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“Non-citizen voting is percolating in local municipalities throughout the state,” Annette Wong, managing director of programs at Chinese for Affirmative Action, a community-based civil rights organization advocating for racial justice and immigrant rights, said in a statement. “This poll reflects…
But for immigrant parents, “it’s not just about changing hearts and minds” when it comes to voting, said Annette Wong, managing director of programs at Chinese for Affirmative Action, a nonprofit that fought for Proposition N.
Amos Lim, a gay father originally from Singapore, said he’s relieved to see this latest ruling, especially since the new school year is starting soon. His child is about to begin the 10th grade.
“As a parent of a high school student heading back to classes next week, I am very relieved that the Court ruled in our favor,” said immigrant parent Amos Lim in a press release sent by the group Chinese for…
City officials promptly turned to a handful of non-profits in nearby San Francisco, including Chinese for Affirmative Action, Self Help for the Elderly and Chinatown Community Youth Center, whose efforts were key to establishing an open line of communication and…
Cynthia Choi, co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate, told me the attack has further traumatized Asian American communities that have had “a heightened sense of fear since the pandemic” due to being “unfairly scapegoated” for the public health crisis.
Those advocates say they believe the move to limit immigrant voting in school board elections is part of a broader movement to suppress the voting rights of people of color.
According to Vincent Pan, co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action, Proposition 209’s establishment has had adverse effects in public education. “(It can) send a message that certain students are not welcome,” Pan said.
“Today we gather here to condemn Florida’s ‘alien land law’ and to reject the dangerous trend of anti-Asian scapegoating,” said Nicholas Gee, advocacy manager for nonprofit group Chinese for Affirmative Action, referring to 20th century laws, which were later deemed…
Annette Wong, who works for Chinese for Affirmative Action, said in the Kennedy School webinar that, following the 2016 election of President Trump, she viewed measures that expand voting to noncitizens as “a step to take hold of power rather…
At UNC, Harvard and beyond, activists are fighting Blum’s efforts, with many Asian Americans leaders in that crusade. “We saw that we were being used as a face for this case,” Sally Chen tells Rolling Stone.