On March 16, 2021, eight people – six of them Asian women – were murdered at three different massage spas in Atlanta. This shooting followed a wave of attacks targeting Asian Americans coinciding with the spread of Covid 19 across the country. Join Betty Yu, Reiko Tahara, Moie Uesugi and Dr. Elena Shih in their wide-ranging discussions about policing, gentrification, education, art, activism, and personal experiences with anti-Asian violence.

Learn about Red Canary Song, a grassroots collective of Asian and migrant sex workers. Explore Betty’s multimedia project Intimate/Distant: Family Roots and the Pandemic and hear about the Chinatown Art Brigade. Learn about Reiko’s work with Third Cinema and Uno Port Art Films. Read here Dr. Shih’s New York Times Op Ed “How to Protect Massage Workers.”

Reiko Tahara

Elena Shih

Moie Uesugi