Photo: ANSWER Coalition
On Saturday, March 27, demonstrations will take place across the country as part of a national day of action initiated by the ANSWER Coalition demanding an end to anti-Asian racist violence, an end to violence against women and end to white supremacy.
The ANSWER Coalition stands in solidarity with the Asian community in the midst of the horrific, racist and misogynist massacre that took place in Atlanta on March 16. Six Asian women were among the eight shot to death at point blank range.
The alarming rise in hate crimes over the past year correlates to an increasingly hostile U.S. foreign policy towards China. The opportunistic scapegoating of China during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with the intensity by which China is deemed the enemy and adversary of the United States, has driven a widespread Sinophobic sentiment nationally. The Asian American community suffers the brunt of the hatred fomented as a weapon of war. To date, there have been 3,800 self-reported hate crimes against Asian Americans.
Racism is a sick symptom of a system that profits from war and violence. And to put insult to injury, the cop (in Atlanta) handling the case was found to be promoting anti-China paraphernalia.
San Francisco, CA
A National Day of Action; Asian Empowerment Day
11 AM – 12 PM
A Vigil/Memorial for the Atlanta victims and all victims of hate crimes at SF “Comfort Women” Memorial, St Mary’s Square on California Street, and grant. Co-sponsored by CWJC, Jin Duck and Kyung Sik Kim Foundation, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, and Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
Speeches and Self-defense demonstration for the Seniors.
12:00pm – From St Mary’s Square, ANSWER Coalition and Pivot to Peace will lead the National Demonstration Day walk to Union Square. Speeches and Martial Arts demonstration at Union Square
Atlanta, GA
1 PM
City Farmers Market in Chamblee
5000 Buford Hwy NE, Chamblee, GA 30341
(Near intersection of Buford Highway & Chamblee Tucker Rd)
Los Angeles, CA
12 PM
City Hall | 200 N. Spring Street
Seattle, WA
1 PM
Westlake, Downtown Seattle
Queens, NY
1 PM
Queens Public Library at Flushing | 41-17 Main St
Brooklyn, NY
1 PM
Borough Hall
Washington, DC
2 PM
Friendship Archway | 7th & H St. NW
Boston, MA
3 PM
2343 Washington St, Roxbury
Chicago, IL
12 PM
W 23rd St & S Wentworth Ave
Philadelphia, PA
12 PM
Franklin Square
Honolulu, HI
9:45 AM
Kukui Plaza, Beretania & Nuuanu
Birmingham, AL
2 PM
Kelly Ingram Park
New Haven, CT
2 PM
Church St & Chapel St
Sacramento, CA
11 AM
Southside Park | 2115 6th St
Corona, CA
12 PM
McKinley & Promenade
Modesto, CA
10 AM
McHenry and Briggsmore
San Diego, CA
2 PM
Balboa Park, in front of the San Diego Museum of Art
West Hollywood, CA
12 PM
Santa Monica Blvd. and La Cienega Blvd.
Boston, MA
3 PM
2343 Washington St, Roxbury
Lauderhill, FL
1 PM
4991 North University Drive
Jacksonville, FL
1 PM
James Weldon Johnson Park
St. Pete, FL
1 PM
Entrance of St. Pete Pier | 800 2nd Ave NE
Urbana, IL
12 PM
1401 W Green St
Indianapolis, IN
12 PM
1 Monument Circle
Lexington, KY
2 PM
120 N Limestone #103
Detroit, MI
12 PM
Campus Martius Park | 800 Woodward Ave
Jackson, MS
12 PM
400 High St
Asheville, NC
1 PM
Vance Monument
Sylva, NC
6 PM
Fountain at Jackson County Chamber of Commerce | 773 W Main Street
Albuquerque, NM
5 PM
400 Lomas Blvd NW @ the Asian American Civil Rights Monument
Greensburg, PA
12 PM
2 N Main Street
Pittsburgh, PA
2 PM
Intersection of Forbes and Murray Ave
Coatesville, PA
2 PM
Gateway Park – 22 Lincoln Ave
Lancaster, PA
3 PM
Penn Square
Yellow Springs, OH
12 PM
Corner of Xenia ave and Limestone st
Portland, OR
3 PM
Salmon Street Springs
Providence, RI
1 PM
Burnside Park
Columbia, SC
12 PM
1100 Gervais St
Greenville, SC
11 AM
Confederate Soldier Statue | North Main Street
Austin, TX
2 PM
301 W 2nd St
Dallas, TX
2 PM
1500 Marilla St
Houston, TX
2 PM
Longpoint and Gessner
San Antonio, TX
12 PM
Japanese Tea Garden | 3826 N St Marys St
Provo, UT
2 PM
S University Ave, W Center St
Salt Lake City, UT
11 AM
1160 Dalton Ave S
Burlington, VT
4 PM
1 Proctor pl
Eastsound, WA
1 PM
Stage on the Green
Richland, WA
12 PM
John Dam Plaza, 815 George Washington Way
Sequim, WA
3PM
Corner of Sequim Ave and Washington Street
Reno, NV
Time TBD Location TBD
Ithaca, NY
11 AM
Shawn Greenwood Park (DeWitt Park) | N Cayuga Street
Syracuse, NY
11 AM
718 Ostrom Ave
Yellow Springs, OH
12 PM
Corner of Xenia ave and Limestone st
Friday, March 26 Actions
Springfield, MO
12 PM
Battlefield & Glenstone
Grand Marais, MN
5 PM 220 West Hwy 61, near Java Moose
