Asian Link Project Aims to Help Utah's Asian Seniors

An organization in Utah aims to protect Asian American seniors from hate crimes by escorting them while they shop for groceries and other essentials, reports ABC4 . The Asian Link Project is a group of volunteers who will accompany Utah's Asian seniors to area supermarkets. "You know a lot of older Asian American residents live alone, and they may be away from family; so if they do need someone one to just go to the grocery store with them, if they need someone to just go to out shopping on a Saturday, and Sunday is usually when people are out and about, and we just don't want them living in fear stuck at home," says Asian Link co-founder Carrie Shinpace. The project is vetting volunteers, and Shinpace notes support for the project has been both overwhelming and uplifting. "It is important to show how strong the Asian community is and how much we have each other's backs," she says.