Welcome to the 3AF Coronavirus Support Page
The 3AF would like to share relevant information and resources, including webinar videos and other links, to help our Asian American advertising and marketing industry stake holders, business owners and consumer- related organizations navigate this unprecedented health crisis.
We will be adding information and updating the links weekly so please check back often and watch for 3AF eblasts.
3AF Weekly Content:
April 8th – Video – Webinar of COVID-19 Small Business Assistance Explained with Mr. Robert Steiner, Small Business Administration with National ACE – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzlF8d-AR_g
April 15th – Video – Webinar panel of Coronavirus Asian American Anti-Discrimination Campaigns – https://youtu.be/iWCxKLRLpao
Panelists: Telly Wong – SVP & Chief Content Officer, IW Group, Max Davidson – Chief Integrations Officer, Admerasia
Moderator: Jeff Yang – Author, CNN Contributor, Podcast Co-Host of They Call Us Bruce
April 21st – Video – Communication During Crisis – AARP’s Response to COVID-19 – https://youtu.be/AsuC_j2Ntfc
Panelists: Daphne Kwok – VP of Multicultural Leadership, AAPI Audience at AARP, Edward Chang – Managing Director, TDW+Co
Moderator: Iris Yim, VP at 3AF and President of Sparkle Insights
April 29th – Video – Working From Home: How 3AF Members Are Getting It All Done During COVID-19 – https://youtu.be/Z1wVSalRB4M
Panelist: Cheryl Lee – Executive Director, InterTrend, Javier Ortiz – General Sales Manager, KTSF
Moderator: Genny Hom-Franzen – Executive Director, 3AF
May 6th – Video – Insights on Reaching Asian Consumers During Covid-19 and Post Covid-19 – https://youtu.be/vQz2IZLB0eo
Panelist: Shashank Shekhar – Founder & CEO , Arcus Lending, Nasar Agboatwala – Sr Marketing & Business Development Manager, Paypal
Moderator: Indrajit Majumdar – EVP, Zee Network, 3AF Board Member
May 13th – Video – Intertrend’s Consumer Study on COVID-19 – https://youtu.be/eoPhonPg2Vc
Panelist: Tanya Raukko – Chief Strategy Officer, Intertrend, Anna Xie – Strategic Planning Director, Intertrend
Moderator: Cheryl Lee – Executive Director, Intertrend
Important Links:
Corona Virus Related Asian American Anti-Discrimination Campaigns
IW Group – #WashTheHate – Click here for the website – washthehate.com. Click here for AdWeek coverage of this campaign
Admerasia – RacismIsContagious – Click here for the website – racismiscontagious.com. Click here for AdWeek coverage of this campaign
Other Helpful Resource Links
AA and NHPI In Language Resources for Coronavirus:
Coronavirus and Older Americans
Crossings TV’s In-language resources
How to Fight the Social Isolation of Coronavirus
World Health Organization (WHO)
Center for Disease Control (CDC)
3AF’s New GoFundMe Page
The Coronavirus pandemic has hit everyone hard, especially those in the Asian American community. While our primary focus at 3AF is educating marketers about the importance of the Asian American community and the Asian consumer segment, we’ve turned our main attention now to doing whatever we can to help our community.
Many small Asian American businesses are struggling to survive. Xenophobic attacks are escalating nationally and many businesses are dealing with layoffs, shortened hours or even closure. Our organization has always been a champion for our community, and we need your help via our new GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/Donate3AF
Your generous dollars will help in four critical areas:
1) Providing relevant and useful resources, i.e., webinars, conference calls to assist Asian American small businesses. Many don’t have access to information or know what federal or local resources may be available to them. Given our access to Asian American ethnic media, we can be a conduit to get these businesses the information they need to help them survive this crisis.
2) Keeping us afloat. Due to shelter in place restrictions, health emergency mandates, and to keep our sponsors, attendees and members safe, we have postponed our annual Asian marketing summit, the only national conference focusing solely on the Asian consumer segment. The summit is our primary revenue generator, and given that it’s been pushed back, funds are needed to help us pay basic bills and weather this unprecedented crisis.
3) Investing in our future Asian advertising leaders. Diverse employees in our industry who understand the value of culture and community is critical. A portion of funds collected will be used to provide scholarships to our upcoming 3AF Asian Marketing Summit for undergraduate college students planning a career in Asian marketing or advertising.
Please consider donating if you can.
