On Saturday, Senator Mazie Hirono delivered a powerful statement of rebuttal on the senate floor in response to Senator Collin’s speech for Judge Kavanaugh. Below is Senator Hirono’s statement which she submitted for the Congressional Record. LIVE STATEMENT FOR THE...
Stand With Us As #OneNation Reposted from AAPI Progressive Action The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has posted a draft rule to its website. This rule could hurt Asian American and Pacific Islander families across the country. It is...
This piece was originally published in the New York Times. IMMIGRANTS WHO PLAY BY THE RULES AND CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES COULD SOON BE AT RISK OF DEPORTATION. AMERICANS MUST INSIST THAT CONGRESS BLOCK THIS PROPOSAL. By Tung Nguyen and Sherry Hirota...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 11, 2018 Tri-Caucus Staff Associations Statement on The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies House Diversity Report WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional Asian Pacific American Staff Association (CAPASA), Congressional Black Associates (CBA), Congressional Hispanic...
Asian American Action Fund Calls on Supreme Court Nominee to Clarify Email FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 6, 2018 Contact: Caroline Fan, 202-255-9906 Today, during the Senate Judiciary hearings of Brett Kavanaugh for consideration as a United States Supreme Court...
Recently, our Media Director Vivian Chang, and our Media Intern YaYa Sun attended the Virginia EMILY’s List Run to Win training. AAAFund has partnered with EMILY’s List for a number of years; this training in particular focuses on helping...
For generations, Asian Americans have grown up relating to people in media who do not look like us and who haven’t had our experiences. While there has been a positive progression from Asian Americans being portrayed as racist...
Washington, DC – OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates released the following statement in reaction to the reversal of the current Affirmative Action guidance by the Trump Administration, a non-binding guidance for educational institutions: This Administration completely ignores the reality of...
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Statement by the Board of the Asian American Action Fund The U.S. Supreme Court decision today in Janus vs. AFSCME is major blow to teachers’ and other public sector unions that will have negative effects on workers including Asian...
The Asian American Action Fund is a non-profit, Democratic political action committee that seeks to increase the Asian American and Pacific Islander community’s voice in politics at every level of government across the United States.
