Racial Justice
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Blasts Racist Political Advertisement in West Virginia
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Mourns Loss of Senator Daniel Akaka
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Washington, D.C. — April 6, 2018 — Asian Americans Advancing Justice mourns the death of Senator Daniel Akaka, who served in the House and Senate for three and a half decades. After being hospitalized for months, he passed away early this morning in Honolulu. He was 93.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five civil rights organizations, releases the following statement:
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Demands Apology from Secretary Zinke for Ignorant Remark Directed at Congresswoman Hanabusa
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Washington, D.C. — March 16, 2018 — Today, Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice) called for U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke, to issue a formal public apology to Representative Colleen Hanabusa for his inappropriate use of the Japanese language in response to her question about preserving funding for memorials recognizing the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans.
William Otis, adjunct professor at Georgetown Law School and former member of the Bush administration, was announced as one of President Donald Trump’s nominees for the U.S. Sentencing Commission — a bipartisan agency that dictates federal sentencing guidelines — earlier this month.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Condemns Anti-Chinese Statements and Join Demand for a Meeting with FBI Director
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Washington, DC —March 1, 2018 —On February 13, 2018, during a U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, FBI director Christopher Wray made broad allegations that “professors, scientists, and students” of Chinese heritage in the United States are a threat to U.S. economic and national security.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five civil rights organizations, releases the following statement:
Dear Mr. Wray,
There’s a term being used frequently by the White House and others that is both incorrect terminology and outright derogatory. Likely you will hear the term “chain migration” when President Trump delivers his State of the Union speech.
In an open letter to the news media, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC is asking them to please refrain from using this term in their news segments about immigration reform. You can download a copy of the full letter below.
Advancing Justice Condemns President’s Racist and White Supremacist Comments
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Washington, DC — After an announcement that a group of bipartisan Senators had struck an immigration deal, Senators Dick Durbin and Lindsey Graham met with the administration to discuss the agreements reached.
The Advancing Justice Conference
The Advancing Justice Conference will take place Wednesday, April 11 through Friday, April 13 at the Hyatt Regency Washington in Washington, D.C. The Advancing Justice Conference is the largest national conference focusing on civil and social justice issues as they affect Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Learn more about the event or contact
DUCKWORTH, HIRONO ANNOUNCE LEGISLATION TO ENSURE NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENTS LIKE JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNMENT ARE NEVER REPEATED
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – On the anniversary of the widely-condemned Korematsu Supreme Court decision that led to the internment of thousands of Japanese Americans during World War II, U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) intend to introduce the Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2017 to prevent similar civil and human rights travesties from happening on U.S. soil ever again. Their legislation is named in honor of the late U.S. Congressman Mark Takai from Hawaii for his long-time leadership on this issue prior to his passing.