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		<title>CAPAC Members and Congressional Leaders Observe Fred Korematsu Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 30, 2012) — Today, Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and Congressional Leaders released statements in honor of California’s second annual Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution. During World War II, Fred Korematsu refused to relocate to an internment camp under President Franklin Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State of the Union and SE Asian Americans</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Doua Thor WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 25, 2012) — At Southeast Asian Resource Action Center, we listened to the president&#8217;s State of the Union Address with interest, as this was an opportunity for us to consider his proposals and their impact on the many issues that we work on for the Southeast Asian American community. Below [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mee Moua to lead AAJC</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New AAJC director and former State Senator Mee Moua, left, and Karen K. Narasaki, stepping down after 20 years. WASHINGTON (Jan. 24, 2012) — Former State Senator Mee Moua is set to become the president and executive director the Asian American Justice Center, of one of the nation&#8217;s premier civil rights organizations. AAJC announced this week that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APALC condemns anti-immigrant radio show</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Jan. 17, 2011)  — The Asian Pacific American Legal Center condemns derogatory remarks against Korean Americans expressed by co-host John Kobylt (KFI 640) during the Jan. 5 broadcast of Clear Channel’s “The John and Ken Show.” The press conference was held at the Korean Resource Center, and also included speakers from National Korean American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Please Do Not Sunset the 4 ALANA Councils</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 09:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By DR. BRUCE CORRIE Dear Chair Rep. Kiffmeyer and Vice Chair Sen. Bonoff, Sunset Advisory Commission: I request you not to sunset the four councils (Chicano Latino Affairs Council, Indian Affairs Council, Council on Black Minnesotans and Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans) but rather equip them to be more effective to meet the challenges and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Khmer Rouge leader deemed ‘unfit’ will not be released by UN-backed tribunal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 09:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Dec. 14, 2011) – The United Nations-backed genocide tribunal in Cambodia ruled today that Ieng Thirith, a 79-year-old former senior member of the Khmer Rouge who was found unfit to stand trial, will not be released as ordered last month but remain in detention. On 17 November, the trial chamber of the Extraordinary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Labor Department files complaint against Cargill Meat Solutions for discrimination at Springdale, Ark., facility</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 02:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SPRINGDALE, Ark. (Nov. 29, 2011) — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has filed an administrative complaint against federal contractor Cargill Meat Solutions, alleging that the company systematically discriminated against 4,069 qualified female, white, black, Hispanic and Native American applicants who sought entry-level production jobs at its Springdale facility. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Justice Groups Engage Occupy Movement</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ambika Kandasamy New America Media SAN FRANCISCO (Nov 10, 2011) — Social justice organizations in the Bay Area are joining forces with the Occupy movements in Oakland and San Francisco. Local nonprofits that have been advocating for the eradication of economic inequities in various sectors of society for years are finding that the Occupy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CAIR: Minn. Law Enforcement Asked to Reject Anti-Muslim Training</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 06:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS (Nov. 8, 2011) — Leaders of a number of Minnesota Muslim and Somali organizations today called on law enforcement agencies across the state to reject an upcoming training seminar for officers because of concerns about apparent anti-Muslim and anti-Somali bias. The controversial training, “Understanding the People of Somalia, Their History, Their Culture and Their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working to promote racial equity in schools across Minnesota</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 04:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ BROOKLYN CENTER, MN, September 17, 2011—ISAIAH held a 300-person public meeting focused on the leadership needed to address both the racial equity gap in educational achievement and to create racially equitable schools.  Joining ISAIAH was Minnesota Commissioner of Education Dr. Brenda Cassellius and superintendents or their representatives from 11 Minnesota urban, suburban, and Greater Minnesota [...]]]></description>
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