The Diverse Experience of Asian-Americans: Hate Crimes to Healing In light of the recent shootings in Georgia, this show will look at hate crimes in the Asian-American community and honoring the diversity of lived experiences within the vast group labeled as “Asian-American”. Reena Patel and Kimberly Wong will be speaking from their respective lens as Indian-American and Chinese-American individuals whose experiences both overlap and greatly differ in response to events in the last several years, and most recently with the uprise in violent crimes for Asian-Americans. They will explore how the concept of ‘othering’ creates fear and ultimately endangers individuals and communities who are not considered to be a part of the widely accepted American narrative. In addition, they will explore ways to move from “othering” to “us” as we look to ways to bring healing to our communities.