Month: August 2017

August 22, 2017

Our First E-Newsletter

Dear Friends, These are not normal times. With the most recent happenings in Charlottesville, we continue to see abominable displays of bigotry and violence in our country fueled by xenophobic and racist rhetoric and policy proposals. With so many dangerous…

August 18, 2017

Creating Good Jobs for Immigrant Workers: CAA’s Workforce Development Program

Since CAA’s founding, we have advocated on behalf of Chinese Americans who are systematically denied equal opportunities in many sectors of society. Over the decades, CAA led and contributed towards important reforms such as challenging discriminatory workplace hiring and promotional…

August 7, 2017

CAA Denounces Trump Efforts to Choke Immigration and Attack Affirmative Action

On August 2, two Trump Administration priorities became public that will undermine civil rights, racial justice, and diversity in the United States. CAA immediately responded with a press conference to denounce these actions. Assemblymember Phil Ting, a representative for Assemblymember…

August 7, 2017

Fact Sheet: Good Jobs for All Collaborative

CAA has partnered with Community Housing Partnership, Jobs with Justice, HOMEY, SF CLOUT, SOMCAN and Unite HERE Local 2 to create the Good Jobs 4 All (GJ4A) collaborative, which aims to provide job opportunities for marginalized individuals through the development…

August 3, 2017

CAA Denounces Trump Efforts to Limit Immigration and Attack Affirmative Action

Two Trump Administration priorities became public yesterday that will undermine civil rights, racial justice, and diversity in the United States. First, the Administration announced its endorsement of the RAISE Act to choke immigration by reducing refugee admissions, limiting family-based petitions,…