Create to Stop Hate

05/02/2023

Thanks to Teena Apeles at Hunker for this beautifully-written feature.

Janel Foo is known for her magical stained glass works: imaginative geometric designs with various shapes dancing about, intersecting and overlapping each other in stunning color palettes you’d want to decorate your whole world in.

11/20/2021

Stop AAPI Hate issued a new report on hate incidents against AAPI persons, tracking a rise in incidents from 2020 to 2021. Based on a national survey, it is estimated that nearly one in five AAPIs experienced a hate incident in the past year. Chinese reported the most hate incidents (42.7%), while California received the largest number of reports (37.8%). Read the full report here: https://bit.ly/3HD77s7

11/20/2021

Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia and president and CEO of Asia Society talks to Janel Foo about Create to Stop Hate and how the AAPI community has responded to anti-Asian attacks: "They're messing with the wrong people."

November 8, 2021 — Artist Janel Foo, who specializes in stained glass, talks with Asia Society President Kevin Rudd about anti-Asian hate in the United State...

10/21/2021

Of the 44 anti-Asian hate crimes reported in L.A. County in 2020, more than three-quarters involved physical violence.

The Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations on Wednesday released a special report on anti-Asian hate crime in LA County in 2020. The report revealed that anti-Asian hate crimes rose 76% from 25 to 44 in 2020, the largest number of anti-Asian hate crimes reported since 2001.

10/20/2021

Janel Foo Glassworks talks shop and Create to Stop Hate with fellow stained glass artist RÜNA glassworks on the latest episode of Cracked. You can also listen to Cracked on iTunes and Spotify. Follow the link to find out more about this episode: https://runaglassworks.com/podcast

In ep. 07 I'm joined by Janel Foo of Janel Foo Glassworks. Janel’s making the world not only a more beautiful place with her colorful geometric Art Deco ins...

07/16/2021

"Now [Janel's] doing some of the most important work of her career — both as a designer and as the organizer of , an ongoing fundraising effort by AAPI makers benefiting the advocacy group Stop AAPI Hate."

07/14/2021

Big news for AAPI communities in California. Governor Gavin Newsom has signed the 2021-22 Budget, which includes a $156+ million investment in AAPI communities, intended to address the surge of pandemic-related hate as well as the racial inequities levied against Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. This historic budget represents one of the most powerful responses to anti-AAPI hate in state history. So, where will funds be spent?

$110M will go to community organizations who are providing vital victim services and prevention;

$10M will support efforts to track, respond, and prevent to incidents of racial bias and harm;

$10M will go to anti-bias block grant to provide funding to schools to create restorative justice programs to address hate early on;

$10M will go to ethnic media outlets to reach AAPI and other underserved communities in California;

$5M will support a peer social media network project to address bullying and mental health for children and youth;

and $1.5M will go towards a workgroup to address education attainment for low income first generation AAPI college students.

There is more work to be done. Still, we hope the API Equity Budget becomes a progressive model for lawmakers here and everywhere to use in responding to hate in all of its forms.

Read our joint statement with the California API Legislative Caucus at https://stopaapihate.org/statement-governor-newsom-signs-api-equity-budget

07/12/2021

We had the good fortune of connecting with Janel Foo and we've shared our conversation below. Hi Janel, how do you think about risk? I wouldn't be where I was today without taking risks. I left a good job to go back to school and enrolled in the Jewelry Design program at Pasadena City College. I

06/15/2021

Fifty-one artists, makers, and entrepreneurs participated in round four of Create to Stop Hate’s artists auctions, bringing the total number of participants to 226 and adding $8,600 to our total. Together, your contributions have raised more than $46,000 for Stop AAPI Hate!

To celebrate AAPI culture in the month of May during a time of collective anxiety and untold trauma in our community is bittersweet. Let’s recognize what we’ve accomplished together but remember why this platform was created.

We extend our sincerest gratitude to you, our participants and followers, for your generous donations, spirit, and support. Until next time...✌🏼 ❤️

06/14/2021

Artist Janel Foo doesn't just create stained glass, she's the organizer of the Create to Stop Hate fundraiser that benefits Stop AAPI Hate.

05/28/2021

Highland Park based Brenda Chi Art is one of the talented artists participating in our fourth series of auctions.

As attacks on Asians proliferated and the COVID crisis ravaged an already rapidly gentrifying L.A. neighborhood, Chi set about chronicling Chinatown in stunning detail