Statement Concerning the Ongoing Attacks on Alison Collins

Our many Asian American & Pacific Islander communities are hurt, angry & grieving this week. Those of us who are Asian/Pacific Islander ask that our pain not be used as a wedge to further harm or pit API and Black communities against each other by a racist recall effort. Commissioner Alison Collins has been one of the few consistent anti-racist voices among politicians in this city. Commissioner Collins has been in solidarity with API communities in our school district and done the work in sponsoring resolutions for Art Equity, Equity Studies, and an API student led mental health initiative. She works tirelessly to hold SFUSD accountable in implementing these and other important resolutions including the Vietnamese language pathway and a resolution to audit school libraries and ensure representation of Asian American narratives. The opportunistic targeting of Commissioner Collins distracts from the national conversation around addressing Anti-API and Anti-Black hate. Furthermore, we want to highlight and remember how API and Black communities have historically and are currently working together in solidarity with each other against white racism. We continue to grieve even as we support Commissioner Collins, and we call on all San Francisco leaders to focus on healing and deepening efforts to address systemic racism in our schools

To read Commissioner Collins’ medium article in her own words, go here https://alimcollins.medium.com/with-anti-asian-bias-on-the-rise-in-our-communities-and-the-hate-crimes-committed-in-georgia-this-2e5e6d22dac1

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In solidarity,

1. Diana Pang, SFUSD Graduate/ Community Worker
2. Nick Cho, SFUSD parent,, and social media personality known as @YourKoreanDad
3. Shanti Singh
4. Mers Tran — VietUnity*
5. Pamela Lee, Richmond District Rising*
6. Don Misumi, Richmond District Rising*
7. Virginia Marshall, San Francisco Alliance of Black School Educators
8. Thomas Brown, Wealth and Disparities in the Black Community
9. Tim Huey — *Staff Alum of: Asian Law Caucus, SF Rising, Center for Asian American Media, Frameline, and Lenora Lee Dance Company, SF Community Member
10. Diane Gray
11. Geoffrea Morris, Black Community Activist
12. Mary Lohoury, African-American Parent Advisory Council and Kababayan member
13. Sourichanh Chanthyasack
14. Wendy Yau, Trellis Education*
15. Jordan Davis, Transgender Rights Activist
16. Sona Nguye, Technology Teacher
17. Karina Hwang, SFUSD Teacher*, Teachers 4 Social Justice*
18. Alexis Beglinger, SFUSD Teacher*
19. Shona Mitchell, SFUSD Teacher*
20. Nicole Hsu, SFUSD Teacher and Parent
21. Annie Phan, SFUSD Teacher
22. Terrance Amsler, SFUSD teacher and member Teachers 4 Social Justice*
23. Tara Ramos, Teachers 4 Social Justice*, SFUSD teacher and parent*
24. Karen Zapata, Teachers 4 Social Justice*
25. Cady Sitkin, Teachers 4 Social Justice*
26. Maureen Sullivan, Teachers 4 Social Justice*
27. Andrew Yeung, Teachers 4 Social Justice, RYSE Center*
28. Reynaldo L. Dulaney Jr — San Francisco Unified School District (Ethnic Studies Teacher)
29. Geoffrey Kent, Teacher, SFUSD
30. Jeremy Lindberg, Teacher, SFUSD
31. Toni Allen, Teacher, SFUSD
32. Jeremiah Jeffries, Teacher, SFUSD
33. Fakhra Shah, Teacher, Mission High School
34. Nancypili Hernandez — Educator, SF CA
35. Armon Kasmai, Teacher
36. Thomas Reddy, Teacher
37. Aimee Riechel, Teacher
38. Verga Cabeza, Stop Hate/SFUSD parent*
39. Celestina Pearl, SFUSD parent and volunteer at BVHM
40. Elissa Yan, Special Educator
41. Melanie Buntichai, SFUSD/Roosevelt Middle School*
42. Vriana Kempster, SFUSD*
43. Arisa Hiroi, SFUSD*
44. Angelina Romano, SFUSD, School social worker
45. Crystal Carrillo, SFUSD TSA
46. Kristia Castrillo, SFUSD TSA
47. Terrance Amsler, SFUSD teacher and member Teachers 4 Social Justice*
48. Kaylah Truss, SFUSD teacher
49. Madisen, SFUSD student
50. Patricia Daugherty, SFUSD Special Education Teacher
