Orange County Chinese Association/ Chinese School, New York

SUNNY SHI, NEW STUDENT REPRESEBTATIVE OF THE OCCA BOARD Sunny Shi attends Middletown High School as a junior and is currently top of her class. At her school, she is particularly active in extracurricular events, including Math Team, Scholastic Bowl, Mock Trial, GIR Tech, and Marching Band. Sunny has been attending the Orange County Chinese School since she was five years old. Now, she is the president of OCCA’s Student Government Association, as well as on the planning team ...of many OCCA: One World, You & Me serial events. Whenever she can find some free time, Sunny enjoys reading and playing various instruments OCCA (Sunny Shi) OCCA) OCCA 2021 Middletown High School 2018201820202021OCCA "One World: You And Me" St.Patrick Asian Heritage Month" All County .

Recap of OCCA Virtual Health Forum

Stop Asian Hate

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We are saddened by the escalating violence and racially-motivated murders occurring within the United States. In particular, we want to address and call attention to the 3,800 hate incidents targeting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) that have been reported form cost to cost since March 2020. When I saw an 84 year old man violently shoved to the ground and died two days later, my heart was broken, and I am so outraged! Enough is enough. We condemn the horrific a...cts of hate and violence. We mourn the loss of life and grieve with the families that have been broken by this widespread racist, prejudice and bigotry hate crime. We acknowledge that Anti-Asian racism is not new. In fact, we are today in 2021 still having conversations we were having in 1881. It's infuriating, scary and disappointing at the same time. I challenge myself and my community to recognize the painful history of anti-Asian racism, to learn and understand the experience of AAPI individuals, and to use the courage and privilege we have to stand up to bigotry. We cannot allow racism to go unchecked. We cannot afford to stay silent, both for ourselves and generations to come. Be brave. Be loud. Say no to hate.