Make Change
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.
Take Action
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
Biden Signs COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act
Thursday, May 20, 2021 Statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act Attorney General Merrick B. Garland made the following statement after President Biden’s signing of the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act into law: “Today’s bill
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
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