This past month, CAA joined Chinese Progressive Association (CPA)’s rally in San Francisco Chinatown’s Portsmouth Square to kick-off community outreach and education initiatives for the upcoming 2020 Census. Chinatown Tenants Association, SRO Collaborative and AAJA-ALC also joined the rally to…

CAA’s budget advocacy efforts culminated in a victory today– San Francisco Board of Supervisors (unanimously) adopted the City’s budget that includes full restoration of funding for the Immigrant Parent Voting Collaborative (IPVC) to continue its essential community outreach and education…

The citizenship question has finally been slashed from the 2020 Census but reduced language accessibility on the paper forms will pose a severe challenge to a full and complete count. “Denying broad access to paper versions of the census —…

Thank you to everyone who celebrated with us at CAA50 Celebration of Justice at the Westin  St. Francis hotel last month! This year’s Celebration of Justice brought together over 600 community leaders, activists, corporate supporters, elected officials, and organizational partners…

Chinese for Affirmative Action and Asian Prisoner Support Committee (APSC) submitted a joint letter in support of a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Community Ambassador Pilot Program as a community safety alternative aimed at decarceration and restorative justice. In response…

This past weekend, the Trump administration launched nationwide immigration enforcement operations seeking to conduct large-scale detention and deportation of immigrant communities. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations have been confirmed in neighboring areas such as Santa Clara, Contra Costa and…

Assembly Member Phil Ting speaks during Census Press Conference, 4/1/19. Watch the full clip here. With an office in Sacramento, CAA is uniquely positioned to advocate for community needs through statewide policy. In the recently completed California budget, our efforts…

Chinese for Affirmative Action debuts Our Intergenerational Stories: home, an exhibit featuring the personal narratives of 7 working-class Chinese immigrant families on Sunday, July 7, at 41 Ross. CAA partnered with San Francisco Arts Commission, Chinese Culture Center, and community…

Important funding is at stake for our City to continue supporting community-based organizations that provide community education and outreach to immigrant families, who recently won a new right to vote through the San Francisco Unified School District’s (SFUSD) School Board…

This past Monday, CAA and our community leaders joined the California Immigrant Policy Center's Immigrant Day of Action which saw immigrant-serving community-based organizations across California coming together to build power and advocate on four pressing policies:

For a full video of our testimony, you can find the fully archived video here (starts at 14:40).Since the passage of Language Access Ordinance, San Francisco city departments must provide translated materials and services in language to limited English…

On May 15th, Chinese for Affirmative Action hosted “From Non-English Language Pathways to School Desegregation: What’s Next to Ensure Education Equity for All?” which featured a discussion and reception at the Chinese Culture Center. Public officials and community leaders in…