Dear Esteemed AFCC-CA Members, Well, another year has gone by and the COVID-19 pandemic is still here, and most of us have accepted the fact that working both virtually and in-person is our ‘new normal’. Also, it is noteworthy that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were forced to pivot at short notice and put on our first virtual conference. Not surprisingly, the conference was well attended and had a range of dynamic presenters […]
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There was finally a light at the end of the COVID tunnel, or so it seemed. California, among other states slowly opened back up, just to lock back down this summer due to the crisis with the Delta Variant, which may affect us for some months to come. And it is still not at all clear what the post-COVID world will look like. Many of the technology changes will stay, no doubt we will be […]
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AFCC-CA believes it is important to take a firm a stand against the recent escalation of violence and hate targeting our Asian and Pacific-Islander communities. A recent Pew survey indicates that since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately 30% of Americans and immigrants of Asian and Pacific Islander descent reported having been the target of racist slurs or jokes; and between March 2020 and February 2021, nearly 3,800 hate crimes or incidents against this […]
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