AAPI Run: David Kim, Candidate for Congress, CA-34
What is your full name?David Kim What office are you seeking?I am running for Congress in California’s 34th District. The…
Tag: California
AAPI Run: Godfrey Santos Plata, Candidate for CA State Assembly, District 53
Godfrey Santos Plata is endorsed by Run for Something, which recruits and supports talented, passionate young people who advocate for progressive…
AAPI Run: Alex Lee, Candidate for CA State Assembly, District 25
Once again, a record number of Asian Americans and a growing number of Pacific Islanders are running for public office…
California Poised to Restore Affirmative Action After Nearly 25 Years
Nearly 25 years ago, California voters passed Proposition 209, a state constitutional amendment that barred public institutions (such as public…
BREAKING: California Legislators Introduce Bill to Reinstate Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity For All
Nearly 25 years after ballot measure Proposition 209 ended race- and gender-conscious affirmative action in the state of California, several…
California Formally Apologizes to Japanese Americans for WWII Incarceration
The California State Assembly voted unanimously today to pass a bill that formally apologizes for its role in the WW2…
CA Secretary of State Building to be Renamed for March Fong Eu
California’s first female Secretary of State and the first Asian American woman publicly elected to a state constitutional office, March…
BREAKING: California Governor Signs AAPI Data Disaggregation Bill Into Law
Following years of tireless advocacy work by AAPI advocacy groups, California has signed a critical data disaggregation bill into law.…
California’s Proposed Bill to Disaggregate AAPI Data Significantly Weakened in New Amendments
After months of increasingly vitriolic debate that divided the AAPI community, California Assembly Bill 1726 (AB1726) was significantly amended on…
California Turns Down Opportunity to Receive Federal Money to Disaggregate AAPI Data
Southeast Asian American and Pacific Islander advocates have said that data disaggregation is one of the core civil rights issues…
All Californians Deserve To Be Counted: Why Data Disaggregation Matters for AAPIs | #AllCACounts
The AAPI community is a big tent that encompasses people whose backgrounds span over forty different Asian and Pacific Islander…
CA Gov. Jerry Brown Vetoes #AAPI Data Disaggregation Bill
(H/T K. Ramakrishnan) Yesterday, California Governor Jerry Brown took a stance against the ethnic disaggregation of state-collected Asian American and…