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This is an extraordinary time in the push for collective justice and shared liberation; with the upcoming elections there is an urgent need to educate, engage and mobilize AAPI communities like never before. Below you can read more about the policies impacting communities and active campaigns you can participate in.
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Asian Pacific Islander SAAM Panel
View this post on Instagram A post shared by PAVE (@paveinfo) PAVE is very passionate about supporting survivors and shattering the silence in the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. This Wednesday at 11 am CST we will
SEAFN: Tell VICE and Matt Loughrey to STOP
These are our demands for VICE News, Loughrey, and McPhail: Matt Loughrey must immediately stop this project, discontinue all plans to exhibit them, and remove all images from digital media. Matt Loughrey and his business must give all proceeds and
Bystander Intervention 101
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Asian American Resource Workshop (AARW)
AARW, APIs CAN – Asian Pacific Islanders Civic Action Network, and our partners and allies and enraged, devastated, and committed to organizing for long-term community safety. Full statement text here. Register for the town hall next week here. Posted by
Action Alert: Sign Constituent Letter of Support for HF 1691/ SF 2003
Our government must pass bold reforms that address this issue so we can accurately count and combat hate in our state. Communities Combating Hate have momentum to make system-wide change to better combat hate in MN. On 3/26/2021, HF
Stop Asian Hate: Together, We Can Make a Difference
We must act now. Support the AAPI Community Fund to uplift and protect Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. The following provides resources to different organizations that uplift the AAPI community. Fundraisers for AAPI Justice Help the families and individuals affected
Asian Organizations Across the Bay Area Join Forces to Demand Action Against Violence
On February 9, 2021, the undersigned organizations released the following press announcement denouncing violence against members of Asian American communities in San Francisco, Oakland, and the greater Bay Area. We stand in solidarity with victims, survivors, and families who have
Support Community Building and Mobilization in 2021
As 2020 comes to an end, we are reflecting on the monumental advocacy and community organizing that took place to address anti-AAPI racism, increase allyship and solidarity with other communities of color, respond to the socioeconomic and health challenges during
Support Community Organizing and Power during COVID-19
Despite the challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic have raised, our network partners have adapted and continued to organize and respond to the changing needs of their community members with their community outreach and engagement services, programming, and campaigns. As our
Advocacy and Policy
New Way Forward Act for Southeast Asian Refugees
NBC: Asian American community advocates say a new immigration reform bill reintroduced in Congress on Tuesday can become a pathway for Southeast Asian Americans who have been deported to return to the U.S. or who are in deportation proceedings to
Calling for AAPI Representation in Biden-Harris Administration
With record breaking-numbers of AAPI voter turnout in the 2020 election, it is evident that AAPI communities are an increasingly powerful electorate and our unique needs must be heard and addressed in the upcoming administration. With calls for inclusion of
Restoration of COFA Medicaid Access in COVID-19 Stimulus Bill
AAPI community leaders have praised the passage of the coronavirus relief bill (December 2020) that includes Medicaid access for Pacific Islanders, specifically for the Compact of Free Association (COFA) communities (citizens of the Marshall Islands, Palau and Micronesia) that have
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
DACA: Despite the recent Supreme Court decision that found that the Trump administration’s 2017 rescission of DACA was done in an arbitrary and capricious way that violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), DACA continues to be at risk of being