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 proficient…
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…
In it’s tenth year of grassroots community movement building, CUHJ (Communities United for Health and Justice) hosted the Fifth Annual People’s Summit at June Jordan School of Equity. Comprised of Coleman Advocates, Filipino Community Center, PODER, Bernal Heights and Chinese…
This past Wednesday, April 24th, CAA’s program team joined our Sacramento office to testify in support of State Resolution ACR50. Introduced by Assembly Members David Chiu and Eduardo Garcia, the measure calls on California’s workforce systems to broaden access to…
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Chinese Affirmative Action joined Bayan USA, Arab Resource and Organizing Center and other immigrant community organizations in a rally at SFO on Friday, April 19th on the one-year anniversary of the detention and deportation of Jerome Aba. Aba, a prominent…
Today we celebrated our multi-ethnic, multi-lingual immigrant communities with SFILEN – San Francisco Immigrant Legal and Education Network at our annual Immigrant Family Day! Immigrant Family Day is a rare opportunity for immigrant groups across San Francisco to come together,…
On April 10th, Chinese for Affirmative Action hosted “The Future of Asian Americans and Higher Education”, which featured a panel and reception at the Chinatown Campus of City College of San Francisco. The discussion included lessons from CAA’s decades-long struggle…
Today, all of us at Chinese for Affirmative are simultaneously heartbroken, horrified, and outraged by the terror attacks against New Zealand mosques. The families and friends of the 49 individuals killed have our deepest sympathies, and we express our deepest…
A panel and reception as part of Chinese for Affirmative Action’s 50th anniversary year to discuss college admissions scandals, the anti-affirmative action lawsuit at Harvard, and universal and tuition-free public colleges.
To Chinese for Affirmative Action, Jeff Adachi was not only a friend and ally but a true leader. He pioneered efforts to change the media representation of Asian Americans through his film projects, fought to end racism in the criminal…
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