On March 19, 2021 Asian American leaders in St. Louis addressed the rise of anti-Asian American Pacific Islander hate and violence incidents in the United States during a press conference at St. Louis City Hall. A link to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch news story is below.

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/breaking-the-silence-asian-american-leaders-in-st-louis-fight-uptick-in-bigotry/article_6f68a917-86ba-5359-a3c2-50820bb29162.html