Bill Text: CA SCR94 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: AAPI Day Against Bullying and Hate.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 55-17)
Status: (Passed) 2022-06-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 88, Statutes of 2022. [SCR94 Detail]
Download: California-2021-SCR94-Chaptered.html
Senate Concurrent Resolution
No. 94
CHAPTER 88
Relative to AAPI Day Against Bullying and Hate.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
June 21, 2022.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 94, Pan.
AAPI Day Against Bullying and Hate.
This measure would proclaim May 18, 2022, as AAPI Day Against Bullying and Hate.
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WHEREAS, May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month; and
WHEREAS, May 18 is the birthday of Vincent Chin, who was brutally murdered in a hate crime in 1982, fueling a national Asian American activist movement that continues to this day; and
WHEREAS, There has been a staggering rise in bullying, discrimination, and hate crimes against the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community during the COVID-19 pandemic. One in 5 Asian Americans (21.2%) and Pacific Islanders (20%) have experienced a hate incident in 2021. About 8 out of 10 AAPI youth (77%) express anger over the current anti–Asian hate in this nation; and
WHEREAS, Every day, kids of all ages suffer from being bullied in schools and online across the country; and
WHEREAS, In the AAPI community, this problem is often compounded by cultural, religious, and linguistic barriers that can keep these youth from seeking and receiving help; and
WHEREAS, Certain AAPI groups, including South Asian, Muslim, Sikh, Micronesian, LGBTQ+, immigrant, and limited-English-proficient youth, are more likely to be the targets of bullying; and
WHEREAS, Act To Change is one of the national nonprofits dedicated to fighting bullying directed at the Asian American and Pacific Islander community; and
WHEREAS, The Legislature joins Act To Change in sharing one vision: a world where all youth, including within the AAPI community, have the opportunity to grow up feeling proud and supported in the development of their identities and sharing of their stories; and
WHEREAS, The Legislature is committed to this important issue and encourages the public to foster dialogue, share resources, and learn more about what they can do to fight bullying; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That May 18, 2022, is hereby proclaimed AAPI Day Against Bullying and Hate, in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and Vincent Chin; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
