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If America – and the world – needed a reminder of our interconnectedness, our interdependence, and our shared vulnerabilities, COVID-19 is it.

AJC’s #BeAMensch campaign encourages and highlights acts of kindness and decency, which lift us all up and illuminate the darkness of the current period with countless points of light.

American Jewish Committee (AJC) is launching today #BeAMensch, a new initiative to encourage and highlight acts of kindness and decency during the Coronavirus pandemic. Mensch is Yiddish for “a person of integrity and honor,” or, put simply, a good person.

Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-NY) and Haipei Shue, President of United Chinese Americans, joined AJC on Tuesday for an online discussion about the rising racism and xenophobia that has targeted Asian Americans during the COVID-19 outbreak.