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According to the NYPD, 176 Asian hate crime incidents have been reported since 2020. As the Asian community in NYC cries out for solutions from their imminent community and protection from their elected officials, the NYPD Anti-Asian Hate Crime Task Force was formed to give Asian hate crimes special attention to a community. While this has great potential, the current Anti-Asian Hate Crime Task Force is run by volunteers. When the regular Hate Crime Task Force is a team of paid investigators, do you think NYPD is giving enough attention to this matter? Karen King, the co-Chair of the Pro Bono Committee for Asian American Bar Association says “There are many task forces around, NYPD as well as the hate crimes units in the prosecutor's offices and different politicians have their own task forces designed to address hate crimes. The biggest problems are the accessibility and the lack of transparency.”
Filipino designer Wilson Limon at @ninofranco.ph is one of the country’s greatest slow fashion advocates. By working with the T’boli ethno-linguistic group, he’s trying to preserve Philippine craftsmanship as well as make clothing that can be worn on an everyday basis.. The result: a mix of intricate, traditional textiles as well as contemporary, everyday clothing. “Everything is handmade, not mass produced. So most of their pieces are actually hand embroidery and it takes T’boli artisans six weeks to make an item.” When @catriona_gray the 2018 Miss Universe from the Philippines, wore pieces from Niño Franco, it was a big moment of visibility for Wilson and the T’boli community. For the roughly 60,000 population who face losing their heritage, the collaboration helps preserve their traditional knowledge and livelihoods. “We don't want this to be hidden in the mountains. We want to expose their talents to the world.”
Adelina Pang is one of Singapore's top Feng Shui Masters. She is in high demand and her clients range from people with private jets to hotel brands to understand how good energy flows through the environment it occupies. Her practice is rooted in getting her clients to be part of the Feng Shui journey - to manifest the outcomes they want she wants to have her clients be intentional with their actions to see better results in their lifestyle. Adalina says, “destiny is within your own hands”. You create your own destiny.”
In the last 5 years, 814 people in Pakistan were electrocuted to death from bad electric wiring. In culturally conservative households, where male electricians can’t enter homes without a male present, an all-female electrician team has been a missing workforce. Bakhtawar is a Roshni Baji, a 100-women team that has served more than 140,000 homes. Roshani Baji Program has helped women in Pakistan join the workforce by providing training to become certified female electricians. ‘It gets difficult out in the fields, but this should not stop us. Ladies listen to us and support us. I am proud that I am spreading awareness in people’s lives.”
November 26th 2021: GuiYing Ma, was sweeping the side of her Jackson Heights apartment in Queens and she was suddenly struck by a man in her head repeatedly with a rock. Her husband Zhanxin Gao was visited by the NYPD and he was devastated to discover that his wife suffered severe damage to her head. Zhanxin was at work when heard that GuiYing’s condition unexpectedly turned for the worse. After fighting for several weeks in a coma, their 40 years of marriage was cut short. Zhanxin was left with grief. He is now taking his beloved GuiYing’s ashes back to Liaoning, China - he felt that staying in America was purposeless and he is prioritizing being around his supportive grandchildren. Data compiled by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism states that anti-AAPI hate crime went up 339% nationally last year. Reports on race and gender based reporting have increased, but beyond the statistics we can't measure what Zhanxin is currently feeling. EST Media is asking our viewers to donate financially to his GoFundMe or their time by sharing this story. His page has surpassed his financial goals to cover for GuiYing’s funeral and for medical bills, but he is still accepting donations. You can find the link to the Gofundme here https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-an-asian-lady-assaulted-by-hate-crime-in-nyc
Quan Bui - Vietnam’s Pole Mermaid - is a world class professional pole dancer and instructor who’s made it his mission to promote body confidence and self love through sexy dancing. Quan’s classes demonstrate and teach other dancers to find their inner mermaid - to feel powerful on the pole.