Today, the ACP’s current rate of expenditure is roughly $500 million per month. Based on this and projected growth, funding for the ACP could be exhausted by Q2 of next year, if not sooner. Without adequate and sustained funding, millions of vulnerable Americans currently relying on the program would see their internet bill jump or be disconnected entirely, and Congress’ bipartisan $42 billion investment in broadband deployment will not meet the goal of universal broadband deployment and adoption.

As the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) discussed in their Digital Discrimination comments, small businesses in San Francisco’s Japantown experience an economic disadvantage compared to surrounding businesses because the businesses in Japantown “are limited to copper lines with a maximum capacity of 100 megabits/second”.

Democracy will not be denied. The movement to advance civil and human rights and to create equity and racial justice for our communities is a marathon, not a sprint. Often in the heat of the race, we can forget to celebrate our milestones, no matter how big or small they may be on the scales of justice. It is with this mindset that Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC invites you to read this annual report – focusing on the progress and accomplishments we have been able to achieve this year.

Our 2023 awards celebration will take place in-person in Washington, DC at the National Press Club on Friday, October 6, 2023!  Donate to support us in honoring the resilience of our community and sign up for our email communications to receive updates. 

This list includes all of our individual, foundation, corporate, and other community support. Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC gratefully acknowledges the numerous donations made in anonymity.

In defining the metrics of success for engagement for the Digital Equity Competitive Grant  Program, the NTIA should include the percentage of people who participated in digital equity  programs from an organizations’ base membership or audience, rather than just the raw number of people who participated.  Many Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) community  organizations that work directly with individuals and communities affected by the digital divide  are local, grassroots organizations that have a smaller but closely connected community

Today, in response to the FCC’s refusal to bring the Standard General - TEGNA transaction to a vote, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC, NAN, NUL, and UnidosUS released the following joint statement:

Today, a diverse caucus of the nation’s oldest and largest Civil Rights organizations have come together, with one voice, to make a simple demand of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission: Hold a full commission vote on Standard General’s acquisition of TEGNA.

In the context of a proposed acquisition of TEGNA broadcast stations by Standard General, recent statements have focused on the ethnicity of Mr. Soo Kim, the co-founder and managing partner of Standard General. Such media attention has become divisive and has distracted from substantive issues related to the transaction. 

On behalf of OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC,
and the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA), we submit our views on Docket No. 22-2
Re. “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Broadband Consumer Labels Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NPRM)”.