AAF releases self-defense videos to help Asian New Yorkers stay safe amid spike in bias incidents during COVID-19 pandemic

Stitcher Developed in partnership with experts from the Center for Anti-Violence Education, these videos are available in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tagalog and Vietnamese. Joo Han, AAF's deputy director, who helped to spearhead the effort at the organization, said they undertook the project in response to the anxiety and fear the community has been experiencing since anti-Asian rhetoric and attacks began to escalate nearly a year ago. "We wanted to provide our community with strategies to stand up for themselves in nonviolent ways so they wouldn't have to fear going about their everyday lives," Han said. "These videos are designed…