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Noncitizen voting isn’t a brand new idea. White, landowning, noncitizen men were once allowed to vote in 22 states.
LGBTQ Asian and Pacific Islander Californians are part of a coalition of community groups and state lawmakers pushing to stem a tide of hate crimes against API individuals and others that has been rising since the start of the COVID-19…
San Francisco’s Superior Court revoked the right to vote in school board elections from non-citizen parents on Friday in response to Orange County lawyer James V. Lacy’s lawsuit against the city over three months ago.
Amos Lim As the parent of a 14-year-old student in San Francisco Unified School District, I pay close attention to the decisions and actions taken by the city’s school board. Like any concerned parent, I want the best for my…
The #SaferPlace campaign is one part of a larger push to recognize street harassment as a structural, institutionalized problem that demands a public response.
“Our history is also filled with incredible stories of resilience, of persistence, of determination, to fight for our basic rights,” said CAA’s Cynthia Choi. “This is a celebration of all the different ways in which our community has demonstrated that…
A new mural depicting important but unrecognized Asian American leaders is now on display in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Included in the mural is CAA Co-Executive Director Cynthia Choi.
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.