California State Funding for Stop the Hate Program Must Continue
Leaders representing diverse, victimized communities urged California not to end its funding for initiatives aiming to combat hate crimes.
“If there is ever a time when we need support, it is now,” said Manjusha Kulkarni, executive director of the AAPI Equity Alliance. “We have an administration that is openly anti-immigrant, anti-Asian anti-Latino, anti-Black and they are using their power against our communities in multitude ways. Stop the Hate Program is one way we can fight back.”
Kulkarni criticized Congress for largely abdicating its responsibilities, allowing the current administration to dismantle government institutions and scapegoat immigrants for the nation’s problems.
“It is absolutely necessary to re-fund the program to benefit the lives of millions of Californians,” she said.
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