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Actors Daniel Dae Kim and Daniel Wu also took action and partnered up to offer a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those involved in the attack of the 91-year-old man in Oakland's Chinatown.

Wu, a Bay Area native, said that while Lunar New Year is traditionally a festive, jubilant holiday, the recent attacks have clouded the mood. \"That's a sad thing for us, this is normally a time for us to rejoice and to be happy but right now everyone's in fear and anxiety,\" he said.

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Concerned about the recent uptick of violence against Asians, \"Crazy Rich Asians\" star Chris Pang who’s currently in Las Vegas, offered to accompany anyone, particularly elderly Asian Americans who feel unsafe on their commute, or errand runs. While others like fashion influencer and designer, Aimee Song, and actress Olivia Munn joined Ngyuen in calling out the media for more coverage.

\"Historically, anti-Asian attacks have not been covered with the same urgency afforded to white communities,\" read Song's message.

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\"I implore mainstream media to cover our stories to give credence to our existence, to witness our pain,\" Ngyuen told ABC News. \"When people treat Asian Americans as 'other' and continually, perpetually foreign ... it makes scapegoating and violence happen.\"

As many in the community struggle to cope, Elaine Dang, who's on the board of Act To Change, a nonprofit organization working to address bullying in Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) youth, said it's important to educate oneself on the current issues and listen to local organizations to see what the best way to move forward is.

On Tuesday, over 40 local organizations and businesses in the Bay Area joined together to release a formal statement demanding action against violence toward Asian Americans. In it, they ask that San Francisco and Oakland increase resources and support for the Asian American community and other minority communities, and \"resource cross-community education and healing in Asian American and Black communities that humanizes all of us rather than demonizes or scapegoats any community of color.\"

\"The most powerful tool we have is our voice,\" Ngyuen said of her continuous fight for visibility and justice for her community. \"No one is invisible when we demand to be seen because we're dying to be heard.\"

ABC News' Kayna Whitworth contributed to this report.

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