The words of former State Sen. Avel Gordly at today’s citywide press conference are a gentle reminder to all of us, “we have a choice: chaos or community.”
Our teams are on edge, our members, our community partners, all of us. Portland Mayor Wheeler has declared a state of emergency as verdict is declared in Derek Chauvin trial. (OregonLive/Oregonian)
As we shared last week, we call on all to do what you can to be a part of the change. Act locally and support what’s going on right now in our community that gets us to real change for our Black, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, and Latino neighbors — and all communities of color.
For employers and others in our community, we encourage you to take action to change policies and practices to be more inclusive and equitable. We encourage you to be familiar with resources available to support your teams as we all navigate current events. Please see links to resources below, provided by our teams at Partners in Diversity. And support events that bring people together: Hope rising up against hate.
We support Portland’s valued traditions of First Amendment rights and expression of free speech, but we call on all those committed to violent acts to stop. Enough is enough.
Be well and support each other.
RESOURCES 
Special thanks to our colleagues at Partners in Diversity for drafting these lists of resources for the community: 
REPORT A HATE INCIDENT (IN ADDITION TO CALLING LAW ENFORCEMENT) 
Locally 
Portland United Against Hate
IRCO’s incident report
Oregon Department of Justice
Nationally 
Stop AAPI Hate
Muslim Advocates
Council on Islamic-American Relations
Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC)
MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SUPPORT 
Racial equity support line (Lines for Life)
Mental Health America
Crisis text hotline
Asian Health Services Center 
IRCO’s Pacific Islander and Asian Family Center
Resilience to hate resource guide 
ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY 
APANO
IRCO
Act to Change
EDUCATION 
Asian American racial justice toolkit 
America’s long history of scapegoating its Asian citizens (National Geographic) 
Safety tips for those experiencing or witnessing hate
Bystander intervention training
RESOURCES FOR RACIAL TRAUMA 
University of California, Davis, Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
University of Northern Texas, Racial trauma and self-care in tragedy
For children and parents:
Glazer Children’s Museum
Children’s Law Center
RESOURCES AND ADVOCACY
Black Lives Matter resource guide (NeoReach)
Healing action toolkit
