Racial Justice
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 Additionally, the President rescinded a number of prior executive efforts to advance and protect equity, access to truth and ability to participate in civic engagement. Of the numerous rescissions and in a direct denial of our communities, President Trump rescinded E.O.
Testimony: Hearing on “Promoting Opportunity: The Need for Targeted Federal Business Programs to Address Ongoing Racial Discrimination”
Government programs like the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) program, and those provided by the Minority Business Development Agency (“MBDA”), are essential for remedying past discrimination against racial and ethnic minorities, including Asian Americans, helping the American economy thrive, and reinforcing our democracy. These programs ensure that minority-owned small businesses are able to survive and thrive, benefitting not only the businesses themselves but the communities they serve and the nation as a whole.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Responds to the 2024 Election Outcome
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The nation’s largest network of AAPI civil rights organizations, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, jointly issued this statement today.
July 28, 2024
By Amy Qin
Ms. Harris, the vice president and likely Democratic nominee for president, is known widely as the first Black woman to be elected vice president.
But Ms. Harris, whose mother emigrated from India and whose father emigrated from Jamaica, is less known as an Indian American and Asian American. Asked to name a famous Asian American, only 2 percent of Americans said Kamala Harris, according to a
recent survey by The Asian American Foundation.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC Commends Decision Overturning Conviction of Dr. Feng “Franklin” Tao Under the ‘China Initiative’
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Thursday, July 11, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed former University of Kansas professor Dr. Feng “Franklin” Tao’s 2019 convictions of wire fraud and making a false statement related to work he did in China. Dr. Tao was charged under the now-defunct “China Initiative,” which supposedly aimed to combat Chinese espionage and research theft. The U.S.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC, Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote), AAPI Data, and AARP released the findings from their bi-annual Asian American Voter Survey, the longest-running survey of Asian American voters.
New Poll Shows Biden Leads Trump Among Asian American Voters, But Support Drops Eight Points Compared to 2020
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Survey of Asian American registered voters — a rapidly growing electorate, which played a decisive role in the 2020 election — conducted by APIAVote, AAPI Data, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC, and AARP
It's been 60 years since the 1964 Civil Rights Act was signed into law.
Across the country, civil rights groups, scholars and others have commemorated the landmark law with panels, comprehensive reports and rallies. Many have cited its impact and other federal laws that came in its wake, including one protecting the right to vote for all citizens and another banning discrimination in housing.
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The brutal killing of a Detroit man in 1982 inspires decades of Asian American activism nationwide
Two white autoworkers bludgeoned 27-year-old Chinese American Vincent Chin to death with a baseball bat during his bachelor party in Detroit in 1982, but his loved ones’ cries for justice fell on deaf ears.