Archstone Foundation denounces hate, racism, and violence directed at Asian American and Pacific Islanders. No one should be targeted and terrorized because of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic. Neither dishonest scapegoating around coronavirus nor strained geo-political relations with China can be allowed to serve as cover for hate and violence directed at AAPI people.
We condemn the recent murders of eight people in Atlanta - Hyun Jung Grant, Xiaojie Tan, Delaina Ashley Yaun, Paul Andre Michels, Yong Ae Yue, Suncha Kim, Soon Chung Park, and Daoyou Feng-six of whom are Asian American women, as well as the shooting of Elcias Hernandez-Ortiz. We also condemn the rising tide of cowardly, unprovoked assaults on Asian American and Pacific Islanders, particularly older adults, such as the attack on Vicha Ratanapakdee, 84, last month in San Francisco, who later died of his injuries. We grieve for their lives lost, for their loved ones, and for all who have been affected, mentally, physically, and emotionally as a result of racially motivated violence.
We must confront the long history of racism and violence in America which stretches from the genocidal treatment of Native Americans, the enslavement of Africans, the exploitation of Latinx/Hispanic people, to colonial and xenophobic violence against Asians and Pacific Islanders. Only with a greater awareness of this history can we resist the temptations of demagogues and avoid endlessly repeating the sins of our past. We believe in the ideal that embraces all races, cultures, and ethnicities within America and supports all of us to grow, age, and flourish without fear.
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With your desire of caring for older people, please look at the US Men’s Sheds movement. It is an international movement that finally began in the states in 2017. Here is our Website. I hope you find it interesting what we do and we can discuss it at some point.
usmenssheds.org
Regards,
Mark