Charity Fund Starts: Saturday March 20th 12:15PM EST ~ Friday March 26th 5PM EST
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Hello~!! I am sure that you are all aware Anti-Asian racism has grown in prominence since early 2020, with the effect being radicalized and perpetuated by the former president. With his lack of proactive action and care towards this deadly virus, countless lives have been lost. It is with no surprise that a scapegoat would be used to redirect the blame resulting from this issue. Of course, being the spiteful man that he is, our former president chose China as the target. This is not to say China is innocent in all this; however, we Asian Americans have been paying the price due to the poor rhetoric of our previous president.
Ever since the beginning of 2021, the pot has quite literally spilt over. In February 2021, attacks were made on elderly Asian Americans on the West Coast. I am sure you're well aware of the gentleman who was slashed at with a box cutter, those who were shoved to the ground, and many more cases that we're not aware of due to lack of media coverage. As recently as last night, lives were lost because someone "wasn't having a good day." To that individual, I would like to say a very sincere FUCK YOU. Not everyone has good days, and just because you did not, it doesn't warrant going and killing innocent people who could be someone's mother, sister, grandmother, or aunt. You're still alive and your family doesn't have to grieve your death. Our community is not that fortunate.
As Asian Americans, we felt like with our platform, we can try to make as much of a difference as possible. Over the past year of being GOMs we had the absolute pleasure of meeting some of you guys. Albeit virtually, we have formed genuine friendships and a vibrant community. We sincerely hope our platform has allowed some of you guys to feel the same way. From the last couple of batches, from anonymous donors, and from our personal collections, we have gathered some no longer sold items and will be raffling it off or utilizing an auction type method to give these items back to you guys.
The following are the charities that we have chosen and will be donating to:
Send Chinatown Love: https://www.sendchinatownlove.com/
Asian Pacific Community Fund of Southern California: https://www.apcf.org/
Animal Welfare Society: http://aws-shelter.org/
The Breakdown will be:
50% of all proceeds: Send Chinatown Love
50% of all proceeds: Asian Pacific Community Fund of Southern California
100% proceeds made from auctioning ASIS' illustration books: Animal Welfare Society
Proof Shots:
ASIS Illustration Book: $200 to AWS
Send Chinatown Love: $924 + $27.91 in CC Fees = $951.91 USD
Asian Pacific Community Fund: $953 USD