2020-12-17 01:05
Originally posted on CAPA21 PAC: In a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom, CAPA21 endorsed the Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus’s request that the Governor appoint an A… Read More
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2020-02-26 17:50
Today, APIAVote and AAPI Data are releasing 27 state fact sheets on Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) voters in advance of the Super Tuesday primary elections.
The fact sheets incl… Read More
2019-01-17 01:26
Helen Zia’s new book reveals the forgotten mass exodus from one of the most tumultuous events of the 20th Century–China’s communist revolution–and its continued profo… Read More
2018-02-01 16:02
South Asian, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Middle Eastern, and Arab communities are the target of increasing levels of hate violence and xenophobic political rhetoric in the United States, with recor… Read More
2018-01-29 20:56
On the eve of President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address, a national network of elected officials 35 years old and younger released a collaborative vision for how Ameri… Read More
2018-01-26 20:18
Source: Advancing Justice LA
An Orange County judge has been temporarily stopped the deportation of 92 Cambodian immigrants.
Yesterday Judge Cormac J. Carney granted an injunction that will… Read More
2017-09-25 05:49
Karen Korematsu (left), Holly Yasui (middle), and Jay Hirabayashi on a panel at the 2013 JANM National Conference. Photo via DiscoverNikkei.org.A Call to Action: Reject the Shameful Legacy o… Read More
2017-05-11 20:46
The Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County (apaba.org) is hosting an evening of dining and discussion on May 18 to reflect on the Trump Administration’s firs… Read More
2017-04-26 18:17
#AAPIsResist
During this year’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) in May, we are celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) resistance, both past and present… Read More
2017-03-06 20:14
From an email today by Kal Penn and Organizing for Action:
The White House just issued a new version of their earlier travel ban targeting Muslims and refugees. Remember the one that was ha… Read More
2017-02-16 03:27
Asian Pacific Americans for Progress is proud to join more than 100 AAPI organizations in a statement authored by the the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance.
We stand at a critical junctu… Read More
2017-01-28 00:44
Email today from Advancing Justice:
Today, President Trump issued an executive order banning immigrants and refugees from predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States.
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2017-01-26 20:04
An email today from 18MR:
It’s only been six days since Trump took the White House and we’ve already seen Executive Order after Executive Order fulfilling his divisive and unjust… Read More
2017-01-26 07:37
South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), a national South Asian advocacy organization, is outraged at the latest Executive Orders issued by President Trump.
Today’s announcement… Read More
2017-01-26 00:19
A resolution introduced by Illinois State Representative Theresa Mah honoring Fred T. Korematsu passed the state House today by acclamation.
Theresa’s shepherding of the Korematsu… Read More
2017-01-25 21:38
The National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC), the Korean Resource Center (KRC) and the Korean American Resource & Cultural Center (KRCC) reject the Trump adm… Read More
2017-01-25 20:39
The new administration announced today the signing of several inhumane and draconian executive orders intended to endanger immigrants and create fear in immigrant communities.
The exec… Read More
2017-01-21 22:18
Congressman Ted W. Lieu of Los Angeles, Calif., announced today that he has started a “Cloud of Illegitimacy Clock” on Donald Trump’s continual violation of… Read More
2016-12-22 18:15
Asian Americans Advancing Justice today relayed a U.S. Department of Homeland Security announcement that it will publish a regulation to rescind the National Security Entry-Exit Registr… Read More
2016-11-05 05:57
ProgressAAPI
This is from an opinion piece originally published on NBC Asian America.
When I heard it, I couldn’t believe it.
This past week, at a debate in Illinois between t… Read More
2016-10-28 21:57
The 2016 election season is coming down to the wire on both national and local elections. Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (Advancing Justice | AAJC) and Asian Pacific Islande… Read More
2016-10-25 23:41
Representatives of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) organizations met with Fox News executives today to present a community letter signed by 134 national, state and local AAPI orga… Read More
2016-10-21 20:17
The Walt Disney Company this week made a $500,000 commitment to establish a new scholarship program with the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF) in support o… Read More
2016-10-14 18:43
The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office today filed hate crime charges against the attackers of Sikh American, Mr. Maan Singh Khalsa. Mr. Khalsa was brutally assaulted… Read More
2016-10-12 18:45
U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Denny Chin, based in New York City, will guest lecture at the UH Law School on Tuesday, October 18, and will help student actors perform a ree… Read More
2016-09-28 20:19
AALDEF is looking for volunteers in California to monitor the November 8 elections to help ensure compliance with the federal Voting rights Act and to document instances of anti-A… Read More
2016-08-16 23:14
The California Endowment has appointed S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, PhD, to its board of directors. Ramakrishnan is a professor and associate dean of the School of Public Policy at the Uni… Read More
2016-08-15 12:35
Bill Clinton, Sean Reyes, Gary Johnson, and Jill Stein Aim to Win Votes From Fastest Growing Racial Group
LAS VEGAS – On Friday, Hillary Clinton surrogate and former President Bil… Read More
2016-08-12 07:01
UPDATE (8/12/16): Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes will represent Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in this event.
Former President Bill Clinton, representing Democratic pres… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
A variety of alternative media outlets are decrying the potentially devastating effects of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive tr… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Chinese anchor babies (CABs) are not a new phenomenon. My father was one. In Gwok Choy: A Family Memoir from the Sino-Japanese War, the retu… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Congressman Keith Ellison, Co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus reintroduced the Inclusive Prosperity… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
While the woes of older Asian American women and suicide prevention have received national attention, the media has neglected to examine the… Read More
2015-12-22 19:59
Japanese Americans are denouncing anti-Muslim activity and rhetoric in SF's Japantown pic.twitter.com/PV9bVl6yeG
— Kimberly Veklerov (@KVeklerov) December 22, 2015
Japanese American… Read More
2015-10-22 08:16
The Asian American Journalists Association San Francisco Bay Area Chapter is offering East West Eats: Favorite Asian Recipes from Top Bay Area Chefs for a special pre-order price of $55.00 t… Read More
2015-09-01 16:06
The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) announced that the organization will partner with Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote) to bring a Presidential Candidate To… Read More
2015-06-23 20:34
San Francisco Japantown Foundation
Starting June 29, 2015, the San Francisco Japantown Foundation will accept applications from qualified organizations for direct grants of up to $10,000… Read More
2015-05-07 19:06
Hillary Clinton met with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee yesterday for a wide-ranging discussion that included some of the most challenging issues facing urban cities and how best to addres… Read More
2015-05-07 03:27
CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) and Verizon just launched Season 2 of the #IAm Campaign, a series of mini-documentaries showcasing the voices and achievements of Asian A… Read More
2015-04-29 16:01
The text below is from an email this morning sent by PaKou Her, campaign director at 18MR.
This morning, my 6-year old daughter caught less than a minute of television news coverage about th… Read More
2015-04-16 23:49
The Hillary Clinton campaign on April 14 announced three new policy advisors, including Maya Harris (@mayaharris_). An article calls it the campaign’s “most interesting hire yet… Read More
2015-02-14 00:37
San Francisco Japantown Foundation
The children of Nihonmachi Little Friends (NLF) will present their annual theater production and auction, “Dowa no Omatsuri: A Festival of Children… Read More
2014-12-06 02:39
UZUMASA LIMELIGHT is a Japanese movie that my mom and I absolutely loved.
The film is only playing for a week starting tonight, December 5, in Los Angeles. Screenings will only be exten… Read More
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