Created in 2003 by the Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association (VAALA), Viet Film Festival (VFF) is currently the most significant international Vietnamese film festival. Many renowned and upcoming filmmakers look forward to being selected by VFF because no matter how seasoned or new their film careers are, they want to achieve approval from their own people, whether it be their non-English speaking parents, or their English-solely speaking brothers and sisters. Recently, VFF has gained the attention of filmmakers around the world, including Australia, Cambodia, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Korea, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, United Kingdom, Singapore, the United States, and from inside Vietnam.

Call the police or sheriff's department immediately if it is an emergency or if you are in present danger. Obtain medical attention if needed. Be sure to keep all medical documentation. Leave all evidence in place. Do not touch, remove, and/or clean up anything.

Moderated by Maheen Ahmed, Deputy Director for the Office of Community Awareness Response and Engagement, also known as CARE, the California Department of Justice (DOJ) hosted an informative quarterly session on August 23, 2022.

What’s worse than experiencing harassment related to your identity? Whether it’s about your race, color, religion, or immigration status; about your gender presentation or sexual orientation; about your size, age, or a disability you live with?

Hate crime is being brought to the forefront in the recent years as more victims are speaking up and more media coverage are being devoted to this important issues. Social, legal, and political resources and helplines are increasingly…

The state of California made a historic investment toward preventing and responding to hate through a more than $165 million Asian and Pacific Islander Equity Budget and its Stop the Hate Campaign.

With the support and encouragement of the State Library, Ethnic Media Services hosted a round table on August 2, 2022, for media outlets that were grantees of the Stop the Hate campaign fund. Some other media who weren’t granted also came to share their voices. It was an empowering luncheon…

The Ralph Civil Rights Act forbids acts of violence or threats of violence because of a person’s actual or perceived sex/gender, including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, gender identity and gender expression, race, color, religion, ancestry,…

This report shares what we have learned over the past two years and what it takes to address the systemic root causes of anti-AAPI hate. Every individual traumatic incident reported to Stop AAPI Hate…

At 1,763 bias events in 2021, overall hate crimes reported in California increased 32.6% from 2020 to 2021 and are at their highest reported level since 2001.

On May 17th, 2022, the Asian Business Association of Orange County hosted an APPI Panel Discussion entitled Stopping The Hate @ AAPI Small Business.

Your local police or sheriff’s department enforce criminal laws and are the first responders. Criminal prosecution of your case can be pursued by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office,…

If you have been the victim of a hate crime, you may: experience psychological distress, feel scared, vulnerable, worried, or targeted, lose trust in local law & safety enforcement,…