Relief for Sacramento small businesses + Coronavirus in California and US: Your AAPI newsletter
It is Thursday, April 23, and this is The Sacramento Bee’s AAPI weekly newsletter.
Here’s a recap on the stories I recently covered and issues I’m following:
Shelter-in-place policies due to the coronavirus pandemic have led to a plunge in business for retailers and restaurants, as many people have lost jobs.
To provide some temporary relief in Sacramento, community members will distribute food care packages on April 28 for residents and workers on Stockton Boulevard.
The event is organized by the Stockton Boulevard Partnership, an an association that advocates on public policies and economic development on behalf of property and business owners. It will be held at the shopping center at the corner of Stockton Boulevard and Fruitridge Road from 1 to 5 p.m. Partnership staff members will distribute packages with 50 pounds of rice, bottled drinks and carrots, broccoli and oranges for about 350 families.
All small businesses on Stockton Boulevard can apply. Tickets are required for the packages.
In other news
- Opinion: Coronavirus reminds Asian Americans like me that our belonging is conditional [Los Angeles Times]
- For some AAPIs, ties to Asia Pacific region strengthen resolve to fight climate change [NBC News]
- How Southeast Asian American refugees helped shape America’s resettlement system [NBC News]
- Here’s why California’s immigrant communities need coronavirus information in their own languages [KQED]
- Understanding ‘stay-at-home’ when it’s not in your language [LAist]
- As coronavirus rages, a Vietnamese diva falls silent. But her legend lives on [Los Angeles Times]
- Asian American doctor on experiencing racism during the coronavirus pandemic, feeling ‘powerless’ in helping patients [WBUR]
Weddings canceled in Sacramento as couples eye the fall – or 2021 – for nuptials [Capitol Radio]
Sacramento Bee welcomes Asian American, Latino issues reporters as part of Report for America initiative [Sacramento Bee]
Are you working on the front lines in some way to help with the containment of the coronavirus, or are contributing to the health and well-being of our community? If so, I’d like to do a story on you. Reach out to me at tyu@sacbee.com.
Finally, what stories would you like to read about? Please send me your tips and suggestions.
That’s it for this week’s newsletter. Thanks for reading, stay safe and hang in there!
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