Mass. group distributing whistles to Asian Americans

BUT ALSO ABOUT SOUNDING AN ALARM. IT’S THE SOUND OF SECURITY WHISTLES TO BE GIVEN TO ASIAN AMERICANS IN MASSACHUSETTS, NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES TO USE IN THE EVENT OF AN ATTACK. YOU CAN BE EMPOWERED PHILIP CHUNG OF QUINCY. ASIAN RESOURCES IS ORGANIZING THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN. WE DON’T THINK THAT THE WHISTLES IS JUST PROTECTING. IS ALSO EDUCATING THEM. AS YOUR AGE IT DOESN’T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO BE PASSIVE WITH A GROWING NUMBER OF INCIDENTS OF HATE AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO STAY SAFE. WE HAD BOTH GONE TO WELLESLEY AND RECEIVED A WHISTLE. THERE ARE FIRST YEAR WELLESLEY COLLEGE GRADUATES, JULIANA LEE AND WINE NUYEN CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO DISTRIBUTE WHISTLES AS A SAFETY MEASURE FOR ELDERLY ASIAN AMERICANS WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING WE CAN’T WE TO FIX RACISM OVERNIGHT, BUT PERHAPS WE CAN GIVE SOMETHING TANGIBLE JUST LIKE JULIA SAID, YOU KNOW TO THE ELDERLY SO THAT THEY HAVE SOMETHING BUT IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT SAFETY, BUT ALSO SOUNDING AN ALARM ABOUT RACISM PART OF IT IS A WHISTLE IS LOUD. AND I THINK IT’S IT’S A MESSAGE TO TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO EVERYONE ELSE. I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, LIKE WE CAN BE LOUD AND WE SHOULD MAKE SOME NOISE AND WE SHOULD BE HEARD. ALONG WITH THOSE WHISTLES GET CARDS WITH SOME TIPS IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES ABOUT HOW TO STAY SAFE DISTRIBUTION OF THE WHISTLES BEGIN NEXT WEEK