1. How to report COVID-19 based discrimination or hate crime:

• Dial 311 in NYC.

• Contact the New York Attorney General’s office at 1-800-711-7755, or email civil.rights@ag.ny.gov

• Contact the FBI at fbi.gov/tips

2. Report Bias Incidents and Hate Crimes

• Anti-Asian Bias Reporting Form – The Asian American Federation (AAF) created a site where people can report bias incidents and hate crimes in English and 7 Asian languages. We’re encouraging our 70 member and partner agencies to spread the word to their clients and help them complete the forms if needed. 

3. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC): “Discrimination against Asian American workers amidst COVID-19 is illegal”

• https://asamnews.com/2020/03/30/discrimination-against-asian-american-workers-amidst-covid19-coronavirus-pandemic-is-illegal-reminds-eeoc-chair-750-reports-of-bias-hate-crimes/ 

4. Tips for Self Care among Asian Americans dealing with Racism during Covid-19 Pandemic:

• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/self-care-advice-asian-americans_l_5e83a656c5b6a1bb764f0e45 

5.  Samaritans has launched its Mental Health Wellness Support Line

• This a new service that has been developed where, instead of people calling us, we call them. Utilizing a different phone number from the hotline, individuals who are in distress, feeling overwhelmed, isolated, depressed or are having trouble coping with the many challenges and difficulties presented by the pandemic, can call to arrange for a ‘wellness” call from a Samaritans Hotline Volunteer.

• How it works: Anyone who is interested in receiving a Mental Health Wellness Support call, should call the request line at (212) 673-3661 and leave a message with their name and phone number and a period of time that they can be reached, no sooner than 24 hours from when they leave the message. And a member of Samaritans staff will call.