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“Wake-Up America!” Part 2, by Kim McMillon, Ph.D., Guest Columnist for NPJ – international literary journal

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NARRATIVE PATHS JOURNAL July 10, 2020 Guest Column:

Wake-Up America! Part II

Healing Racism

by Dr. Kim McMillon, Professor & Author

https://www.narrativepathsjournal.com/guest-column-wake-up-america-part-ii-healing-racism-by-dr-kim-mcmillon-professor-author/

Dr. Kim McMillon, author, historian, activist, over twenty years of experience producing theatre

The Conversation

How do you become an ally to those experiencing racial oppression?
The public has not protested the atrocities that have been taking place in our country, but yet during a pandemic, people are taking to the streets to protest the death of George Floyd, why?
How do you believe we can change the world for the better?
As a poet, how would you like to be remembered?
What line or stanza of poetry best describes you?

Thank you, Kim McMillon, Ph.D., for sharing your spotlight with us in your guest column “Wake-Up America!” Part 2.

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Thank you for letting me (Teresa Jade LeYung) speak out through your Question #2 and Question #3.

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To read the entire guest column (everyone’s responses to Dr. McMillon’s questions) https://www.narrativepathsjournal.com/guest-column-wake-up-america-part-ii-healing-racism-by-dr-kim-mcmillon-professor-author/

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Author Teresa Jade LeYung says: The tagline in Dr. Kim McMillon’s poetathon is: “If not NOW, WHEN?” I believe that that mantra plus the ability to document incidents with our personal electronic devices (especially cellphones) plus the speed in which to broadcast content through social media add up to a World Town Crier galvanizing people to protest the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and other victims. Here we are, fighting a global enemy named Coronavirus – people old and young risking their lives to save lives – folks making sacrifices by staying home to reduce the spread of infection – friends and neighbors sharing resources . . . yet, all the while, the hideous monster named racial injustice looms across our past and present. What can I do after protesters have gone home? How do I confront apathy and denial? I pledge to get more training from www.ihollaback.org: “We’re on a mission to end harassment—in all its forms.” The folks at Hollaback! (in 16 countries) have developed new programs, including “Bystander Intervention to Stop Police-Sponsored Violence and Anti-Black Racist Harassment” and “Stand Up Against Street Harassment.” I pledge to not wait to read voting material right before elections but to routinely visit websites of my legislators to communicate to them what laws I want changed, so that I stand with fellow Americans to fully exercise our rights to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” http://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration

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Author Teresa Jade LeYung says: How can we change the world for the better? While I have no answers, questions weigh on me as a U.S. citizen.

Education – “Why do zip codes influence how much money a child receives in public schools? Do ballot measures show this inequality?” https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tale-two-zip-codes-covid-19-exposes-deep-disparities-u-n1227646
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When the media brag about lowest unemployment rate, I want to know: “How many of these jobs actually pay a living wage?” “Who are selling and buying ‘cheap labor’ and where are the human beings toiling?”https://livingwage.mit.edu/articles and https://livingwage.mit.edu/articles/61-new-living-wage-data-for-now-available-on-the-tool and https://www.worldhunger.org/ and https://www.worldhunger.org/hunger-news/united-states/
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When groups blame immigrants and migrant workers (all tax payers by the way) for “taking away” jobs, I ask “Why are we denying the fact that U.S. companies send millions of jobs overseas?” and “What happened to the companies who had urged us to be patriotic by buying products made in the U.S.A.?” https://www.thebalance.com/how-outsourcing-jobs-affects-the-u-s-economy-3306279
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Why are we afraid to look at “ugly”?

Abject Poverty https://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/poverty/
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Hate and Bigotry https://www.splcenter.org/what-we-do
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Modern day Slavery also known as Human Trafficking https://www.acf.hhs.gov/otip/partnerships/look-beneath-the-surface

Do we have a chance of becoming our better selves? Yes! We can wake up! Perhaps if we continue asking lawmakers these and other questions, our united voices shall change the world for the better.

“Thank you, Dr. Kim McMillon, for giving us this forum to wake up in unity.”

