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The report, released Tuesday by the civil rights nonprofit group Chinese for Affirmative Action, pointed to five dominant narratives emerging — largely on WeChat — including the idea that banning guns is a step toward authoritarianism, while gun ownership represents…
三藩市市參事華頌善（Shamann Walton）和華人權益促進會（Chinese for Affirmative Action）等社區組織周一（6日）在市府前集會，在規劃委員會（Rule Committee）就語言使用權舉行聽證會前，宣佈加強三藩市《語言使用條例》的補充修正案，以擴大城市中的語言無障礙服務。
“When you want community members to be able to fully participate in those meetings,” full, bi-directional interpretation is best, Ng said. But “we often hear that they don’t have enough staff” to provide that service, he added.
Anisha Hingorani, policy manager at CAA, tells Axios that the issue of digital equity landed on the group’s radar during the pandemic amid an influx of clients trying to apply for unemployment benefits.
Alice Cheng, Education Equity Community Advocate at Chinese for Affirmative Action, said there will be a conference at UC Law San Francisco on May 4 to bring together students, parents, teachers, and other stakeholders to reflect on this landmark case.…
Jin Xia says that WeChat is still the main channel for fake news in Chinese, but Chinese-language Twitter (X), Telegram, YouTube, and Xiaohongshu (小紅書) are all culprits as well.
2024年4月19日星期五，美国第11巡回上诉法院就关于佛州SB264法案被提起上诉的案件进行了听证会，上述方认为该法案违反了美国宪法，限制了许多中国移民购房。佛州当地华人聚集在巡回法院附近的广场上，集会示威，表达对SB264法案的不满！希望更多人听到他们的心声！
Activists from all over the country showed up for a rally following the hearing. Many expressed that SB 264 has had a chilling effect for Chinese immigrants living in Florida that is rippling through the entire Asian American community.
An attorney asked a federal appeals court on Friday to block a controversial Florida law signed last year that restricts Chinese citizens from buying real estate in much of the state, calling it discriminatory and a violation of the federal…
Jose Ng, an immigration rights advocate from San Francisco based not for profit – Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), traveled to these San Diego trolley/transit stations with his colleagues to meet some of these Chinese migrants and understand the situation…
「大部分華人無證移民的境遇是非常困難的，通過非法穿越邊境進入美國的後續法律程序，也非常複雜。」Jose指出，這些穿越者對美國移民政策的理解，主要來自社交媒體或群組交流，缺乏系統性認識。而且，受語言的限制，他們入境後的生存之路非常艱辛。
這與非營利組織華人權益促進會（Chinese for Affirmative Action，簡稱華促會）近期的前線觀察一致。