Resources
As a publication that originated in response to anti-Asian hate during the pandemic, Descent has always been an community founded on activism. The following are resources we have read and recommend others to read.
Read our statement on AAPI hate.
APISA Organizations to Support
Butterfly: Provides support for Asian + migrant sex workers.
Red Canary Song: Grassroots collective that supports Asian & migrant sex workers, organizing transnationally.
SWAN Vancouver: Culturally-specialized support and advocacy for im/migrant women engaged in indoor sex work.
AAPI Women Lead's #ImReady Movement: Aims to strengthen the progressive political and social platforms of Asian and Pacific Islander communities in the US through the leadership of self-identified AAPI women and girls.
Nodutdol: Grassroots organizing and community development among Koreans who struggle against war and militarism.
GoFundMe: Verified fundraisers providing support for the families + victims of various hate crimes and small Asian communities, businesses, etc.
Learn More About APISA Issues
Red Canary Song Response to 8 Lives Lost in Atlanta
AAAJ Bystander Intervention Training
The Alien and the Sovereign: Yellow Peril in Pandemic Times by Evergreen Review
Anti-Asian Racism Never Stopped Being an Outgrowth of U.S. Imperialism
The Atlanta Shootings Fit Into a Long Legacy of Anti-Asian Violence in America
New Feminist Peace Initiative Releases Movement-Driven Foreign Policy Framework
Phone Numbers
Mental Health Crisis Line: 1-800-273-TALK
Mental Health Crisis Line (Asian languages): 1-877-990-8585
Mental Health Crisis Text Line: Text "CONNECT" to 741741
Read our statement on the Israeli violence against Palestine.
#FreePalestine: Further Reading & Action
Writers in Solidarity with Palestine
Support Palestinian Art and Literature: Megathread of Palestinian works to buy and support compiled by author Sonia Sulaiman
Palestinian Boycott, Divest, Sanction (BDS): How to get involved and a list of Israeli and international companies to boycott
#StopUSFunding2Israel | Linktree: Additional ways to contact Congress
Ceasefire Petition: Via change.org
IfNotNow Movement: Write a letter to your congressional representative to support HR 2590: The Palestinian Children and Families Act
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at USC
Learn More About Palestine
Student-Compiled Literature and Media List: Updated as of October 26th, 2023.
Zionist Colonialism in Palestine by Fayez A. Sayegh
DecolonizePalestine: Common disinformation on Palestine, history, and how to learn more
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights: US military funding to Israel
Zionism, anti-Semitism, and colonialism
Sheikh Jarrah: Zionism Distilled to its Purest Expression
Israel’s illusion of normality collapses: May 2021
Mental Health & Wellbeing Resources
Asian Mental Health Collective
National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association (NAAPIMHA)