COVID-19 Resources
COVID-19 News & Information:
Working From Home During COVID-19:
Community Support Resources during COVID-19:
For small businesses:
California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz)
Pa'i Foundation is gauging the economic impact the COVID-19 closures and cancellations are having on the arts and entertainment industry in Hawaiʻi in order to provide support
For non-profits:
The United Way has established the Greater Los Angeles Pandemic Relief Fund to help reduce the spread of the virus among homeless individuals
Los Angeles Asian American & Pacific Islander Giving Circle have funds available for AAPI groups doing community engagement work.
National Center for Family Philanthropy created a map of how many foundations are responding to COVID-19 around the country.
As organizations are working remotely now, if your project needs funds specifically for equipment such as computers, consider sending the Ahmanson Foundation an LOI.
The California Community Foundation (CCF) created the COVID-19 LA County Response Fund to address the immediate and emerging needs of the region’s most vulnerable residents—from mitigation to eventual recovery.
The Mayor’s Fund for LA has created the LA Emergency COVID-19 Crisis Fund
Sempra Engergy Foundation has established the COVID-19 Nonprofit Hardship Fund for small and medium size nonprofits (and fiscally sponsored projects) effected by the virus and related fall-out.
National Council of Non-Profits, Non-Profit Support Resources
Candid has compiled a list of funds specifically established in the wake of COVID-19. The list focuses on funds hosted at US-based foundations that serve nonprofits, though others outside of this criteria may appear as well.
For workers and community members:
California Labor & Workforce Development Agency COVID-19 Resources
NELP article on immigrant workers' eligibility for unemployment insurance
KQED resources on How to File for Unemployment
Health Care Access for Undocumented Folks in the Time of COVID-19
Women's Economic Ventures (WEV) - COVID-19 and the Law for Small Businesses (4/1/20) - may become a weekly webinar series if there is interest
Know Your Rights Guide from Vision Change Win and National Lawyers Guild
LAist: Where to Get Financial Assistance, Food and More During Coronavirus
Mutual Aid Webinar led by Mariame Kaba and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - for safety reasons, the organizer has asked that this recording not be shared on social media
How to Access Unemployment Insurance & Individual Cash Assistance During COVID-19 - Webinar with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Student Curriculum For All Grades - Tennessee Digital Curriculum
Stopping Racist Violence Against Asian/Asian-Americans or Pacific Islanders During COVID-19:
A3PCON (Asian and Pacific Policy Planning Council) - Stop AAPI Hate
Confronting Racism & Supporting Asian American Communities
For Healing, Inspiration, & Strategy:
"A Forced Stop Cries Out for a RESET" by Norma Wong
"Intersections of Justice in the Time of Coronavirus" by Cara Page and Eesha Pandit
COVID-19 Racial Equity & Social Justice Resources - Racial Equity Tools
Disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black & Brown communities, structural causes, and what we can do about - Article by Akilah Johnson and Talia Buford, Article from Dēmos and K. Sabeel Rahman
"That Discomfort You're Feeling is Grief" by Scott Berinato
"Solidarity Economics: for the Coronavirus Crisis and Beyond" by Chris Benner and Manuel Pastor
The Coronavirus and the Crisis of Poverty: Resources for Study from the Kairos Center
Movement Building in the Time of the Coronavirus - hosted by Rising Majority with Angela Davis, Naomi Klein, Thenjiwe McHarris, Cindy Wiesner, and Maurice Mitchell - the volume doesn't start until a few minutes in
Care Package: poems, meditations,and other cultural nutrients for times like this - from the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
Mapping our Social Change Roles in Times of Crisis by Deepa Iyer
Strategic Thinking in a Long Term Crisis - a living tool created by Nico Chin and Up with Community
Reimagining Strategy in Context of COVID-19 Crisis: A Triage Tool by Marian Urquilla
Video Recording of the Virtual Town Hall on Anti-Asian Racism - from 18MR, Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus, UCONN AAASI, Can't Stop! Won't Stop Consulting, Asian Solidarity Collective, & APALA AFL-CIO
8 Tips for Framing COVID-19 by Ella Saltmarshe
Threat Modeling & SWOT Planning Tools from ReFrame Mentorship
COVID-19 Resources for Nonprofits from the Nonprofit Financial Fund
Thank you to our API leaders who helped provide additional information to share. If you have additional resources you’d like to share please contact Travis Wells with your resource!
API Leadership Showcase
Celebrate APA Heritage Month by Uplifting API Leaders
As we enter Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we are reminded of the amazing Asian and Pacific Islander (API) leaders who sacrificed and endured so much so that our stories could be shared and heard with respect. In honor of this month, we want to continue that legacy, and invite you to share stories of yourself or others who have stepped up to support our communities during COVID-19. It is important - now, more than ever - that we celebrate us and share our stories of API leadership.
Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, starting May 19th, LEAP will be showcasing API leaders on our Social Media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, & LinkedIn). Make sure you follow LEAP on social media to see and share all the great work our leaders are doing in their communities. Send in your stories to be highlighted soon by LEAP! If you have any questions, feel free to let us know at ourstories@leap.org. We are accepting stories throughout APA Heritage Month!