimination while hand-washing to condemn anti-Asian bullying and to promote necessary hygiene during the outbreak

Anti-Asian Violence Resource Guide

• Resources on the History of Anti-Asian Violence: 
  • Anti-Asian Violence Resource Guide 
  • The Muddled History of Anti-Asian Violence from the New Yorker 
  • A Literary Guide to Combat Anti-Asian Racism in America
  • Duke Asian American Alliance Anti-Asian Violence Discussion Guide
  • DUKE AADS Anti-Asian Harassment Resources Guide
  • University of Colorado Anti-Asian Racism and Covid-19 Guide 
  • PBS documentary series on Asian Americans
• Mental Health Resources: 
  • Racial Trauma Toolkit by Boston College
  • Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Therapist Directory
  • @AsiansforMentalHealth 
  • @SubtleAsianMentalHealth on Facebook: Offering free 1:1 supportive listening sessions
  • @LaichienTherpay: Offering Asian Pacific American Pay-as-you-wish group therapy
  • Crisis Line: 1-800-273-TALK; Asian Languages 1-877-990-8585; Crisis Text Line TEXT ‘CONNECT’ to 741741
• Fundraisers & Organizations to Support:
  • Longer active list of Asian-American Community Resource/Donation Lists
  • Welcome to Chinatown
    • Provides financial support to NYC Chinatown’s small businesses
  • Heart of Dinner
    • Delivers care packages of food to NYC’s elderly Asian American community
  • NAPAWF*NYC
    • Builds Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander women & gender nonbinary power in NY
  • GAPIMNY
    • Empowers queer and trans Asian Pacific Islanders
  • MinKwon Center
    • Protecting Flushing, NY from gentrification & displacement
• Collection of GoFundMe’s directed toward support Asian/American communities 
  • https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate
  • Oakland Asian Health Collective Fund
  • Filipino Community Center in San Francisco
  • Los Angeles SE Asian Community Alliance
  • Asian Prisoner Support 
  • EPIC – Empowering Pacific Islander Communities
  • APIEquality – APIENC’s role is to build alternatives—real solutions—that are centered in our communities, build self-determination, and promote healing and restoration for the land and the people. All of our programs are led by QTAPI members who are directly impacted by the issues we address. 
  • AAPI Women Lead focuses on fighting for Asian women and girls right through their #ImReady movement (which was inspired by the #MeToo movement). 
    • https://donorbox.org/racial-solidarity
  • Dear Asian Youth 
    • We are a group of Asian youths striving to uplift marginalized communities through education, activism, and celebration. 
  • Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund 
  • Red Canary Song – Grassroots collective of Asian and Migrant sex workers, organizing transnationally
  • Asian American Feminist Collective