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March 15, 2024
AI deepfakes stoke concern at City Hall (SF Examiner)

Election misinformation is a longstanding problem in the Chinese-language community, Niu said, but she worries that the proliferation of deepfakes — notoriously difficult to identify — will make her team’s fact-checking work even harder.

March 3, 2024
Half Moon Bay community event highlights health care, safety measures for farmworkers (Ethnic News Media)

Representatives from community-based organizations including Self Help for the Elderly, Casa Circulo in Redwood City and Chinese for Affirmative Action were also on hand during the event. Tables with information on health care and other services was also made available.

February 26, 2024
Police want drones in car chases. How SF’s Prop E could affect that (CalMatters)

“We’ve seen how police chases have led to the deaths and injuries of our community members in San Francisco,” said the group’s community safety and justice policy manager Nhi Nguyen in an email.

February 12, 2024
As Chinese emigration to U.S. rises, GOP and Trump use ‘military age men’ scare tactic (Austin American Statesmen)

Chinese for Affirmative Action, a decades-old California-based group that protects the civil and political rights of Chinese Americans, spoke with about 100 Chinese migrants on a recent trip to the border, spokesperson Sin Yen Ling said.

February 8, 2024
Anti-Asian hate crimes are down in S.F. So why do AAPI communities feel unsafe? (SF Chronicle)

“…it paints a very tiny picture of overall harm that occurs that’s impacting the Asian American community,” said Janice Li, director of the Coalition for Community Safety and Justice, formed in 2019 from four nonprofits to address public safety concerns…

February 8, 2024
三藩市治安不靖亞太受害尤深 (SingTao)

安老自助處行政總裁鍾月娟、CYC社區青年中心行政總裁溫靜婷、華人進步會政治主任林德樂、STOP AAPI HATE政策常務主任李申申、新呼吸基金會創始人鄭小飛等社區領袖均到場。

February 8, 2024
SF city leaders, community coalition discuss fighting AAPI hate (NBC News Bay Area)

Dozens rallied holding signs with messages like, “stop Asian hate, stop the violence” and “I want to get home safe, end the violence against Asians.”

February 7, 2024
As Chinese immigration to U.S. rises, Republicans and Trump use ‘military age men’ scare tactic (PolitiFact)

Chinese for Affirmative Action, a decades-old California-based group that protects the civil and political rights of Chinese Americans, spoke with about 100 Chinese migrants on a recent trip to the border, spokesperson Sin Yen Ling said.

February 5, 2024
1 big thing: What’s on the ballot (Axios San Francisco)

Opponents call the measure “dangerous and punitive,” while proponents argue it would help get people into drug treatment programs.

February 4, 2024
A year after ‘Chinese spy balloon’ controversy, AsAm groups say discriminatory effects still remain (AsAm News)

“The alleged spy balloon was contributing towards… perceptions that Chinese and Chinese Americans and Asian Americans and immigrants writ large should be considered a suspicious class,” says Cynthia Choi, co-director for Chinese for Affirmative Action.

January 26, 2024
Latino-Asian solidarity one year after Half Moon Bay shootings (AsAm News)

Groups representing the Asian community included and were not limited to Stop AAPI Hate, and the Asian Pacific Fund, and Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), which had raised and distributed $200,000 directly to the affected families.

January 23, 2024
Half Moon Bay shooting survivors face uncertainty as housing vouchers expire (NBC News)

“The city and county have long known about the deplorable working and housing conditions of migrant workers,” said Cynthia Choi, co-executive director of advocacy group Chinese for Affirmative Action, who has met with survivors. “They have a duty and obligation…