1. USC Campus Organizations

Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) History Group
Asian Pacific American Student Services (APASS)
APASS Lounge Drop-ins (Peer-to-peer support):
Every Wednesday from 5pm-6pm PT
The API Social Work Caucus (USC Suzanne-Dworak Peck School of Social Work; Instagram: @apisowkusc)
Asian Pacific Alumni Association (APAA)
First Generation Plus Success Center
Trojans Care for Trojans (TC4T): Campus Support & Intervention
An initiative within the Office of Campus Wellbeing and Crisis Intervention that empowers USC students, faculty and staff to take action when they are concerned about a fellow Trojan challenged with personal difficulties. This private and anonymous request form provides an opportunity for Trojans to help a member of our Trojan Family.

2. Well-Being Support for USC Faculty and Staff

Young, Proud, and Sung-jee by Joyce Y. Lee: Children’s book on fighting anti-Asian racism
How to talk to your Asian immigrant parents about racism while considering their lived experiences (NBC News)
How to talk to parents about race if you’re adopted or multiracial (NBC News)
Resources for Asian Community in Los Angeles (DoLA.com)
The Asian American Reply to Pandemic-Era Racism Must Be Cross-Racial Solidarity (TruthOut.org Op-Ed)
Documentary Feature: Far East Deep South (PBS) – Follows Charles Chiu and his family as they travel from California to Mississippi to find the grave of Charles’ father, K.C. Lou. Their search leads to stunning revelations about their family, and they get a crash course on the history of Chinese immigrants in the segregated South. Through encounters with local residents and historians, this Chinese American family not only discovers their family’s important role in the Mississippi Delta, but they also learn about the symbiotic relationship between the Black and Chinese communities during the Jim Crow era.
Managing Financial Challenges for Asians & Pacific Islanders

A Different Asian American Timeline
American Theatre: Theatre History featuring Frank Chin, Velina Hasu Houston, Ping Chong and many others
America’s Long History of Scapegoating its Asian Citizens (National Geographic)
A People’s History of Asian America (PBS): A series of thoughtful visual essays and explainers, hosted by Dr. Adrian De Leon, Asian studies scholar and poet, and Emmy award-winning journalist Dolly Li. Each episode seeks to enlighten the American public by unpacking big questions that complicate/humanize the Asian narrative in America. [Episode 1]
Archive Alive: An L.A. Public Library and Huntington Library initiative that highlights and documents the history of L.A.’s Chinatown
Asian Americans (PBS Film Series)
Kaya Press: Publisher of challenging, thoughtful and provocative literature of API diasporas
The Chinese Exclusion Act (PBS)
The Chinese in America by Iris Chang (2004)
The Making of Asian America by Erika Lee (2015)
The long history of US racism against Asian Americans, from ‘yellow peril’ to ‘model minority’ to the ‘Chinese virus’
The Roots of America’s Anti-Asian Violence (Current History article)