Reflections on Community, APA Heritage Month, and My Personal Narrative It is a great honor for me to serve as the acting CEO and President of Families in Schools, a responsibility I do not take lightly. I have served on the Board of Families in Schools since 2019 and hold the mission and vision of this organization close to me. I believe in the promise of public education to change the life trajectories of young people. But […]
Los ataques del martes que mataron a ocho personas, incluso seis mujeres asiáticas, en Georgia son sin duda impactantes y forman parte del inquietante aumento de los delitos contra los asiáticos alimentados por la xenofobia en este país. Families In Schools denuncia esta violencia sin sentido, se solidariza con la comunidad asiático americana y de las islas del Pacífico (APPI) y se compromete a estar junto a nuestros hermanos y hermanas para garantizar que los […]
Tuesday’s attacks killing eight people, including six Asian women, in Georgia is undoubtedly shocking and a part of the disturbing surge in anti-Asian crimes fueled by xenophobia in this country. Families In Schools denounces this senseless violence, stands in solidarity with the Asian American Pacific Islander (APPI) community, and is committed to standing alongside our brothers and sisters to ensure the rights and dignity of all people are respected and protected. Since the COVID-19 outbreak […]
The swearing-in of our nation’s 46th President and the first woman, first black, first South Asian vice president and amidst an unprecedented global pandemic is historic and “marks a new chapter for the American people.” The administration of Biden-Harris is not a victory of party, but an opening of an era calling for common purpose and civility, of inclusiveness and tolerance, of empathy and grace. Yet, the raging pandemic, the violent social and economic upheaval, […]
Una mamá publicó en su página de Facebook la siguiente pregunta de su hijo, “¿Por qué nos odian, mamá?” Es una pregunta desgarradora. La incómoda verdad es que el racismo sistémico asesinó brutalmente al Sr. George Floyd, que estaba luchando por respirar mientras un oficial de policía lo sostenía contra el suelo con la rodilla presionada contra su cuello mientras otros oficiales miraban y no hacían nada para ayudarlo. Eso no es aceptable. En un […]
