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APALC redistricting campaign to protect AAPI communities

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  • by aanews
  • in National · Social Justice
  • — 21 Jan, 2011

Los Angeles (Jan. 18, 2011) – The Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), a member of Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, has launched a campaign to get Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities engaged in redistricting, which is the process of redrawing voting district boundaries every ten years based on census data.  APALC anchors a statewide network of AAPI community organizations called the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans for Fair Redistricting (CAPAFR), which is holding community meetings statewide in January and February to assist AAPI communities in understanding and participating in the redistricting process.  A schedule of meetings can be found below.

CAPAFR’s work will help AAPI communities provide input to California’s new Citizens Redistricting Commission, which is the governmental body responsible for conducting redistricting for the Assembly, State Senate, Board of Equalization, and California’s 53 Congressional seats.  The commission also will hold public hearings throughout California in the next few months.  Community input at the hearings will be an important factor in whether the commission draws district lines that keep communities together or splits them unfairly.

The goal of CAPAFR’s meetings is to provide AAPI community members with an opportunity to review potential district configurations and to collect feedback on which configurations best articulate regional AAPI interests and concerns.  It is vital that a broad range of AAPI community members attend the meetings because their feedback will be incorporated by CAPAFR into statewide Assembly and State Senate mapping proposals.

Sometime after the Census Bureau releases Census 2010 redistricting data in March 2011, CAPAFR will submit these statewide mapping proposals to the commission.  The CAPAFR mapping proposals will illustrate how AAPI communities of interest should be kept together.  CAPAFR also will prepare community members to testify before the commission about their communities’ interests and concerns.  The commission will hold two rounds of hearings this year, and has a deadline of August 15 to establish new district boundaries.

Questions about CAPAFR should be directed to Deanna Kitamura, Statewide Redistricting Manager at APALC, who can be reached at 213-241-0232 or [email protected], or Eugene Lee, Voting Rights Project Director at APALC, who can be reached at 213-241-0212 or [email protected]

Additional information about CAPAFR can be found at www.capafr.org. The commission’s website iswww.wedrawthelines.ca.org.

CAPAFR Community Meetings

Los Angeles County – Metro LA

January 18, 2011

6:00PM – 8:30PM

Asian Pacific American Legal Center

1145 Wilshire Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90017

RSVP:  Mark Masaoka, [email protected]

Orange County

January 22, 2011

9:15AM – 11:45AM

Dayle McIntosh Center

13272 Garden Grove Blvd.

Garden Grove, CA 92843

RSVP:  Asma Men, [email protected]

San Diego County

January 29, 2011

10:00AM – 12:30PM

Alliant International University, Green Hall

10455 Pomerado Road

San Diego, CA 92131

RSVP:  Palma Hooper, [email protected]

Sacramento County

February 1, 2011

5:30PM – 8:00PM

Asian Resources

915 Broadway

Sacramento, CA 95818

RSVP:  May Lee, [email protected]

Fresno County

February 7, 2010

6:00PM – 8:30PM

Fresno Center for New Americans

4879 E. Kings Canyon Road

Fresno, CA 93727

RSVP:  Fuehoua Thao, [email protected]

Santa Clara County

February 9, 2011

6:00PM – 8:30PM

Yu-Ai Kai Community Center

588 N. 4th St., 3rd Fl

San Jose, CA 95112

RSVP:  Jackie Maruhashi, [email protected]

Alameda County

February 15, 2011

5:30PM – 8:00PM

Oakland Asian Cultural Center

388 9th St.

Oakland, CA 94607

RSVP:  Jenn Pae, [email protected]

Los Angeles County – South Bay

February 17, 2011

6:00PM – 8:30PM

Japanese Cultural Institute

1964 W. 162nd St., 2nd Fl

Gardena, CA 90247

RSVP:  Mark Masaoka, [email protected]

Los Angeles County – San Gabriel Valley

February 22, 2011

6:00PM – 8:30PM

Bruggemeyer Library

318 S. Ramona Ave., 2nd Fl

Monterey Park, CA 91754

RSVP:  Mark Masaoka, [email protected]

San Francisco and San Mateo Counties

February 24, 2011

5:30PM – 8:00PM

Asian Law Caucus

55 Columbus Ave.

San Francisco, CA 94111

RSVP:  Carlo De La Cruz, [email protected]

Founded in 1983, the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating for civil rights, providing legal services and education, and building coalitions to positively influence and impact Asian Pacific Americans and to create a more equitable and harmonious society. APALC is a member of Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, which also includes Asian American Institute (Chicago, IL), Asian American Justice Center (Washington, DC) and Asian Law Caucus (San Francisco, CA).

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