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From the Introduction: This document seeks to empower Illinois families, caregivers, advocates, and policymakers in the field of Early Childhood with information to fight against COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]-related racism and prejudice, serving as an urgent call to condemn anti-Asian xenophobia and take affirmative steps to ensure the health and safety for all Illinois families The World Health Organization\'s declaration of a pandemic is a call to action to protect our public health COVID-19 is an aggressive virus that does not discriminate against race, ethnicity, color, class, gender, sexuality, ability, or citizenship status Anyone can fall ill or carry the virus It will require every person to rise to the occasion in order to flatten the curve to prevent catastrophic outcomes However, along with the COVID-19 global pandemic, there is another crisis that is rapidly spreading across the globe: the increase in anti-Asian racism and xenophobia COVID-19 (Disease);Xenophobia;Asian Americans;Pacific Islanders;Racism
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