Funded by the Henry Luce Foundation, Transformative Hope is a video series for Asian American elders to address the surge in racism that the broader community is experiencing. Although younger Asian Americans may experience hate incidents as racial trauma, Stop AAPI Hate researchers find that elders (60+) deal with racism, hate, and violence differently. Emerging from a collaborative partnership between APARRI and the Asian American Research Initiative, this video project offers a public storytelling collection featuring Asian American knowledge-bearers and religious practitioners.

Each Transformative Hope video features a different religious and ethnic perspective. From summer 2021 to spring 2022, Russell Jeung (SFSU) and Tammy Ho (UCR) interviewed elders and religious leaders in the United States who had experienced forms of everyday racism, such as stalking, name-calling, physical assault, and temple vandalism. Each video shares how Asian American elders interpret these kinds of events, cope with pain and hurt, and use their religious resources (teachings + practices) to move forward.