Stop AAPI Hate launches a nonprofit to mobilize voters before midterms

Stop AAPI Hate, the organization that rose to national prominence for its meticulous reports on anti-Asian hate at the height of the pandemic, is channeling its resources into an initiative to rock the vote.

The new nonprofit, Stop AAPI Hate Action, will be a political and advocacy arm dedicated to getting more Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders registered to vote — and to mobilize current voters, ensuring they make it to the polls. The initiative was sparked in part by President Donald Trump’s pressure — and moves by Republican lawmakers — to redraw voting maps and strip parts of the Voting Rights Act.

The organization announced Thursday that this initiative will build on Stop AAPI Hate’s name recognition and reputation for elevating conversations about racism, discrimination and allyship. It’s a major step for the group, which has also done policy work and advocacy over the past six years, Manjusha Kulkarni, the organization’s co-founder, exclusively told The Associated Press.

“Those pieces — alongside what we’re seeing from our community in terms of data — really motivated and inspired us to make this move,” Kulkarni said. “Because we see how our communities are being harmed and exactly what needs to be done to address the harm, and prevent it in the future.”


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