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June 2, 2022
CAA Press Statement
CAA Launches Chinese Language Fact Checking Website: PiYaoBa

Today, Chinese for Affirmative Action is excited to announce the launch of PiYaoBa which means “Let’s Fact-Check It.” PiYaoBa is the first Chinese language fact-check website to counter the spread of right-wing disinformation.

April 12, 2022
Press Statement
San Francisco Board of Supervisors Passes Resolution to Support No Place For Hate California

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a resolution to support a package of state legislative bills that seek to prevent the deep, pervasive culture of street harassment that vulnerable communities face daily throughout California. 

February 4, 2022
Chinese For Affirmative Action’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Decision to Grant Cert in SFFA v. Harvard

– Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) joined Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) and 31 other Asian American groups as co-amici in an amicus brief supporting race-conscious admissions at Harvard University.

January 28, 2022
維查·拉達納巴迪逝世一周年之後,政策倡導者們呼籲社區投資

社區安全與正義聯盟(CCSJ)表示,增加街頭外展,受害者總合服務和安全大使計劃的投資,可以預防未來的攻擊事件 今天,社區安全與正義聯盟(CCSJ)悼念我們社區的兩位亞裔長者維查·拉達納巴迪 (Vicha Ratanapakdee)和黃奕愛的逝世,也對無數傷害我們社區的悲慘事件表示哀痛,這些事件讓我們對反亞裔暴力、種族主義和仇外心理有了痛苦的認識。 社區安全與正義聯盟成立於2019年,以應對針對弱勢的亞裔美國人,包括非英語使用者和老年人的類似攻擊事件,這些事件是影響舊金山亞裔美國人社區安全的長期問題。我們的目標是通過建立一個具有理解受害者文化背景能力的全市性網絡,製定出優先照顧幸存者和我們的社區,並能預防暴力和采取幹預措施的項目,來解決暴力和種族不平等問題。 如今,我們都已見證了舊金山針對亞裔美國人的仇恨和暴力攻擊事件是前所未見的增長,我們必須比以往任何時候都更緊迫地採取行動。 我們呼籲參政者和政府領導人對我們的社區繼續進行投資,並支持深具同理心的,全面的解決方案。比如,增加對受害者進行總合服務,街頭外展和安全大使計劃( Ambassador Program)的投資,這些投資需要具有能夠理解受害者文化背景的能力。我們也進一步要求加強政策製定能力,以確保城市的政府代理機構在事件發生時能夠製定具有語言和文化理解能力的反應措施,並支持跨種族團結起來應對類似事件的項目和解決方案。 這些投資必須是跨種族的,並致力於解決系統性的種族主義——因為這是我們所面臨的這些傷害的根本原因。現在是時候讓我們城市的強大資源與我們社區的迫切需求相匹配了,只有這樣,我們的公共安全系統才能真正保證我們所有人的安全。 我們知道這些投資是有效的。自從我們的項目啟動不到一年以來,我們已經通過我們的街頭外展活動吸引了超過17000人,並與超過15個合作夥伴組織和機構建立了聯系,為超過70人提供了受害者服務,並舉辦了無數次專註於個人安全、如何降低或化解危機(de-escalation)術和旁觀者幹預的研討會。 我們的跨社區傾聽會和以社區團結為主題的系列活動給社區成員們創造了深度傾聽的空間,讓我們能夠以謙遜的態度深入傾聽彼此的經驗,確定我們的社區真正需要什麽,進而重新定義一個深具同理心的,全面的社區安全到底應該是什麽樣子。去年舊金山縣市的初步投資使這項工作成為可能,我們敦促市領導維持並進一步擴大資源,來繼續這項至關重要的工作。 我們意識到,今年的農歷新年是2月1日,也是「非裔歷史月」(Black History Month)開始的日子。社區安全與正義聯盟相信,當我們團結一致時,我們是最強大的,這就是為什麽我們致力於與非裔、原住民、拉丁裔和太平洋島民社區的合作,以實現我們的長期願景,阻止針對我們所有社區的暴力。 社區安全與正義聯盟的四個成員組織–華人權益促進會(Chinese for Affirmative Action)、華人進步會(Chinese Progressive Association)、社區青年中心(Community Youth Center)和華協中心(Chinatown Community Development Center)–在舊金山亞裔社區內工作和服務的基層經驗加起來有200年。幾十年來,我們已經建立了一個多種族社區建設和政策倡導的傳統,致力於為公民權利而奮鬥,並粉碎過許多試圖危害我們社區正義的企圖。 現在,我們團結起來,通過努力消除系統性的種族主義和培育一條所有人都能從種族主義中解脫出來的道路,再次加強著我們為永久的個人和公共安全而鬥爭的堅定信念。 您可以在 ccsjsf.org 了解有關社區安全與正義聯盟的更多信息。

January 28, 2022
Press Statement
SFUSD Special Election Offers Noncitizen Voters the Chance to Exercise Their Newfound Right to Vote

On Thursday, January 27, 2022, the Immigrant Parent Voting Collaborative (IPVC) held a virtual press conference in advance of the upcoming San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) special election, which will provide thousands of noncitizen parents the chance to exercise…

November 18, 2021
New Data Shows 1 in 5 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Have Experienced a Hate Incident in the Past Year

Stop AAPI Hate, a coalition co-founded by CAA, issued a national report that reports 10,370 incidents of anti-Asian and Pacific Islander hate between March 2020 and September 2021.

November 2, 2021
Press Statement
CAA Applauds Decision to Make Immigrant Parent Voting Permanent

CAA leads efforts to eliminate the sunset clause in the Immigrant Parent Voting Ordinance, which extends the right to vote in Board of Education elections permanently to immigrant families in San Francisco. 

August 5, 2021
CAA Press Statement
CAA Celebrates $21 Million in State Funding for EDD Language Access

CAA joined Assemblymember David Chiu (D-San Francisco) and the Asian Law Caucus today to announce new funding to ensure Californians with limited English proficiency (LEP) can obtain unemployment insurance (UI) benefits.

July 13, 2021
紐森州長簽署1.565億美元亞太裔公平預算案!

7月12日晚,加州州長 Gavin Newsom 簽署了加州 2021-2022 年預算,其中包括亞太裔公平預算案(API Equity Budget),該預算履行了州長解決針對亞太裔的種族歧視問題的承諾。

March 18, 2021
Press Statement
CAA Responds to the Attacks in Atlanta Area

We are mourning for those murdered so violently in Atlanta on Tuesday. We mourn for them, and we mourn with their families and loved ones. And we also grieve for our Asian American community, which has been traumatized by high…

March 11, 2021
CAA Applauds Biden Administration’s Decision Bringing An End To Trump’s Expansion of Public Charge

On March 9, 2021, Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) joined more than 500 immigrant rights organizations nationwide in celebrating the U.S. Department of Justice decision to end its defense of the public charge expansions introduced by the Trump Administration.

February 24, 2021
CAA/Stop AAPI Hate Press Statement
Stop AAPI Hate To Receive CA State Funding to Address Rising Anti-Asian Hate During COVID-19

The Stop AAPI Hate coalition and the UCLA Asian American Studies Center (AASC) have received $1.4 million in funding from California to support ongoing research and community programs that address rising anti-Asian hate and the broader impact of COVID-19 on…

February 23, 2021
CAA Press Statement
Immigration Advocates See In Biden’s First 30 Days in Office the Chance for Meaningful Reforms

San Francisco, CA — Just one month into the Biden-Harris administration, Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) joined immigration advocates from across the greater San Francisco Bay Area at a virtual roundtable on Tuesday, February 23, 2021, in praising the reversal…