Building Community Within Diversity
Reno, Nev. (June 20, 2018) — Both the Pennsylvania State Senate and House of Representatives in Harrisburg, started their respective sessions Tuesday with Hindu prayers, containing verses from world’s oldest[…]
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, which is celebrated annually to recognize the history, contributions and achievements of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. May is officially designated as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month by section 102 of title 36, United States[…]
LOS ANGELES (Feb. 23, 2018) — Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA) welcomes Reshma Shamasunder as its new Vice President of Program Strategy . In this new role, Reshma will lead the[…]
IRVINE, Calif. (Jan. 25, 2018) — Orange County serves as a microcosm of the major demographic shifts taking place across the nation, placing it squarely in the midst of the[…]
Washington, D.C. (Jan. 26, 2018) — U.S. Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27), chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, said the White House immigration proposal is an insult to our nation.[…]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 30, 2018) — U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawai‘i) led a Senate resolution Tuesday, recognizing Fred Korematsu for his opposition to the illegal incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II[…]
LOS ANGELES (Nov. 2, 2017) — Asian Americans Advancing Justice reports that at this time Vietnamese community members with final removal orders are vulnerable to potential arrest, detention, and deportation.[…]
NEW YORK (Nov. 9, 2017) — At a time when harsh immigration policies are disrupting our communities, separating families, and increasing detention and deportation, leaders and legal service providers from[…]
Washington, D.C. (Nov. 9, 2017) — AALDEF is among the 18 Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) immigrant advocacy, labor, civil rights, community health, service provider, and undocumented youth groups calling[…]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 13, 2017) — Hundreds of leaders from the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (National CAPACD) and South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) rallied together[…]