51. Virginia L. Auletta, SFUSD Parent*
52. Edward Okun, SFUSD Parent*
53. Sophie Rich, SFUSD parent*
54. Scott Bravmann, SFUSD Parent*
55. Allyson Eddy Bravmann, SFUSD Parent and PEEF CAC Member*
56. Cari Cymanski, SFUSD Parent and 3rd Grade Teacher, Sanchez Elementary, SFUSD
57. Carissa Lopez, SFUSD Parent
58. Sarah Wilson, SFUSD Parent
59. Dr. Kim-Shree Maufas, SFUSD Grandparent & Former SFUSD Board of Education Commissioner
60. Allyson Lam, SFUSD Graduate/Teacher*
61. Sam Lew, SFUSD graduate
62. Deanne Liu, SFUSD graduate
63. Vivian Tong, SFUSD Graduate
64. Thomas Reddy, SFUSD graduate
65. Cat Reyes, SFUSD Educator*
66. Irene Rohrs-Bennett, SFUSD Educator*
67. Robert Roth, SFUSD educator*
68. Sarah Brant, SFUSD Educator*
69. Elizabeth Hubbard, SFUSD educator*
70. Karla Leon Guerrero, SFUSD Educator and Parent*
71. Chalida Anusasananan, SFUSD educator & T4SJ member
72. Bianca Woods, SFUSD Educator
73. Angela Torres, SFUSD educator
74. James Sword, SFUSD alumnus and parent
75. Amelia Bjorklund, SFUSD Alumna & Teacher*
76. Tami Bryant, SFUSD Alum/Alums’ Parent
77. Laurel Muniz, SFUSD Alum
78. Gerard Gleason, SFUSD Alum
79. Pirette McKamey, SFUSD Administrator*
80. Joe Truss, SFUSD Administrator
81. Vida K, SFUSD & Lowell alumni
82. Alba Akrabawi, SFUSD — TSA
83. Asija Chappel, SFUSD
84. Sarah Gleason, SFUSD
85. Jamie Navarro, SFUSD
86. Ryan Swick, SFUSD
87. Carol Lima, SFUSD
88. Lisa Chen, SFUSD
89. Mira Carberry, SFUSD
90. Claire Puretz, SFUSD
91. Andres Marti, SFUSD
92. Gina Bissell, SFUSD
93. Marna Wolak, SFUSD
94. Nina Garga, UCSF*
95. Leena Yin, UCSF*
96. Brittany Howze, UCSF*
97. Deborah Yip, UCSF*
98. Arun Burra, UCSF*
99. Grace Apuy, SF resident
100. Camille Seiberling, SF Parent and Business Owner
101. Erica Zeeig, SF D4 Resident and parent
102. Adam Kim, SF Berniecrats & Milk Club member*
103. Brandon Harami, SF Berniecrats
104. Valerie Forero, SF
105. Colin Kimzey, SEIU 1021 member*
106. Arman Liwanag, San Francisco State University*
107. Al Sargent, San Francisco resident
108. Tom Anderson, Rsp teacher
109. Lenore Kenny, Retired SFUSD teacher
110. Winnie Porter, Retired SFUSD Bilingual teacher/parent, SF Berniecrats
111. Louis Shinn, Resident D1
112. Zoe Kelman, PDA, DSA, and SF Berniecrats*
113. Brian Lin, Parent at San Francisco
114. Suz Dehne, Parent of SFUSD Alum + Volunteer
115. Mary Ignatius, Parent
116. Sam Murphy, Parent
117. Karin Little, Parent
118. Kelly Walsh
119. Chela Delgado, OUSD teacher
120. Ryan Nakano, Nichi Bei Weekly*, Community Education Partnerships*
121. Rori Abernethy, Math Teacher SFUSD and Induction Coach
122. Ho Nguyen, Math and CS and Math Program Administrator
123. Bivett Brackett, Lowell High School Alumni
124. Yvonne Burton-Smith, Lowell Alumnus
125. Elizabeth Hermens, local citizen
126. Giulio Sorro, June Jordan High School, Internal National Hotel
127. Phyra M., JD, MPH
128. Lydia Nichols-Russell, Informal Educator*
129. Mari Villaluna, Incoming SFUSD Parent
130. Raya Steier, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club*
131. Brad Chapin, Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club*
132. Kenna Cate, Graduate of Lowell High School
133. Natalie Fong, Former SFUSD student
134. Lenore Chinn, Former San Francisco Human Rights Commissioner
135. Joe Wilson, Executive Director, Hospitality House*
136. Keegan Medrano, Educator of SFUSD students*
137. Chris Collins, Developer and Loving Husband
138. Saki Minamimoto, Daycare owner
139. Ralph Lane, D4 Resident
140. Angela Der Ramos, CTA PAAC Vice Chair
141. Melissa Hernandez, Community Organizer
142. Anna Yeung, community member
143. Brandee Marckmann, Chair, School Site Council, Sutro Elementary School*
144. Julie Roberts-Phung
145. Barbara Lin
146. Helen Lee
147. Willie B. Hardigan
148. Alex Chen
149. Tara Bishop
150. Trips Sharma
151. Tamika Bryant
152. Shana Kim
153. Sasha Harris-Cronin
154. Vic Fong
155. Syona Hurst
156. Fiona Ordway
157. Penny Nakatsu
158. Leanne Maxwell
159. Lucia Obregon
160. Tatiana Acosta
161. Carmen Chen
162. Tracy Avila
