Who We Are
The Asian Minnesotan Alliance for Justice (AMAJ) was formed in May 2020 after the murder of George Floyd under police custody and the rise of anti-Asian racism due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic had been highlighting the disproportionately violent treatment of Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC), the inherently unequal and inequitable nature of our society, and the overall racist nationalism growing in the US, just to name a few. Using the solidarity framework detailed in this document, AMAJ seeks to mend the social divides and fight the inequities that are both rooted in white supremacy and that are exacerbated by the pandemic.
We are made up of leaders and representatives of various Asian Minnesotan organizations who share a common purpose of ending racism and xenophobia in order to create a just, free, and peaceful world.
We are: Asian American Organizing Project (AAOP), Asian Media Access (AMA), CAPI-USA, Coalition of Asian American Leaders (CAAL), Filipinx for Immigrant Rights & Racial Justice Minnesota (FIRM), India Association of Minnesota (IAM), Japanese American Citizens League – Twin Cities (JACL), National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) – St. Cloud Chapter, Release MN8, Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment (RISE), SEWA-AIFW, The Southeast Asian Diaspora (SEAD) Project, TaikoArts Midwest, Theater Mu, Transforming Generations, Vietnamese Social Services (VSS).
Act with Us
Take Action Against Anti-Asian Hate
We can work together to combat anti-Asian racism as we move towards healing and justice.
See what you can do right now to combat anti-Asian racism:
The Movement Hub
There is an urgent need to educate, engage and mobilize AAPI communities like never before. Here you can read more about the policies impacting communities and active campaigns you can participate in.
Support the Combating-Hate bill
This session, the Combating-Hate bill (HF 1691/SF 2003) will be heard. It’s important that we urge legislators to support making Minnesota safe for all Minnesotans, no exceptions.
Learn with Us
Resources for Asian Minnesotans for Black lives
We provide the following list of resources for our Asian Minnesotan community members and Asian Minnesotan organizations to use. This is not an exhaustive list, and we welcome suggestions for future addition.
The Movement Hub
Movement Hub is a centralized platform created to amplify the on-the-ground activism and organizing within Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities across the country.
Asian American Solidarity & Anti-Black Racism Timeline
This timeline covers nearly 600 years of history and is meant to serve as a resource for critical thinking, a tool for in-depth and nuanced discussions to see Asian Americans and others both as subjects of domination and as agents of history.
What We’re Saying:
- Open Letter to Community: A call for unity and solidarity in the face of violence – CAAL
- Asian American Organizations in MN Respond to MN GOP Chairwoman on “China Virus” – CAAL
What We’re Reading:
- The Combahee River Collective Statement – Combahee River Collective
- Asian American Solidarity & Anti-Black Racism Timeline
- Poverty, Inequality, and COVID-19 – Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality
- Revolutionary Study Guide – Dialectical Artist
- A Different Asian American Timeline – ChangeLab
- Abolition Democracy by Angela Davis
- Medical Apartheid by Harriet A. Washington
- Where We Stand: Class Matters by bell hooks
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- The End of Policing by Alex Vitale
- Towards Transformative Solidarity: Reflections from Amnesty
- International’s Global Transition Programme – Sarah Jackson
- Beyond Hashtags and Slogans: When Solidarity Becomes Transformative – Deepa Iyer
- … more to come!
To learn more about the Asian Minnesotan Alliance for Justice, please contact info@caalmn.org to learn more.