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A 2022 ballot measure gave noncitizen parents the right to vote for their school boards, but the city hasn’t yet moved to make their right a reality.
三藩市市參事會主席佩斯金、第三區市參事候選人黎慧心（Sharon Lai）、華人權益促進會（CAA）23日中午在華埠和喜園召開記者會，宣布華埠將獲得部分由加州公用事業委員會（CPUC）分配給三藩市的一千萬元撥款，旨在擴大重要寬頻網絡的覆蓋範圍。
Annie Lee, managing policy director of the San Francisco-based organization, said these funds will help alleviate what she called a “huge need” in Chinatown.
一些進步派的華人組織，例如華人權益促進會和亞洲法律聯會，反對36號提案，他們認為把盜賊送進監牢，是治標不治本的方法。
集會組織包括：華人權益促進會（CAA）、維護安全與正義罪行幸存者 (Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice)、小商業前進 (Small Business Forward) 、北加州美國公民自由聯盟 (ACLU of Northern California)、亞洲法律聯會(Asian Law Caucus, )和三藩市灣民權律師委員會(Lawyers ComMittee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area)等。
In this episode of Addressing Hate, we invited Jin Xia, the Chinese Digital Interaction Project Manager from the Chinese Rights Promotion Association, to delve into the issue of fake news spreading within the Chinese community during the election period.
Jin Xia also delves into the impact these fake news stories have on the community and election outcomes, and explains how fact-checking organizations like “PiYaoBa” (Rumor Refutation Center) are actively countering misinformation and promoting the dissemination of the truth.
Special guest Jin Xia, Project Manager for Chinese Digital Interaction at the Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), shares how the organization conducts fact-checking to expose the channels spreading fake news and misinformation, providing accurate news and commentary for the Chinese…
“It is very disappointing that an Asian American candidate is using red-baiting tactics.” said Cynthia Choi, co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action and co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate.
“Everybody knows campaigns can get really ugly,” said Cynthia Choi, a member of Chinese for Affirmative Action and Stop AAPI Hate. “And what’s been really troubling is the fact that this is an old playbook. Unfortunately, it can be really…
The group Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), a US-based non-profit organization, released a report on August 26, 2024, called “Conspiracy Theories, Lies, & A.I.” which explored how right-wing disinformation in the Chinese American community is amplifying hate speech ahead of…
In 2022, after a spike in disinformation involving China and COVID-19, the civil rights group Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) launched PiYaoBa, a fact-checking website produced in Chinese that aims to counter disinformation on WeChat and other platforms.