Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month 2024
Every year, May is recognized as Asian & Pacific American Heritage (AAPI) Month.
We’re honoring and celebrating AAPI Heritage Month by sharing a select list of charities and organizations that use Tiltify to support, bring awareness to issues, and elevate AAPI communities.
Make sure to watch our social channels as we highlight fundraisers from our community supporting these, and other related causes!
💙 Asian Mental Health Collective
The Asian Mental Health Collective aspires to make mental health easily available, approachable, and accessible to Asian communities worldwide.
With the rapid development of and focus on personal well-being in individualistic societies, people are now more aware of the detrimental effects of poor mental health and mental illnesses than ever before. However, as members of the Asian Diaspora, there are often strong cultural underpinnings related to our mental health experiences that go unaddressed. Mental health issues do not exist in individuals only, and this is especially true for those who come from cultures that value collectivism. Experiences shaped by cultural ideals that value face, achievement, and filial piety are interwoven in the fabric of our understanding of the world. Intertwined with generations of exposure to trauma, these ideals, while not inherently unhealthy, are often expressed in ways that create dissonance for the children of the diaspora who live in increasingly globalized societies. It is apparent that there is a generational and cultural rift in many Asian families, with mental health woven through both overt confrontations and unspoken grievances as a result.
💙Stop AAPI Hate
Stop AAPI Hate is a national coalition dedicated to ending racism and discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAs & PIs). We strive to advance the multiracial movement for equity and justice by building power for our communities, working in solidarity with other communities of color, and advocating for comprehensive solutions that tackle the root causes of race-based hate.
As the nation’s largest reporting center tracking anti-AAPI hate acts, our coalition publishes data insights and research findings to paint a vivid and nuanced picture of racism and other forms of bigotry as it is experienced by our communities. Leveraging our core strategies — Data & Research, Policy & Advocacy, Community Capacity Building, and Narrative Change — we drive progress across three distinct issue areas to create a safer, more equitable future for all.
💙Hate Is A Virus
Hate Is A Virus is a nonprofit community of mobilizers and amplifiers to dismantle racism and hate. A movement started in 2020, Hate Is A Virus continues to amplify, educate and activate AAPI to stand for justice and equality in solidarity with other communities. They do this by mobilizing our community to participate in local and national campaigns, creating space for dialogue and education, and providing actionable steps and funding in partnership with trusted community leaders.
Their latest initiative is the commUNITY Action Fund, an effort to raise $1 MILLION to give back to local and national community organizations that are providing pivotal services and programs for our community. This includes programs related to mental health, better protections for our elderly, AAPI representation, solidarity-building and more. Hate Is A Virus will be partnering with a committee of trusted leaders with backgrounds in legal, finance, nonprofits, and solidarity-building to determine which nonprofits to give grants to and the grants will be provided on a rolling basis.
💙Asians Fighting Injustice
Asians Fighting Injustice (AFI) is a fiscally sponsored 501(c)3 grassroofts, non-profit organization through The Giving Back Fund dedicated to uniting the AAPI community in fighting against systemic injustice & hate. Our goal is to reduce Asian hate crimes in our local communities, starting with NYC, where Anti-Asian hate crimes have grown by 833%.
