In the middle of a dance of lions, drums and a dinner that celebrated the Heroes of the API Caucus in San Mateo County, the vice president of the organization and also mayor of Redwood City, Jeff Gee, called not only to stop the hatred against the Asian and Pacific Islander community "API", but to push it back in the entire area.
In that sense, Gee invited the community to come together against hate acts to make San Mateo County a better and safer place to live.
San Mateo County API Caucus is an organization that was founded in 2018 and seeks to support the API community and API elected and appointed officials, it also advocates and supports policies that advance the goals and aspirations of the API community in San Mateo County.
Thus, on June 9, the San Mateo County API Caucus organization held its first Heroes of the Caucus awards dinner, where the lucky winners of the Ashland Award were recognized.
«Ashland was 14 years old when she founded the first anti-Asian hate rally in San Mateo"recalled Jeff Gee.
Also honored at the event were Supervisor Dave Pine and former Peninsula Healthcare District CEO Cheryl Fama, who launched a Hepatitis B campaign in San Mateo County.
And it is that, he said, talking about hepatitis in the county is an important issue after it ranks fourth with the largest number of hepatitis B cases in all of California.
Likewise, the work of other organizations such as the Chinese-Americans ?OCA, for its acronym in English? for its 50th anniversary, during which time he has advocated not only for the Chinese-American community, but for the entire API community.
The mayor of Redwood City recalled the work carried out by the API legislative group in California, which has managed to obtain resources to track hate crimes, not only against the API Community, but in general.
Another important organization that has worked hard in recent years is Stop AAPI Hate, which was recognized for its fight against hate in the Asian American and Pacific Islander community.
Framed by the event attended by around 200 people to talk about what can be done together for the API community and for San Mateo County, Jeff Gee called to join forces to continue implementing measures that support a society of respect and unit.
«I am very honored to be the Mayor of Redwood City and to be a part of the API Caucus, I am also honored to be a part of Casa Circulo Cultural and the best we can do to turn back the hate and make San Mateo County a great place to live, It's working together across demographics, Latinx, Jewish, API, Black, and LGBTQ+, to be able to have conversations, work together, and know where there are issues and issues to roll back hate all together.», he pointed out.
The API Caucus Heroes night in San Mateo County becomes a memorable event as it brings together so many people who seek to end acts of hate for the API community but also for all communities that may feel vulnerable to racism, harassment or violence.
This publication was supported in whole or part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.
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