At the height of the pandemic, anti-Asian sentiments were increasing at an alarming rate, and across mainstream media, we saw its visualization. Asian hate crimes have been a problem but have been getting exponentially worse since the start of the pandemic. I wanted to work with an organization that directly impacts this hate with grassroots action, so I joined an international collective of audiovisual performers to raise funds for NQAPIA, a federation of LGBTQ Asian Americans, South Asians, Southeast Asians, and Pacific Islanders Organizations. We successfully raised amounts that exceeded the original goal and reached thousands that joined in on the exact cause.
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