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  • Previous BAAFN Events
    • 2017 >
      • 2017 Lunar New Year Event
      • AAPI May 24th, 2017 event
    • 2016 >
      • February 2016 - Lunar New Year Event
      • December 2016-Let's Talk Event
    • 2015 >
      • February 2015 - Pan Asian Lunar New Year Event
      • May 2015 - Author of "Eurasian"
      • September 20th, 2015 - Brookline Day
      • October 24th, 2015 - BAAFN Open House with Assoc.Dean Brian Poon
    • 2014 >
      • February 2014 - Pan Asian Lunar Event
      • May 2014 - A Day In the Life of Asian Pacific America, Workshop
      • AAPI Brookline Library Display
      • October 2014 - BAAFN Open House
    • 2013 >
      • February 2013 - BAAFN Lunar New Year
      • May 2013 - Asian Americans Speak, Adoptee & Multiracial students, panel discussion
      • July 2013 - BAAFN Potluck Picnic at Larz Anderson Park
      • September 2013 - Brookline Teen Center and Brookline Day
    • 2012 >
      • October 14th, 2012 - BAAFN Open House
    • 2011
    • 2010
    • 2009
  • Letter to School Committee
  • Letter to Select Board
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  • Vigil Introduction - Ashley Eng, BHS '19
  • Vigil Statement - Yuki Hoshi, BHS '22
  • GASP statement March 2021
  • Resources of Interest
    • Town of Brookline
    • U.S. Census Report 2010 (issued March 2012)
    • Understanding Brookline
    • Bibliography for Adoptees and Multiracial
    • Brookline Reads Books
  • Driscoll School - 2021 AAPI Project
  • Pierce School - 2021 AAPI Project
  • Link to BAAFN AAPI Book Project
  • 2025 Essay Contest Rules

Race Matters  

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 BAAFN stands with  AAPI groups that support the African American community and other marginalized communities.
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click on the links below to read articles​ and statements 

* A special Virtual School Committee meeting was held on  Sunday, March 30th, 2022 to address recent racist incidents in the Brookline school community.
Click here to read the statement presented by 
Grace Watson, BAAFN Steering Committee member, on behalf of the BAAFN Steering Committee condemning the recent racist videos and anti-Semitic incidents and stating support for Black, LatinX, Jewish, LGBTQ+ and other marginalized communities.

​​* Our Shared Destiny: AAPIP Statement on Death of George Floyd​
- Click on the link below to read the article

​aapip.org/our-stories/our-shared-destiny-aapip-statement-on-death-of-george-floyd

* 20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now
​- Click here to read the list of actions
 

* Click on the link below to read the article 
APALA Enraged by Asian American Officer Who Stood as a Bystander During George Floyd’s Violent Murder

 

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