163. Talia Johnson
164. Yeji Jung
165. Angelina Liu
166. Tracy Gao
167. Elisa Han
168. Nevin Chin
169. Stanton Li
170. Heather Murdoch
171. Hadassah Levy
172. A. Wright
173. Shelley Kuang
174. Laura Shannon
175. Francisco Asmaeil
176. Leilani Ishaan
177. Rionda Batiste, SFUSD Parent
178. Anu Oza
179. Angela Davis
180. Dylan Yep
181. Kelly Walsh
182. Robyn A
183. Emilly Rodriguez
184. Michael Friedman
185. Adee Horn
186. Daniel Seiberling
187. Alvin Lee
188. Dana Hopkins
189. Gitouf Elnema
190. Reiko Ando
191. aMy anderson
192. Julian LaRosa
193. Jennifer Hein deMause
194. Deirdre Elmansoumi
195. Zakiyah Davis
196. Arienne Adamcikova
197. Natasha Hazer
198. Austin Truong
199. Laura Ramirez, Buena Vista Horace Mann, SFUSD educator
200. Stephanie Wong-You, concerned community member
201. Ravi Chandra, M.D., Community Psychiatrist
202. Becca Klarin, SFUSD Parent
203. Carissa Lopez, SFUSD Parent
204. Yasmir Navas-Boudreau, SFUSD Teacher
205. Mers Tran, VietUnity,* SF Resident and Tutor for SFUSD Students
206. Robert Stern, SFUSD Alumni
207. Christine Wei, Taiwanese SF resident
208. Camille Seiberling — SF Parent and Business Owner
209. Laura Shannon
210. Deanne Liu — SFUSD graduate
211. Arman Liwanag — San Francisco State University*
212. Melanie Kim — Asian Law Caucus*
213. L Sharp
214. Madeline Cho — SFUSD SAC Rep & GWHS Senior
215. Bryce Milholin
216. Andrea R Parker*
217. Christina Brown
218. Eric Guthertz SFUSD
219. Haena lee
220. John Jones — Member of Public
221. Taffany Davis — SFABSE
222. Olivia McArthur — SFUSD
223. Camille Seiberling — Owner of Mabuhay Boutique in SF
224. Maggie F — SFUSD
225. Elena Finestone — San Francisco resident
226. Talia Moore — n/a but SFUSD alumni and child of SFUSD educator
227. Molly Zhao
228. Amber Cady — Parent
229. Tiff Lam
230. Jane Bahk — Parent*
231. Artemis Smith — Lowell High School Alum
232. Charlotte Peterson — SFUSD
233. Lauren Jewett — Chaplain, Clergy member
234. Millie Hansen — Asian American teacher/tutor
235. Lisa Dean — BVHM
236. Laura Ramirez — BVHM
237. Stephanie Wong-You
238. Ravi Chandra, M.D. — Community Psychiatrist
239. Becca Klarin
240. Carissa Lopez — FUSD Parent
241. Yasmir Navas-Boudreau — SFUSD Teacher*
242. Robert Stern — SFUSD Alum
243. Sarah Kern — SFUSD educator and parent
244. Karen Field — Teacher
245. Krishan Patel
246. Emily Jones — Finance Director, new organization to groom Congressional candidates
247. Lisa Bishop — SFUSD Teacher Librarian
248. Jeannette Page — SF community member
249. Siobhan Norris
250. Susan Lau
251. DeBray Carpenter
252. Ariana Robey-Lawrence — MPhil/Ph.D Candidate, Goldsmiths College
253. Hannah Shrieve-Lawler — School District Nurse, SFUSD
254. Julia Schorr-Sherer — SFUSD*
255. Kenya Garrett — Global Director
256. Annie Bartkowski — SFUSD Teacher*
257. Kyle Navarro — SFUSD*
258. Mallory Keller
259. Rori Abernethy — SFUSD Teacher
260. Allyson Ritger
261. Ayana Thompson — SFUSD
262. Hyunny kwon
263. AJ Cho — Bay Area resident and eternal student at heart
264. Taica Hsu — SFUSD Educator*
265. Hali Reiskin — Former SFUSD AFY PA President 2016–2018, SFUSD Alumni
266. Aimee Riechel — SFUSD Teacher
267. Allison Matamoros — K-8, SFUSD* Teacher
268. Kelly Truong — SFUSD Student
269. Regina s islas — SF citizen supporting solidarity & restorative justice
270. Grace Gould — SFUSD educator, SFUSD parent and SFUSD Alumnus
271. Maxine Lewis — Concerned black woman & Independent Voter
272. Emmett Chen-Ran — Community member
273. Nicole Christian — Psychiatry
274. Misa Joo — PACAlliance. Pacific Asian American Alliance — Retired educator
275. Dayna Rose — Educator & former SFUSD Induction Coach, Former SFUSD Educator
276. Margarita Renn — Educator
277. Doris Lin, Esq. — Co-chair, NJ Democratic State Committee Progressive Caucus* USC Law alum
278. Miriam Hennig — USF, Teacher Ed Grad
279. Amber Yada — SFUSD Parent, student, UC Berkeley
280. Robert Monroe Jr — concerned citizen
281. Eugine Jung — Parent
282. Grace So — community member
283. Tamar Sberlo — SFUSD teacher*