Stand With Asians Coalition

stand with asians coalition (swac) is a grassroots movement that started in burnaby, british columbia, in april 2021, to stand against the rising incidence of anti-asian racism and other forms of racism. initially centred around a facebook group that has attracted more than 2,400 members and swac is now registered in british columbia as a non-profit society. swac is working to unite municipalities across the country in acknowledging the impact of anti-asian racism as a first step towards developing more effective policy initiatives & systemic change to protect all canadians. nearly 9 million canadians and 3.3 million union workers across canada have proclaimed may 10, 2021, a day of action against anti-asian racism. stand with asians coalition (swac) is working toward uniting municipalities representing 10 million canadians to declare may 10, 2022, as the day of action against anti-asian racism.