80-20 Educational Foundation Takes Proactive Steps to Protect Community Against Potential Xenophobia
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Tuesday, April 7, 2020
WASHINGTON, April 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --80-20 Educational Foundation, ("80-20") announced that it is taking action to help protect the Asian American community from a potential tsunami of xenophobia in the face of an escalating crisis created by COVID-19.
Key Points:
- WASHINGTON, April 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --80-20 Educational Foundation, ("80-20") announced that it is taking action to help protect the Asian American community from a potential tsunami of xenophobia in the face of an escalating crisis created by COVID-19.
- 80-20 is an Asian American advocacy organization with 125,000 Asian American email addresses that it can reach within hours and an endowment of $3 million.
- Second, 80-20 has contacted the Jewish Council of Public Affairs ("JCPA"), which along with more than 70 other Jewish community organizations, had pledged on Feb. 21 "to help ensure that Chinese people feel safe.
- Last week, various news outlets, including NBC, have reported 650 anti-Asian actsin one week as a result of the crisis."