2019 was a year of struggle and strength for immigrants and people of color. Across the country, the Trump Administration continued its relentless attack against the safety, civil rights, and basic dignity of our most vulnerable community members. At CAA,…

CAA staff and community cook tong yung and soup together during our winter solstice community event. This past Sunday afternoon, CAA staff welcomed in the winter season with 70 of our friends and family in the Chinese immigrant community. Taking…

Census 2020 implementation is underway. In addition to continuing our advocacy work on language access to remove barriers to Census participation, CAA’s advocacy team engaged with government to formulate strategies, conducted speaking engagements, amplified our work through media briefings…

The CAA economic justice program welcomed a new cohort of its Hospitality Vocational Training Program (HVT) program. Since 2013, CAA has worked with Chinese Progressive Association and City College of San Francisco to lead Chinese immigrant jobseekers through a 3-month…

Since September, CAA has joined monthly meetings organized by the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) to discuss Census 2020 implementation strategies alongside Census Bureau staff, the San Francisco Office of Immigrant Affairs and Civic Engagement (OCEIA) and other immigrant-serving…

CAA is now hosting a weekly drop-in computer lab for workforce development clients and others to acquire new digital skills, apply for jobs online, and get support on basics like browsing the web. CAA staff are available to provide language…

This Monday, CAA hosted a community press conference denouncing a political campaign ad that leveraged racial stereotypes that attack current Mayor London Breed. The billboard prompted a swift response by San Francisco representatives, City Officials, and community-based organizations. The press…

Today, we joined the Census Bureau to give a presentation at the offices of Chinatown Community Development Center (CCDC) to highlight strategies to address key barriers to hard to count communities from accessing Census 2020. This past workshop is part…

This Friday, we joined Ethnic Media Services at the offices of the World Affairs Council to speak on how the youth and children will be affected by Census 2020. CAA Advocacy Director, Hong Mei Pang joined representatives from Children’s Partnership,…

Assemblymember David Chiu calling on the US Census Bureau to restore language access on the paper forms. Today we joined with San Francisco Board of Supervisors, California State legislators, and other community leaders to call on the Census Bureau to…