Large Rallies Across the US to End Asian Hate Crimes

Over 3,000 March in San Francisco to Honor Atlanta Shooting Victims
Over 2,000 Join Hate Crime Protest in LA

[Asia Economy International Department Reporter] Large-scale rallies calling for the eradication of anti-Asian hate crimes were held in San Francisco and Los Angeles (LA), California, USA.

The Jin-duk Kim and Kyung-sik Jung Foundation, which has been campaigning for comfort women and Dokdo, Korean associations in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the comfort women human rights organization 'Comfort Women Justice Coalition' (CWJC), mainly composed of Chinese Americans, held the "Atlanta Shooting Victims Memorial and Peace Rally and March for Asian Human Rights" event on the 27th (local time).

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They first held a memorial ceremony at Saint Mary's Square Park in San Francisco, where the comfort women memorial stands, to honor the victims of the shooting incident.

London Breed, the African American mayor of San Francisco, also attended the event and expressed opposition to anti-Asian hate crimes. This was Mayor Breed's first visit to the park where the comfort women memorial was erected.

The participants then held a peaceful march covering a 600-meter section from this park to Union Square, the heart of San Francisco.

They marched holding signs with slogans such as "Stop Hate Against Asians," "Oppose Racism, Oppose Sexism, Stop Violence," and "Bad Days Do Not Justify Hate Crimes."

On the same day, a rally calling for the eradication of anti-Asian hate crimes was held in LA Koreatown with about 2,000 attendees.

The participants mourned six Asian women, including Korean Americans, who died in the Atlanta serial shooting incident, shouting slogans like "Stop Asian Hate" and "No More."

The rally included Asian human rights and youth organizations such as the Asian Justice Promotion Coalition, A3PCON, Asian Youth Center, and Little Tokyo Service Center; members of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, a central institution in the LA Black community; Hispanic group Homies Unidos; LA County Federation of Labor, the largest labor union in the LA area; and the Ethiopian group 'We Can Foundation,' among others.

Judy Chu, a Chinese American U.S. Representative (Democrat, California) and chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Jimmy Gomez, a U.S. Representative whose district includes Koreatown, and LA city council members pledged to fight to the end against anti-Asian hate crimes.

On this day, rallies were held not only in LA Koreatown but also throughout downtown areas such as West Hollywood and Santa Monica Boulevard, where participants marched through the streets calling for an end to hate crimes.

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