In this
tumultuous time, APAICS and our partners have taken decisive action
to protect the safety and health of our community. At APAICS we have
taken proactive steps to minimize exposure to COVID-19, including:
·
Instituting teleworking for our staff;
·
Participating in briefings
to inform the public and offer solutions to the growing wave of
anti-Asian sentiment;
·
Launching our new, webinar-based programming “APAICS
in Conversation” in April to promote AAPIs and our APAICS alumni and
to create a sense of community; and
We are also
pleased that our partners are leading efforts both nationally and
globally in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. APAICS appreciates
their efforts and would like to highlight the work they are doing to
ensure the safety and financial security of our nation:
Communications
AT&T
is removing data caps, offering discounts, providing access to
broadband to underserved communities and ensuring students and
workers can telework.
Charter
Communications is offering free access to high-speed
broadband internet and Wi-Fi to low-income households, college
students, and households with K-12 students, ensuring they have
access to continue their education.
Comcast
is opening its Wi-Fi hotspots for public use, offering low-income
households free access to the internet and at a higher speed, and
creating new education content and information on COVID-19 on its
servers.
Verizon
is donating millions of dollars and offering high-speed data to
support small businesses, offering flexible payment options and free
access to the internet to low-income families, offering free
international calls to the CDC, and creating a COVID-19 hub page.
Health Care Industries
Bristol
Myers Squibb, Gilead
and PhRMA
are all working to beat COVID-19 by coordinating with government
agencies worldwide and taking proactive steps to protect their
workers.
Manufacturing
Toyota
Motor North America is utilizing several of the
company’s North American facilities to create face shields while
collaborating with medical device companies to speed the manufacture
of ventilators, respirators and other vital devices for hospitals.
Hyundai
is donating millions to children’s hospitals throughout the U.S. to
support COVID-19 Drive-Thru Testing Centers.
Retail
Amazon
is donating millions to get critical items to people in quarantine,
providing additional resources and compensation for their employees,
and combating price gouging.
Pepsico
is working to ensure the safety of our food supply and is
donating nutritious meals to out-of-school students and at-risk
families.
Walmart
is donating millions to strengthen the global public health response,
bolster food security, and support the needs of local communities in
the U.S. and internationally.
Wells
Fargo is suspending residential foreclosure sales, fee
waivers, and donating millions to those most vulnerable to help
address food, shelter, small business, and housing stability.
Technology
Dell
is donating millions across the world to communities and front-line
organizations working to treat and contain COVID-19, and is donating
and leveraging its technology to deliver support where it's needed
most.
Google
is donating millions to the global COVID-19 relief and is partnering
with the US government to develop a website dedicated to COVID-19,
creating COVID-19 PSAs over its websites, and removing misinformation
on its websites, platforms, and its ads.
APAICS
1001 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 320
Washington, DC 20036
United States
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