Lines from Martin Luther King Jr.’s Nobel Lecture on December 11, 1964 – “Each of these problems, while appearing to be separate and isolated, is inextricably bound to the other. I refer to racial injustice, poverty, and war.” www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1964/king/lecture/

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James Baldwin’s arguments in the debate with William F. Buckley at Cambridge University (1965) “Has the American Dream Been Achieved at the Expense of the American Negro?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFeoS41xe7w

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“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” – quote from George Orwell’s book 1984.

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Jeffery Robinson’s lecture on August 24, 2017 “When Heritage = Hate: The Truth About the Confederacy in America” (full version) – What was the American civil war really fought about? Men. Women. Children. Chattel. Slaves. White Supremacy was the reality/truth. Who has been and are writing history books? What we can do to learn from our past and combat systemic racism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOPGpE-sXh0 and https://www.aclu-wa.org/events/when-heritage-hate-truth-about-confederacy-america

https://www.ihollaback.org Hollaback! in 20 cities globally!

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https://www.standup-international.com/fr/fr Agissons ensemble contre le harcèlement de rue.

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https://www.standagainsthatred.org/ Stand Against Hate

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https://www.asianpacificpolicyandplanningcouncil.org/stop-aapi-hate/ Stop AAPI Hate

I wish you and everyone around you safety, kindness, excellent health, clear water, blue sky, delicious foods, and sweet laughter!

Bonne journée!

Sincerely,

author Teresa Jade LeYung, mask by Emily O, July 2020 COVID-19 pandemic

Author and Theme Consultant Teresa Jade LeYung

Love Made Of Heart ®

“To help prevent spread of COVID-19, I wear face-covering AND keep at least 6-foot distance with people who don’t live with me. No blaming No shaming; I protect myself and everyone else.”

Teresa Jade LeYung, American naturalized citizen of Chinese ancestry, is a manuscript-theme consultant, author of Love Made Of Heart (archived at the San Francisco History Center), Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days, and Talking To My Dead Mom monologues, and, advocate for public libraries and public schools. Teresa speaks out and offers resources through her Blog: http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/

SF Richmond Neighborhood Center’s Racial Equity Series: Anti-Asian Racism in COVID-19

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Please tell ALL your friends. If you missed July 16, 2020 Racial Equity Series: Anti-Asian Racism in COVID-19, watch the video on OneRichmondSF facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OneRichmondSF/videos/2655505434723313

Inspiring Panelists began program after a 4 minute wait.

Panelists: Naomi Hui; Vivian Leung; Michelle Cusano; Jessica Ho; Cynthia Choi, Chinese for Affirmative Action; Sandra Lee Fewer, D1 Supervisor; Russell Jeung, Asian American Studies, SFSU.

Presented by The Richmond Neighborhood Center.

Thank you, panelists, for the education, resources and hope!

Thank you again, MaryT, for telling us about this valuable program.

Sincerely,

Theme Consultant and author Teresa Jade LeYung

July 16, 2020, 5:00pm-6:30pm PST

ZOOM pre-registration required

https://richmondsf.org/event/racial-equity-series-anti-asian-racism-in-covid-19/

Racial Equity Series: Anti-Asian Racism in COVID-19

Panelists:

Cynthia Choi, Chinese for Affirmative Action;

Sandra Lee Fewer, D1 Supervisor;

Russell Jeung, Asian American Studies, SFSU.

Presented by The Richmond Neighborhood Center, San Francisco, CA

Report a Hate Crime at:

Stand Against Hate https://www.standagainsthatred.org/
Stop AAPI Hate https://www.asianpacificpolicyandplanningcouncil.org/stop-aapi-hate/
New Yorkers can email civil.rights@ag.ny.gov or the calling the hotline 1-800-771-7755
New York City: If you believe you have been the victim of discrimination based on membership in a protected category, please call 311 and say, “human rights” or visit www.NYC.gov/HumanRights to report your experience. If you have been the victim of or witness to a hate crime call 911.
You can contact Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law for assistance with legal and social services at (1-844-966-4283)

Communities Against Hate https://communitiesagainsthate.org/

Asian Americans Advancing Justice: Website - https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/

Hollaback!: Website https://www.ihollaback.org/

Get more training from www.ihollaback.org: “We’re on a mission to end harassment—in all its forms.”

