May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, as we commemorate and celebrate, there is a much more urgent and pressing issue at hand that needs addressed: the hate against AAPIs.
As the premier Asian community health center of Massachusetts, we have a role in looking out for our community members and taking a stance. SCCHC condemns all the recent attacks and harassments against AAPIs stemmed from the pandemic and/or any other reasons or beliefs that have no place in this community or country.
Many organizations have stepped up to fight anti-AAPI racism, to do our part, we have teamed up with QARI and identified a group of particular vulnerability: the elderlies. The “Whistle Against AAPI Hate” campaign hopes to offer them protection and a peace of mind should they find themselves in a hostile situation.
The aim for this campaign is twofold: first of all, to protect the elderlies and secondly – equally important, to encourage every single member of the community to be proactive in the fight against racism by stepping in when help is needed.
The whistle would be included in a clear bag with a silver whistle and a yellow lanyard. We encourage everyone to wear it but certainly hope that one would never have to use it.
This campaign would not have been possible without the creative input from QARI, we thank QARI and Philip Chong for spearheading the project and seeing it to fruition.
SCCHC has whistles available for distribution to all our elderly community members at all clinics and we pledge to have as many as it is needed.
