Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) was founded in 1969 to address historic and persistent institutional racism that systematically excluded Chinese Americans from major sectors of the labor market, denied us equal access to vital public resources and services, and obstructed…

Our first job fair of the year was a great success！ For the past two weeks, 22 of our workforce clients dropped in for a Census job fair as part of our weekly computer lab on Tuesday mornings. With the…

2019 was a year of struggle and strength for immigrants and people of color. Across the country, the Trump Administration continued its relentless attack against the safety, civil rights, and basic dignity of our most vulnerable community members. At CAA,…

CAA staff and community cook tong yung and soup together during our winter solstice community event. This past Sunday afternoon, CAA staff welcomed in the winter season with 70 of our friends and family in the Chinese immigrant community. Taking…

Census 2020 implementation is underway. In addition to continuing our advocacy work on language access to remove barriers to Census participation, CAA’s advocacy team engaged with government to formulate strategies, conducted speaking engagements, amplified our work through media briefings…

The CAA economic justice program welcomed a new cohort of its Hospitality Vocational Training Program (HVT) program. Since 2013, CAA has worked with Chinese Progressive Association and City College of San Francisco to lead Chinese immigrant jobseekers through a 3-month…

Since September, CAA has joined monthly meetings organized by the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) to discuss Census 2020 implementation strategies alongside Census Bureau staff, the San Francisco Office of Immigrant Affairs and Civic Engagement (OCEIA) and other immigrant-serving…

CAA is now hosting a weekly drop-in computer lab for workforce development clients and others to acquire new digital skills, apply for jobs online, and get support on basics like browsing the web. CAA staff are available to provide language…

This Monday, CAA hosted a community press conference denouncing a political campaign ad that leveraged racial stereotypes that attack current Mayor London Breed. The billboard prompted a swift response by San Francisco representatives, City Officials, and community-based organizations. The press…

Today, we joined the Census Bureau to give a presentation at the offices of Chinatown Community Development Center (CCDC) to highlight strategies to address key barriers to hard to count communities from accessing Census 2020. This past workshop is part…