In 2020-21 there was a marked an increase in US media coverage of violence and hate crimes against people of Asian, South Asian and Pacific Islander descent within the context of COVID-19.  Anti-Asian racism is not an outcome of the pandemic, it is endemic to our country, and there is a history of scapegoating Asian communities in times of national crisis. The resulting surge of shuttered Asian-owned small businesses and family-owned restaurants due to the devastating effects of the pandemic and the continued increase in political attacks on immigrants and communities of color, is contributing to the silencing and erasure of Asian American voices in our communities.  The Kitchen Table Stories project aims to disrupt anti-Asian narratives, combat erasure, and create a sense of place and cultural permanence for Asian American communities through allied voice.  It recognizes hospitality and care as art forms that draw on cultural wisdom, ancestral healing and collective power, and will take place in multiple physical and virtual community spaces.