Our Impact

CORE PILLARS OF WORK

Hate Is A Virus aims to combat hate and racism against communities of color by engaging, educating and mobilizing our AAPI community across generations to stand up for our own community and communities beyond.

 

We do this through:

 

BUILDING SOLIDARITY

 

DECOLONIZING FROM WHITE SUPREMACY

CHANGING NARRATIVES & HEALING GENERATIONAL WOUNDS

 

EMPOWERING & ACTIVATING COMMUNITY

ABOLITION OF OPPRESSIVE SYSTEMS

 

EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION & EDUCATION

 

Our Current Work

 

Free, Digital Resources for Learning & Growth

We are building free, digital resources to support you in your journey to deepening your activism.

In 2020 Hate Is A Virus sprung from the love of a few friends for our community. From our children to the elderly, Asian Americans were violently bullied & assaulted. Hate wanted to blame us for the pandemic, but we fought back — together.
We protest because we love.  We protest the g*n*c*de in Gaza because everyone has the right to dignity and safety. We *must* speak up, because we care about Gazans - not, and never, because we harbor hate for the Jewish community. In the face
Ever feel overwhelmed? You’re not alone. It’s easy to look at the state of our world - g*n*c*de, ecological disaster, corruption - and despair of ever figuring it all out. But we don’t need to wait until we’ve got it all figu
In 2021 and 2022, Hate Is a Virus teamed up with @acttochange and @stopaapihate for Changemakers: a virtual AAPI youth activism conference. Speakers included @kapuleifloress and @mrsechurch, whose commitment to community activism and leadership conti
We’ve been enjoying the stories (and memes) coming out of the Paris Olympics. But even as we celebrate the athletes competing, we also have to acknowledge the real costs of the Summer Games: in communities, labor, and lives.
We don’t fight fire with fire. We fight imperialism with community - here’s how Native Hawaiian activists are opposing displacement and cultural erasure on their home shores.
“Therapy is so White” - but it doesn’t have to be. As National Minority Mental Health Month, July is a time to emphasize the crucial mental health needs of POC communities, and the resources that we can draw from when we need them.
July is national minority mental health awareness month, a time to consciously center the emotional and psychological wellness of POC individuals and communities. Last year, @soojinlee.mft & @lindayoontherapy published “Where I Belong&rdquo
Ethnoracial stressors are factors that specifically create stress and other psychological and even physical tension for people of particular racial groups. While many folks may be tempted to blame themselves, in actuality these factors stem from syst
As America and our allies carry out active bombing of the Hawaiian islands this month, in the name of war exercises, we remember this truth. #rimpac #rimpac2024 #rimpac24 #freehawaii #hawaiiansovereignty #hawaii🌺 #aanhpi
 

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Our Past Work

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Funding community orgs

We are raising $1 MILLION to give back to local and national community organizations that are providing pivotal services and programs for our community. This includes programs related to mental health, better protections for our elderly, AAPI representation, solidarity-building and more. 

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Platform for AAPI voices

Real Talk Tuesdays (“RTT”) are Hate is a Virus’ public platform for candid, real conversations with trusted leaders of our community. Our hosts Christine Juang & Katherine Zaslavsky facilitate talks on Instagram Live (Tuesdays at 5pm PT | 8pm ET), bringing on guests to talk about issues facing the AAPI community, adding context to tough topics, and making the political personal.

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Amplifying Small Business Owners

In March 2020, #HateIsAVirus formed in a living room as an effort to create a safe space and support local Asian owned businesses through weekly food crawls.

 

Raise A Million

Our efforts to support the community and uplift AAPI voices started with our series of live digital rallying events “Raise a Million” Chapters 1 & 2. AAPI talent from all industries came together to have difficult conversations, share art and music to raise awareness and funds to support our communities.

 

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