KARMABrooklyn Blog: Community Board 7 Asian Affairs Committee

Friday, March 19, 2021

ANTI-ASIAN HATE AND XENOPHOBIA: A COMMUNITY FORUM

Community Forum to Discuss Anti-Asian Hate and Xenophobia

Thursday, March 25th, 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

People of Asian and Pacific Island descent are increasingly being verbally harassed, physically attacked, and murdered by their fellow Americans.

In response to the alarming spike in violence, the Asian Affairs Committee of Brooklyn Community Board 7 will hold a community forum to discuss Anti-Asian hate and xenophobia. About one-third of the residents of Community Board 7 are of Asian descent.

The forum will take place online and by phone on Thursday, March 25th, from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Register in advance to attend the forum by clicking on this link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9noBV_aaSfSzHptTIi9uIQ.

After you register, you will receive an e-mail that confirms your registration. It will also contain information about how to join the webinar from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, Android device, or landline/wired telephone.

The meeting can also be viewed on CB 7's YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcAZ1cECSeZI8iNyQDKuX5Q.

Submit in advance any questions that you would like answered by e-mailing them to bk07@cb.nyc.gov.

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Community Board 7

4201 4th Avenue (entrance on 43rd Street) (map)

Sunset Park, Brooklyn

phone: (718) 854-0003

fax: (718) 436-1142

bk07 @ cb.nyc.gov
http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb7/index.page
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https://twitter.com/bkcb7
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Wednesday, March 17, 2021

STOP AAPI (ASIAN AMERICAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER) HATE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND BEYOND

The Asian Affairs Committee and the Public Safety Committee of Community Board 7, which covers Windsor Terrace and Sunset Park, are joining forces to work on the pressing issue of hate crimes against Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders (AAPI).

Anti-AAPI hate crimes, particularly against women and the elderly, have been continually increasing since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic as innocent people are wrongly blamed for the worldwide outbreak of the devastating and sometimes deadly virus.

The joint committee meeting will be open to the public, just as all meetings of every committee of every community board are.

For the past year, all CB 7 board meetings and committee meetings have been held virtually, with access via computers, cell phones, and landline phones.

In addition to being able to attend meetings, people who aren't board members are welcome to become members of any committee of any community board.

If you're interested in joining either of these two committees or any other CB 7 committee, write to the board office at bk07@cb.nyc.gov.

A calendar of all CB 7 board and committee meetings is posted at https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb7/calendar/calendar.page.

Additional ways to support the AAPI community at this critical time are posted under "Act Now" on the Stop AAPI Hate website.