Bystander Intervention Training to STOP anti-Asian/American and Xenophobic Harassment.

The folks at Hollaback! (in 16 countries) have developed new programs, including “Bystander Intervention to Stop Police-Sponsored Violence and Anti-Black Racist Harassment” and “Stand Up Against Street Harassment”

Thank you, everyone!

Sincerely,

author Teresa Jade LeYung

Love Made Of Heart ®

author Teresa Jade LeYung, mask by Emily O, July 2020 COVID-19 pandemic

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Bystander Intervention Training to STOP anti-Asian/American and Xenophobic Harassment

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Bystander Intervention Training to STOP anti-Asian/American and Xenophobic Harassment

May dates completed;

June 3, 10, 18, 25, 2020

Online Training is open to the public.

Sign up at:

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting

You don’t need a webcam. Just download ZOOM when you receive confirmation (before training time).

The HollaBack! guide:

https://www.ihollaback.org/app/uploads/2016/11/Show-Up_CUPxHollaback.pdf

The one-hour, interactive training will teach you Hollaback!’s 5D’s of bystander intervention methodology. We’ll start by talking about the types of disrespect that Asian and Asian American folks are facing right now — from microaggressions to violence — using a tool we call the “spectrum of disrespect.” You’ll learn what to look for and the positive impact that bystander intervention has on individuals and communities. We’ll talk through five strategies for intervention: distract, delegate, document, delay, and direct; and how to prioritize your own safety while intervening. We’ll have time at the end for practice, and you’ll leave feeling more confident intervening the next time you see Anti-Asian/American harassment online or in person.

Sign up at:

READ WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS TRAINING:

“This training gave me new tools to support someone experiencing discrimination. I had always thought my only option was to directly engage with the aggressor, which was terrifying to me. To know I have a lot of other tools I can use will be very helpful.” EM, Oregon State University

“I appreciate having clear and effective strategies that can be utilized immediately.” HNN, Bates Center for Purposeful Work

“Before this training, I doubt I would’ve intervened for fear of making things worse, but now I’m confident that I’m equipped with the skills necessary to diffuse any situation I may encounter.” BBB

Please note you must register in advance for all trainings. They will be capped at 1,000 people per session.

Wednesday, June 3rd at 2:00pm ET / 1:00pm CT / 12:00pm MT / 11:00am PT / 8:00am HST.

Wednesday, June 10th at 4:00pm ET / 3:00pm CT / 2:00pm MT / 1:00pm PT / 10:00am HST.

Thursday, June 18th at 7:00pm ET / 6:00pm CT / 5:00pm MT / 4:00pm PT / 1:00pm HST.

Thursday, June 25th at 4:00pm ET / 3:00pm CT / 2:00pm MT / 1:00pm PT / 10:00am HST.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The training is currently only offered in English but we are seeking funding to expand it into other languages.

Report a Hate Crime at:

Stand Against Hate https://www.standagainsthatred.org/
Stop AAPI Hate https://www.asianpacificpolicyandplanningcouncil.org/stop-aapi-hate/
New Yorkers can email civil.rights@ag.ny.gov or the calling the hotline 1-800-771-7755
New York City: If you believe you have been the victim of discrimination based on membership in a protected category, please call 311 and say, “human rights” or visit www.NYC.gov/HumanRights to report your experience. If you have been the victim of or witness to a hate crime call 911.
You can contact Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law for assistance with legal and social services at (1-844-966-4283)

Communities Against Hate https://communitiesagainsthate.org/

Asian Americans Advancing Justice: Website - https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/

Hollaback!: Website https://www.ihollaback.org/

I wish you and everyone around you safety, kindness, excellent health, clear water, blue sky, delicious eats, and sweet laughter! Bonne journée!

author Teresa Jade LeYung, Paris 2019, photo by author Mary E. Knippel

As a story theme consultant, award-winning writer, and platform-building coach for pre-published and published authors, Teresa Jade LeYung helps her clients identify their core themes and transform their manuscripts into novels, biographies and memoirs. http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog