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Assessing Availability and Quality of Administrative Records for Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders: Introduction and Federal Database Analysis
The role of administrative records—defined as records collected by state, local, or federal government agencies for the implementation of programs—has grown substantially over the last several decades in the planning, implementation, processing, and quality measurement of the United States Census Bureau’s decennial census. Given this rising reliance on administrative records, and the Census Bureau’s current research into even deeper use of them in the 2030 Census, it is important that we understand the strengths and limitations of increased administrative records usage.
Amidst President Trump’s Two-Day Assault of Executive Orders, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC Reiterates Community Support
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Immediately upon taking office on January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders (“E.O.”) and proclamations, several of which threaten the immigration status, civil rights and human rights of Asian Americans and other communities. Additionally, the President rescinded a number of prior executive efforts to advance and protect equity, access to truth and ability to participate in civic engagement. Of the numerous rescissions and in a direct denial of our communities, President Trump rescinded E.O.
Advancing Justice | AAJC Supports Updated Standards for Collecting and Reporting Info on Student Race and Ethnicity
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC) appreciates the opportunity to comment in response to the notice published in the federal register on October 10, 2024 regarding the collection, use, and reporting of education data. Data reported in the Civil Rights Data Collection help us to understand students’ experiences in schools and whether all students, including students of color, English learners, and students with disabilities, have equal access to education, especially Asian American students.
On Friday, December 13, 2024, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC) and The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) hosted a virtual briefing to unpack how and why Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Americans voted in the 2024 election and what this means moving forward based on data from the 2024 American Electorate Voter Poll conducted by the African American Research Collaborative and BSP Research, which surveyed over 1,800 AAPI voters.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC and The Asian American Foundation to Host Virtual Briefing Highlighting What AAPI Vote Choices Mean for Policy Priorities in 2025 and Beyond
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, December 13, at 4:00 p.m.
Congress Must Support an Independent, Fully Funded Census Bureau
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WASHINGTON — Meeta Anand, senior director of the census and data equity program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, joined by Leadership Conference Census Task Force Co-Chairs Terry Ao Minnis of Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC and Arturo Vargas of NALEO Educational Fund, released the following statement in response to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability’s oversight hearing of the U.S. Census Bureau:
2024 American Electorate Voter Poll Provides Insight Into How Asian Americans Voted
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC joined 15 other national organizations in sponsoring the 2024 American Electorate Voter Poll, which was led by African American Research Collaborative and BSP Research.
2024 American Electorate Voter Poll Finds Voters of Color Heavily Concerned About Economy While Continuing Strong Support for Progressive Policies and Democratic Candidates
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Aquita Brown, Fahrenheit Creative Group, LLC, aquita@fcgworks.com, (601) 213-5284
David Ali, FGS Prospero, 2024electionpoll@fgsprospero.com
Jason Thompson, Fahrenheit Creative Group, LLC, media@2024electionpoll.us, (601) 213-5285
In March 2024, the federal government made significant changes to improve data collection on race and ethnicity that affect all federal agencies. One critical pillar of this announcement is making detailed reporting categories, such as Vietnamese, Samoan, Lebanese, and Mexican the default expectation for all federal data collections.