Disability Rights Pennsylvania Condemns Anti-Asian Violence Disability Rights Pennsylvania condemns all anti-Asian violence, hate, discrimination, and intimidation. We cannot stand by silently while one part of our community is increasingly the target of hate, violence, and discrimination. The increase in hate against Asian Americans has been linked to the start of the pandemic as COVID-19 was labeled by some in xenophobic terms. This week, 8 people, including 6 Asian women, were gunned down in a horrific act of violence in the Atlanta Metro area. The names of those lost were Soon C. Park, Hyun J. Grant, Suncha Kim, Yong A. Yue, Delaina Ashley Yaun, Paul Andre Michels, Xiaojie Tan, and Daoyou Feng. This violence spread fear and intimidation in our communities and we cannot allow it to continue. Policymakers and law enforcement must aggressively combat anti-Asian hate and discrimination, and there must be resources to respond to all acts of domestic terrorism... | |
 | Each year, Disability Rights Pennsylvania reaches out to the disability community to assess the needs facing our stakeholders, partners, and fellow advocates. This year, in addition to making the survey widely accessible on our website, we are also hosting eight forums to listen to the specific needs of various groups within the disability community. We understand that the disability community is a diverse body of individuals with various needs, goals, and objectives that often go unheard in large groups. With that in mind, we have decided to host multiple listening forums for advocates to tell us what is facing their community within the disability space so that they can be in invaluable conversation with us and one another. Our first forum is geared towards Self-Advocates and will be held on April 6th, 2021 from 7-8:30 PM. ASL and captioning services will be available. Please register using the button below and join our mailing list to stay up to date on how you can participate in future forums. | | | | |