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Kulkarni, executive director of the AAPI Equity Alliance, Cynthia Choi of Chinese for Affirmative Action, and San Francisco State University professor Russell Jeung came together in 2020 after a Los Angeles teen of Asian descent was assaulted at school.
Ark was celebrated in an event in San Francisco’s Chinatown on Monday. His descendants, including Sandra Wong, were sitting in the front row as event organizers educated the crowd about him.
Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), collaborated with the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, Chinese Culture Center, Chinese Historical Society of America, API Legal Outreach, API Civil Rights Network, and numerous other organizations to make the Born in the…
A panel that included representatives from social justice organizations such as Tsuru for Solidarity, Chinese for Affirmative Action and the San Francisco Labor Council drew parallels between Trump’s anti-immigration policies and the injustices Japanese Americans endured years ago.
“They are coming after all of us. And do not let them divide you. If you think you are safe because you are a citizen or you speak English, you are sorely mistaken. They are coming after every single one…
Multiple Japanese organizations and leaders are uniting to denounce this act, including Japanese Community Youth Council, Asian Pacific Islander Outreach, Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity, Tsuru for Solidarity, KOHO Creative Collective, SF Public Defenders Immigration Unit, Bay Area Day of…
“We really want people to continue to learn about the legacy of birthright citizenship and to become an advocate with us.”
A rally was held Thursday in San Francisco to denounce the Alien Enemies Act invoked by President Donald Trump.
Sooji Nam reports on Japantown community activists speaking out against the use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 by President Trump.
“They are coming after all of us and do not let them divide you,” said Annie Lee of Chinese for Affirmative Action. “If you think you are safe because you’re a citizen or you speak English, you are sorely mistaken.…
Attorney Carl Takei of the Asian Law Caucus discusses the origins of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, as well as the impact it had when it was last implemented during World War II to incarcerate non-citizens of Japanese, German,…
Members of the Japanese American community were joined by other area leaders to condemn the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act on immigrant groups.