Chinese for Affirmative Action and partner community organizations gathered media to provide information related to immigration and public benefits impacts of changes to “public charge” rules. Leaders shared critical information and resources on how immigrants should respond when accessing public…
Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) hosts a press conference with public agencies and the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, and denounced the Trump Administration’s most recent attacks on low-income immigrant families through changes in “public charge” rules. Advocates and public officials…
CAA presented remarks on Census language access in a regional Census convening organized by the San Francisco Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs (OCEIA). Key stakeholders, including the California Census Office, the California Complete Count Committee, philanthropy, local leaders…
Following the recent mass shootings in Gilroy, El Paso, and Dayton, CAA Co-Executive Directors send the below message to CAA supporters and stakeholders:”Once again we mourn. Once again we are not surprised.We mourn because we are pained by the loss…
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…
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 along with other advocates led to critical levels of support to augment federal Census 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…