In response to the alarmingly rapid increase in anti-Asian bias, harrassment, and violence,  we have gathered some tools and resources for students, faculty, staff, and community members to use. 

Videos and Articles

• "Anti-Asian Racism during COVID-19" presented by Dr. David Chih, Dr. Teresa Mok, and Dr. Joycelyn Landrum-Brown
• "Our Greatest Potential- Asian American Leadership and Empowerment" presented by U.S. Diplomat and UI Alum Yuri Kim
• For more videos from the Asian American Cultural Center, please visit our Illinois Mediaspace Channel
• Mental Health Experts Offer Advice for Processing Discrimination, WCIA
• Health Experts Address Rise in Attacks Against Asians in the U.S.: Racism is a public health crisis – Carle Illinois College of Medicine explores the recent discrimination and attacks, and its health impacts with David Chih, founding director of the Asian American Cultural Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Teresa Mok, a licensed clinical psychologist in Urbana, Ill.
• Anti-Asian Hate is Taking a Toll on Central Illinois' Asian American Community by Christine Herman
• Combatting Anti-Asian Racism by Emily Boudreau – Equipping educators with restorative justice techniques to upend discrimination and stereotypes
• Editorial | America's Gross Negligence Persecutes Asian Americans, Daily Illini
• Editorial | On anti-Asian racism in CU, Smile Politely
• CU community rallies together to address the increase in anti-Asian hate, Daily Illini
• Vigil held to remember victims of Atlanta shootings and to stop Asian hate, News Gazette
• Asian Women: The Toll of Decades of Dismissal, WILL
• Interview | Theresa Mah, Asian American Caucus, WILL
• The Rise of Anti-Asian Violence, WILL
• WAND17 Rally for Asian American Community, WAND
• Asian American University students fear for elders after spate of racist attacks, urge others to speak to speak out: 'It's up to us as a community', Chicago Tribune
• CU community rallies to #StopAsianHate, Daily Illini
• AACC Director Discusses Ways to Support Asian Community, Daily Illini
• Anti-Asian Violence Scares UI Community
• Many colleges have come up short in their responses to violence against Asian Americans (opinion) – Inside Higher Ed

Resources

• Campus Belonging Resources Please report all bias-motivated incidents that occur within our University community to the Campus Belonging team.
• Resources for Champaign Urbana's Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities
• To learn more about anti-Asian hate and to report incidents that occur anywhere, visit stopaapihate.org.
• To report a hate crime in Illinois, please call the Illinois Attorney General's Civil Right's Hotline at 1-877-581-3692 or fill out a hate crime complaint form.
• Stand Against Hatred
• Stop AAPI Hate
• NYU Anti-Racism Education, Programs and Resources
• Seattle University - Toolkit for Anti-Asian Racism
• Cornell University - Anti-Racism Resources for the AAPI Community
• Asian American Day of Action
• Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
• Learning for Justice
• Racializing COVID-19: A Series About the Intersections of Race and COVID-19
• Resources to Help Empower Asian and Pacific Islander Communities
• Detox Local - An extensive list of mental health and substance use resources specifically for the AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) community
• Live Another Day - Extensive information on mental health and substance use resources for people of color

Solidarity Statements

• Office of the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor for Diversity Equity & Inclusion
• Department of Asian American Studies & Dept of Gender and Women’s Studies
• Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies & the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
• Department of History
• Illinois Student Government
• University of Illinois System
• Champaign Chinese Magazine
• City of Urbana
• City of Champaign
• Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association at Carle Illinois College of Medicine
• Asian Law Students Association, College of Law