Community Updates on COVID-19

CAIR: Asian-Americans Need Solidarity, Not Bigotry

Times of crisis usually bring together people across our nation and around the world. Whether the crisis is a tsunami, an earthquake, an act of war, a space shuttle disaster, or a mass shooting, unexpected disasters can reveal the best of humanity.  We donate money. We deliver food and clothing. We provide shelter. We comfort those impacted. We also pray across faith lines. We demand change to prevent the crisis, whatever it is, from happening again. Again, this is the best of humanity. Yet times of crisis can also reveal the worst of us, particularly in the United States. For proof,

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Paani: Navigating Humanitarian Aid in the Midst of Crisis

By Ayan Ajeen When trying to figure out how they could help during the COVID-19 crisis, a group of friends returned to the question that launched their journey towards humanitarian aid: how do you provide for a people with a history of experiencing disenfranchisement– a people failed by their government? Paani is a 501(c)3 nonprofit founded in 2018 by four University of Michigan students to address water accessibility in Pakistan. Paani, which means water in Urdu, works with community partners and institutions in the U.S. and Pakistan to drive sustainable interventions that primarily focus on alleviating clean water inaccessibility, advocating

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