Editor's Note: MOAA recently joined dozens of organizations in a show of support for the Asian American and Pacific Islanders community, condemning recent acts of violence. Read the full message below:

We, the undersigned organizations committed to supporting service members, veterans, caregivers, survivors, and their families, write to express our strong condemnation of the recent wave of violence against individuals of Asian descent in our country, and to express our solidarity with Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have strong representation among our veterans and military families. They are patriots who have strengthened the fabric of our nation, they have fought and won our wars, they have borne the burden of battle and cared for those who have borne that burden.

We affirm that violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders is violence against our entire community, and such activity – like all hate-based activity – is fundamentally wrong in every way, anti-American, and unpatriotic. We urge all members of the military and veteran family community, and all Americans who feel they may be targeted by discrimination, to seek help through their military chain of command, our organizations, or through law enforcement agencies in your area.

Sincerely,

Amazon

Armed Services YMCA

Blue Star Families

Bunker Labs

CareLinx

Code of Support Foundation

Cohen Veterans Network

Combined Arms

Easterseals

Easterseals DC VA MD

Elizabeth Dole Foundation

Dixon Center for Military and Veteran Services

Freedom Learning Group

Institute for Veterans and Military Families

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America

Modern Military Association of America

Military Spouse Chamber of Commerce

Military Child Education Coalition

Military Family Advisory Network

Military Family Research Institute

Military Officers Association of America

Military Women’s Memorial

National Math and Science Initiative

Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society

Operation Gratitude

Partners in PROMISE

PenFed Foundation

PsychArmor Institute

Psych Hub

United Through Reading

USAA

RallyPoint

Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers

Secure Families Initiative

Student Veterans of America

Team RWB

The Mission Continues

Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors

Travis Manion Foundation

Veterans Education Success

Vets’ Community Connections

Wear Blue: Run to Remember