The Advancing Justice Affiliation Continues In-Language Bystander Intervention Training for the Asian American Community Nationwide
[Chicago, Los Angeles,
and Washington, D.C.] – The
Asian Americans Advancing Justice affiliates in Chicago, Los Angeles, and
Washington, D.C. continue to
offer virtual Bystander Intervention Training – Stop Anti-Asian and
Asian American and Xenophobic Harassment in 2022 and are now
proud to offer trainings in Asian languages for limited English proficient
members of the community.
Washington, D.C.-based Asian
Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC) and Asian
Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles (Advancing Justice – LA) offer
accessible in-language trainings in Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), Korean,
Tagalog, and Vietnamese. Additionally, Advancing Justice – AAJC offers
trainings in Hindi and Thai, provides simultaneous interpretations along with
English facilitations, and uses bilingual slides. Advancing Justice – LA trains
directly in Asian languages, accompanied by translated slides as part of the
interactive experience. Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Chicago (Advancing
Justice – Chicago) provides bilingual trainings in Mandarin, Cantonese, and
Hindi, with verbal presentations in both English and the Asian language and
slides in Asian languages only.
Since the Advancing Justice
affiliates in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. and Right To Be
started training in the last two years, they have trained over 150,000 people.
Of all people who reported witnessing harassment after completing the training,
75% reported intervening, a best practice in reducing trauma and de-escalating
violence.
“The Asian American community has
borne heightened discrimination as some have sought to place blame for the
pandemic on us,” said Marita Etcubañez, Senior Director of
Strategic Initiatives at Advancing Justice – AAJC. “We have heard from
many in our community about the fear and anxiety they are feeling as Asian
Americans have experienced increased hate crimes and hate incidents in
connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. Through our trainings, we share
practical, actionable strategies that we hope our participants will be able to
use to safely intervene in and stop harassment, and also mitigate the harm for
the person who faced harassment.”
“It is a privilege and a
testimony to our collective commitment to the Asian American community that we
are able to expand and offer these culturally competent, useful trainings with
more Advancing Justice affiliates,” said Dax Valdes, Senior
Trainer with Right To Be. "We always look for ways to make
our sessions more accessible, so we can reach more community members who may be
wondering what to do when they see someone else getting harassed, on public
transportation or at the grocery store, for example. Offering these trainings
in Asian languages is a crucial step in meeting communities where they are.” In
Hollaback's evaluation and research, they found that 98.8% of those trained
reported that as a result of the training, they were able to recognize and
intervene when harassment occurred.
According to Christina
Yang, General Counsel and Pro Bono Director at Advancing Justice – LA,
“It is essential for us to train directly in Asian languages and make bystander
intervention trainings more accessible to broader audiences, especially those
who are still under attack and scapegoated for the COVID-19 pandemic.”
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