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ADELANTE MAGAZINE STANDS WITH THE API COVID 19 VACCINE

COMMUNITY AGAINST HATE: ELIGIBILITY EXPANDS
IN CALIFORNIA:
CONDEMN ACTS OF HATE AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS: WE PERSONS 50+ ON
STAND UNITED AGAINST HATE
APRIL 1 & 16+ ON
Recent crimes and acts of violence and discrimination against Asian APRIL 15, 2021
Pacific Islander Americans have dangerously risen due to xenophobic
/white supremacist values that were celebrated under the Trump Admin-
Eligibility has opened up
istration.
for a Covid-19 vaccine. It
is very important that we
The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), the largest
immigrant rights organization in California, denounced the most recent all get vaccinated to put
acts of terror against Asian Americans and labeled them as callous and an end to the pandemic.
heinous though not surprising considering the racist foundations of this To find a location to get a
country. From the earliest anti-immigrant laws like the Page Act specif- vaccine, please visit
ically excluding Chinese women to this country, to most recently Covid19.ca.gov or
President Trump and others, the poisoning of the well with anti- publichealth.lacounty.gov.
immigrant, anti-Asian rhetoric has been going on for years, especially
now during the Covid-19 world pandemic. Please keep wearing a

mask and social
"We lament the loss of life, including six Asian American women, in the distancing until we have
heinous and callous acts of terror committed against Asian Americans
in Atlanta yesterday These racist and misogynist acts of violence are more information from the
CDC. Covid-19 is still a
sadly not out of context following a history of ongoing xenophobic and
racist verbal attacks against people of color and women and little major health concern. In
national action to prevent them,” said Angelica Salas, CHIRLA executive fact, as of March 27, 2021
director. the 7-day positivity rate
for Covid-19 infection was
"Stop Asian American Pacific Islander Hate , an organization keeping 1.9% in California. At the
track of hate crimes against Asian Americans since March 2020, has end of March 2021, about
received reports of 3,795 of anti-Asian hate incidents, in all 50 dates 17 million vaccine doses
and Washington DC. This violent trend, although not a new have been given in
phenomenon must stop. It can only stop when all of us condemn these
California. Also, about
atrocities and commit to learning, healing, and preventing.
58,000 persons in
California have died of
"CHIRLA stands with the Asian American community and denounces
the hate, ignorance, and sickness behind these baseless attacks. Covid-19 since the start
Racial justice is inherently and inextricably a part of the immigrant of the pandemic.
justice/immigrant rights movement and as such our work continues until (Source: CDPH.gov).
everyone can live in a safe, fair, and just society."

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