作者:詹妮弗·K. 盛田昭夫

2024年5月6日

Asian American Studies students at 萨克拉门托 State will continue making short films documenting how local Asian Pacific Islanders dealt with the pandemic and rise in hate crimes against them, 多亏了第二轮的国家资助.

的 Asian American Studies program received a two-year, $300,000 Stop the Hate grant from the 加州 Department of Social Services (CDSS) that will also help launch a new Ethnic Studies media lab on campus.

“的 goal is to make this a broader Ethnic Studies lab so we can tell stories of communities of color,助理教授威廉·高说.

Several student films will be screened in the second 停止仇恨艺术 & 5月7日的媒体展示会，以及 萨克拉门托亚太电影节 5月26日.

可能是 Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

“这次活动真的很特别,学生助理Summer Lomendehe说, who took Gow’s class and screened her film last year. “We’re not just showcasing stories of the Asian American experience during the pandemic. We’re really trying to showcase a variety of stories that expand what people think about Asian Americans, and it’s particularly important to highlight that goal during the month of May.

“I hope with the funding we received from the state we’re able to accomplish much, much more.”

的 CDSS Stop the Hate grant is awarded to nonprofit organizations that provide support and prevention services to hate crime victims and survivors. Racially motivated crimes against Asian Americans rose 77% between 2019 and 2020, according to the U.S. 律政司.

的 University received $150,000 during the initial round of funding to buy video equipment.

This fiscal year, the state agency awarded nearly $91.500万到加州的173个组织. 囊状态 is the only university in Northern 加州 – and only CSU campus – to win a Stop the Hate grant.

“的se students are essentially storytellers … and by the end of the semester, they understand their roles in their own communities, 在促进团结方面，哪个才是真正重要的, 不仅仅是有色人种之间, 但在所有人中. 在今天的气候下，这真的很重要.——Summer Lomendehe，学生助理

Gow redesigned his Asian American Communities course in fall 2022 to focus on the COVID-19 pandemic. Students work in groups to conduct oral history interviews of local Asian Pacific Islanders and create 10-minute video documentaries challenging Asian stereotypes.

“这真是太神奇了,蒂莫西·方说, CSU新亚裔美国人主任, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Student Achievement Program.

“He is training students to be community documentarians. … This appeals to how younger people learn and present information," Fong said. “这并不是说它取代了写研究论文, but it does provide students with another avenue for creative expression we simply didn’t have before.”

到目前为止，高的学生已经制作了34部电影.

“学生们真的很享受其中的创造性, but it also gives them contact with the community and the chance to screen their films and share their work with the public,高说。. “这让它更有意义.”

One of the films centered on a mahjong club for seniors at the Asian Community Center.

“So much of the anti-Asian violence was directed at seniors,高说。. “的 media would talk about them being victims of violence, but you rarely heard the voices of actual elders talking about what they felt.

“这部电影以麻将俱乐部为背景, but really it was about how challenging it was for our seniors during the pandemic.”

今年展览的其他主题包括:

• 的 solidary between Asian American and Black activists
• 亚裔美国人拥有的企业
• A family that started a delivery service to meet the community’s needs
• 的 story of a local sushi chef during the pandemic

“Students really appreciate being able to connect with the community, and more specifically the Asian American community,洛门德赫说. “的y’re often surprised by how much they learn about the Asian American experience and in such an intimate way.

“的se students are essentially storytellers … and by the end of the semester, they understand their roles in their own communities, 在促进团结方面，哪个才是真正重要的, 不仅仅是有色人种之间, 但在所有人中. 在今天的气候下，这真的很重要.”

额外的资金将用于购买设备, hire student assistants to plan the annual film showcase and create a media lab with editing stations for films and podcasts.

Interview transcripts and some audio recordings are available to the public online through the University 图书馆’s institutional repository at the 萨克拉门托 COVID-19 Asian American Oral History Project.

的 停止仇恨艺术 & 媒体展示 会在5:30-8点举行吗.m. 5月7日在大学联合会的欣德礼堂.