Happy #APAHM https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> - this is the result of 1000s organizers across the country, years of dedication, outreach, edu, + infrastructure building, + FUNDING. Look what we accomplished, more TK. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💕" title="Zwei Herzen" aria-label="Emoji: Zwei Herzen">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👏" title="Applaus-Zeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Applaus-Zeichen">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💪" title="Angespannter Bizeps" aria-label="Emoji: Angespannter Bizeps">

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We have been saying this for decades (I& #39;ve been saying it for 20 years): put resources into the #AANHPI community for #GOTV.

@aapip estimates that despite being 5.4% of the US (6.5% incl multiracial), we get 0.5% of philanthropic giving. This includes foundations, corporate.

In #STL, there is a major entity that gave 1 grant of $2k out of $4-5M taxpayer $ to an #AAPI https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> led org or individual. When 4-5% of the population is #AAPI https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> = 0.05%. (No, I didn& #39;t make a calculation error.) We might as well be invisible.

I raised this as an issue + it changed.

Btw this is an issue in partisan giving as well. Historically, #AAPI https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> major donors have been told by the Dem party nationally that we are not allowed to earmark our monies to #AAPI https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> turnout efforts.

This has resulted in swing state leaders self funding signs, translation etc.

The stories I could tell would make you weep. Grown adults - matriarchs and patriarchs of our communities - begging for funds so that we can reach a vote rich but underappreciated population.

If #AAPIs underperformed, the response was, "Well, it& #39;s good we didn& #39;t find you."

If #AAPI https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> turnout exceeded expectations, the response was "Guess you didn& #39;t need the funding anyway." https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤬" title="Gesicht mit Symbolen über dem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Symbolen über dem Mund">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤬" title="Gesicht mit Symbolen über dem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Symbolen über dem Mund">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤬" title="Gesicht mit Symbolen über dem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Symbolen über dem Mund">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤬" title="Gesicht mit Symbolen über dem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Symbolen über dem Mund">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤬" title="Gesicht mit Symbolen über dem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Symbolen über dem Mund">

It has taken the mass shootings, dismemberment, stabbings + unprovoked attacks of some of our most vulnerable for our pain to be seen (+ only sometimes heard.)

Foundations, corporations, govt agencies: look at your budgets. If you are not spending a proportionate amount of funding on #AAPIs, ask yourself why. If the answer is that you think we have no needs, that we are the model minority, or that we will be silent, think again.

Or worse, if you think of us only as an ATM + think that we (I) will be satisfied w/ a photo op + some pretty words, you don& #39;t know me.

I am here to hold folks accountable: friends &strangers alike. I was trained by the best #AAPI https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> union organizers. I stand strong in my history.

Underestimate me and my networks. I& #39;m betting on it. Bc I do my homework. I& #39;m the Hello Kitty of nightmare

Just bc you& #39;ve never seen a mouthy, unapologetically #AAPI https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> woman + you think we& #39;re all quiet + demure, + grateful for scraps, that is a you problem.

Adjust your reality.