BY MAI NGUYEN DO
Excerpt from The SEAD Project’s statement on the murder of George Floyd: “As an organization based in North Minneapolis working with our Southeast Asian diaspora, we know the historical trauma and social oppression that’s used as a divisive tool between our marginalized communities. We need self-reflection, course correction, and internal healing in order to understand how …
BY CHRIS PHAN, APIAVOTE
How do you work in local communities as a national organization? How do you navigate when and where your support is needed? National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse (NAPAFASA) is a national organization that is nearly 30 years old, and throughout their 30 years, they’ve addressed substance use in multiple cities and states, and …
BY CHRIS PHAN, APIAVOTE
Asian Services in Action (ASIA) was founded in late 1995 in Ohio when a handful of social and healthcare workers noticed the enormous gaps between newly arrived immigrant and refugee communities and their challenges in integrating in the United States. ASIA first began as an after-school program to assist with cultural integration, led by social workers, …
BY CHRIS PHAN, APIAVOTE
“ARISE has affected me extremely positively when it comes to my growth both work wise and internally. Through ARISE I have learned how to be more open minded, was taught that my voice holds as much power as anyone else, and recognized that my compassion and empathy for others is not a weakness.”
Symone Burrell, ARISE
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BY YANG SAO XIONG
As Asian Americans gear up for what some anticipate will be one of the most consequential, most contentious presidential elections in U.S. history this November, it is important to consider which individuals within the Asian American electorate are most up for grabs.
Surprisingly, Hmong Americans are a group that stand out in terms of fitting this …
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May 1, 2020
More than 80 Nonprofits and Philanthropic Partners Launch #GiveInMay
Giving Campaign to mark 30th Anniversary of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
In 1990, the federal government officially recognized May as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), expanding the weeklong celebration begun in 1978 to celebrate the contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders …
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April 15, 2020
Given all that is happening to our communities right now, from the spike in hate crimes to the economic struggles of many in our community, the need to boost philanthropy to support the work of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) nonprofits is more urgent than ever.
While the impact of the coronavirus …
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January 30, 2020
2020 Census and Beyond: Planning and Visualization Tool for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have been the fastest growing racial groups in the country, and the 2020 Census is expected to show continued rapid population gains. At the same time, the Census Bureau’s research has also shown that …
BY STEPHANIE DEMORA AND KARTHICK RAMAKRISHNAN
Andrew Yang has shot to the top of the Asian American money race, while Booker has faded from view. Those are the latest findings from our analysis of campaign contribution data to Democratic Party candidates from the beginning of 2019 through the third quarter.
Recall that, in our first-quarter analysis of campaign contributions from …
BY KARTHICK RAMAKRISHNAN, SUNNY SHAO, AND JANELLE WONG
New findings from a study of California’s diverse Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) population reveals that while little attention has been paid to the economic vulnerabilities of this population, nearly one-out-of-four (23%) of AAPI Californians report working and struggling with poverty. And those working and struggling with poverty are much more likely …
