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Neon Was Never Brighter is the first glimpse into a confluence of efforts to envision a stronger long-term future for San Francisco Chinatown in the shadow of the anti-Asian violence that has cast a pall over the neighborhood.
Elected officials and Asian American activists gathered in San Francisco to celebrate $14 million in state funding to combat a spike in anti-Asian hate crimes.
For her efforts at CAA and Stop AAPI Hate, CAA Co-Executive Director Cynthia Choi was chosen as the CA-19 Woman of the Year, by Asm. Phil Ting.
In a TIME Magazine op-ed, CAA Co-Executive Director Cynthia Choi joins Stop AAPI Hate co-founders Russell Jeung and Manjusha Kulkarni in discussing the structural causes of anti-Asian hate and what can be done to address them.
What began as a tagline on social media ultimately evolved into a national movement, spurring a reckoning across different industries, transforming broader awareness of anti-Asian racism.
The push for voting rights to be extended to non-citizens of the United States is gaining momentum ahead of a San Francisco school board recall election.
The idea of limited voting rights for some noncitizens is gaining traction: New York will allow legal residents to vote in municipal elections, and San Jose is studying the idea.
CAA Co-Executive Director Cynthia Choi was included in the 2021 Bloomberg 50. list of people who changed global business.
Student advocacy inspired Supervisor Matty Haney to introduce a resolution, apologizing to San Francisco’s Chinese residents for the City’s history of racism and xenophobia targeting Chinese immigrants and AAPI communities.
More than half of states ended unemployment benefits programs early, hoping it would motivate more people to return to the job market. But for some populations, this tactic increased the financial burdens of unemployed people.
“Thinking about the effects of racial trauma on our community is sobering,” said Cynthia Choi, co-founder of Chinese for Affirmative Action. “The fact that it affects our daily routines and our mental health — the denial of your basic sense…
Covid-19 caused a disproportionate number of Asian-owned businesses in Southern California to close their doors and fire staff, according to a study published recently by the University of California, Los Angeles.