There are no shortcuts to deep, sustainable healing, said Ms. Wu said. Progress requires you to invest in neighborhoods; increasing access to education, housing and food; and conduct ‘difficult, honest conversations’.
Nevertheless, she said: ‘In a sense, it was really encouraging to see the level of solidarity and the amount of support, not only from our own communities in the city and across the Bay, but from black and colored communities.’
Younger activists have used social media to raise awareness and spread calls for action, including fundraisers and voluntary initiatives.
Eda Yu, 25, a writer and journalist who is half Chinese and half Indonesian, and her partner, Myles Thompson, a black designer, saw news of the attacks and recognized the strong emotions they evoked. The couple, she said, “wanted to come together and create a project rooted in solidarity.”
They made an Instagram slideshow that they hoped would serve as a piece of protest art and a resource for those who want to help.
The first image, Ms. Yu said, was meant to look like a poster.
‘Please! Protect our elders, ”it reads. “Support our Chinatowns. Support our communities. ”
The rest contain a timeline of incidents and a list of community organizations working in Asian communities in the Bay. They listed each organization’s website and created a GoFundMe to donate to all the organizations at once; they would split the money and one of their employers said they matched contributions. The initial goal was to raise $ 5,000. In two days, they raised $ 50,000.