Join us for a discussion on how we can work together to support and strengthen the AAPI community in the TL and throughout SF.

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How do we keep our AAPI community safe in the Tenderloin? On June 22, gather virtually with the Tenderloin Museum and community leaders and organizers from the Tenderloin AAPI community for a town hall style meeting to share stories, learn about ongoing efforts and resources, and discuss how we can better work together to support and strengthen the AAPI community in the TL and throughout the City.

This spring in San Francisco was marked by several disturbing, violent, and sometimes deadly violent attacks on AAPI elders at Civic Center, SOMA, and elsewhere, as well as a worldwide movement to examine and unravel the systemic nature of racism against Asians and to #stopasianhate. Beyond the hashtag and here in the TL, there is a deep network of AAPI activists who organize and serve the community through direct action, as well as many AAPI community leaders who work in the Tenderloin's bedrock social service organizations.

The TL AAPI Virtual Town Hall brings together longtime Tenderloin residents, parents, teachers, program directors, and community organizers to share their experiences living and working in the neighborhood and to discuss their organizations' efforts to build and support the AAPI community in the TL. Featured panelists include:

Siu Han Cheung, co-founder of Tenderloin Chinese Rights Association (TCRA) & Community Outreach Service Coordinator at Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC)

Lillian Mark, Senior Director of Programs at GLIDE Memorial Church

Justin Hu-Ngyun, Director of Development and Communications at the Southeast Asian Development Center (SEADC)

Winnie Phan, HS Services Coordinator at Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco

Sarah Ching-Ting Wan, Executive Director of Community Youth Center, San Francisco

Lena Miller, Founder & CEO of Urban Alchemy, and Ian Clark-Johnson, Director for Urban Alchemy overseeing Civic Center, UN Plaza, Safe Sleeping Villages, and the Main Library, who will discuss Urban Alchemy's public space safety and service programs and how UA's extensive presence throughout the Tenderloin and how those "eyes on the street" can be used to support the AAPI community and public safety."

Michael Vuong, Clubhouse Director at Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco at the Tenderloin Clubhouse, will moderate the TL AAPI Virtual Town Hall and serve as a panelist.