Michele Bigley

The advocates and researchers stressed that while both parties have criticized the Chinese government and Chinese leaders’ initial handling of COVID-19, only Trump and Republicans have actively used scapegoating language, which leads to racism and xenophobia against Chinese Americans and anyone of Chinese or East Asian descent. At Wednesday’s press briefing, STOP AAPI HATE’s founders said that since March, they have received reports of more than 2,700 racist incidents from 47 states and Washington, D. C. Connie Chan, who is running for a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, recounted incidents of racism she has faced during her campaign — noting that even in a progressive city like San Francisco, which has a robust Asian American community and many Asian American elected officials, she feels that racism is “absolutely increasing today. As it’s been said over and over again, COVID has exposed the preexisting conditions of structural racism that’s always just below the surface,” Cynthia Choi, the co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action, said.

Spring’s coming and now that we’re placing our hands in the dirt, feeling the Earth beneath our feet, we’re able to glean some of those meaningful lessons about being grounded, nurturing our needs, and tending to the soil that feeds us. The ones who share wine and stories; the amazing wildlife advocate who helped me save a baby skunk caught in our soccer goal; the woman whose puppy has become fast friends with my dog; and the kids who run over to play outside with my sons. And yet, we will all likely have the chance to be vaccinated by summer, and soon after our kids too will have some protection, and while no one knows if we’ll have reached herd immunity by then, we will all be making plans for the future lives we hope to live. Share Our Feet on the Ground from Michele Bigley I’ve been working on a piece for Elemental magazine (which I’ll share once it comes out) about being gentle with ourselves in this planetary moment.

For the first time in human history, people could see our reefs—the good, the bad, and the ugly—and suddenly, people were starting to believe the reality the scientists had been screaming about regarding our oceans. People aren’t aware that the ocean is frontline of climate change,” Vevers explained. “Government brands don’t want to align with activists, but when you get Adidas involved, when it’s cool to be involved in plastics and everyone wants in. In just three years, with the help of the scientists implementing techniques to heal the coral, Vevers says this reef is now one of the healthiest he’s ever seen.

His shrug stayed with me long after class ended as I catalogued all we’d done this year: planting trees, postcarding for the election, donating clothes and toys to fire victims, delivering food to neighbors and grieving families, growing a community garden, giving money to cancer and climate organizations. , she offers 100 ways to teach our youth to be climate action heroes while helping parents become the adults we want our kids to be. I thought it was enough for them to see me pick up plastic on the beach while they were boogie boarding, or giving my neighbors kale from my garden, or packing up our clothes and toys to donate to those in need. Let them see you taking the lead and then invite them to participate with their bodies (if they can) to learn how to become change-makers themselves like these young people in France.