Since San Francisco’s shelter in place order has been implemented, CAA’s economic justice staff have remotely helped 130+ limited English proficient Chinese community members with accessing unemployment insurance and employment assistance. We want to highlight the experiences of three of…
In response to the alarming escalation in xenophobia and bigotry resulting from the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic, Asian Pacific Planning and Policy Council (A3PCON), Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) and the Asian American Studies Department of San Francisco State University have launched…
In mid-March, Chinese for Affirmative Action was honored to stand with dozens of community and civil rights leaders in the State Capitol to announce ACA-5.
Census 2020 has already begun, and is extended into October due to COVID-19. Our community’s ability to stay healthy and safe relies on fair and equal access to public resources especially during times of crisis. Census data will be used…
CAA celebrated #CensusDay the best way we know how – by getting out the count. For every person not counted in the #2020Census California risks losing up to $20,000 of federal funding for crucial public programs. In addition, an undercount…
In a downturn economy, CAA’s Limited English Proficient immigrant workforce clients are facing new and steep challenges. The economic reaction to COVID-19 has drastically reduced demand for service jobs especially the hotel positions CAA has traditionally helped clients apply for. …
Report COVID-19 Related Harassment, Discrimination, and Bigotry. CAA has teamed up with Asian Pacific Planning and Policy Council (A3PCON) to launch the STOP AAPI HATE Reporting Center. We are asking all those who have witnessed or experienced micro-aggressions, bullying, harassment,…
Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) was founded in 1969 to address historic and persistent institutional racism that systematically excluded Chinese Americans from major sectors of the labor market, denied us equal access to vital public resources and services, and obstructed…
Our first job fair of the year was a great success！ For the past two weeks, 22 of our workforce clients dropped in for a Census job fair as part of our weekly computer lab on Tuesday mornings. With the…
As part of Women’s History Month, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors has honored CAA’s very own Advocacy of Director Hong Mei Pang in addition to 10 other amazing women leaders. Hong Mei Pang received the honor from District 11…
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,…
This past Sunday afternoon, CAA staff welcomed in the winter season with 70 of our friends and family in the Chinese immigrant community. Taking place in the community space of the Chinatown YMCA, we cooked Tong Yun (Cantonese) or Tang…
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, and…