Fact Sheet
Asian Americans Against Warrantless Surveillance is a coalition led by Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC, Asian American Scholar Forum, Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), and Stop AAPI Hate. The coalition joins over 60 Asian American and allied organizations to call on Congress to oppose the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) without comprehensive reforms.
Digital security is a critical line of community defense. This document offers best practices for securing your personal digital safety through steps that cover your engagement in both digital and physical spaces.
You can also refer to our toolkit to help keep your organization secure here.
As community organizations continue to face limited access to language resources— exacerbated by federal funding cuts—many have turned to artificial intelligence (AI) for translations in order to provide necessary services to the communities they serve. While AI translations have improved within recent years, they are still imperfect. Reliance on AI translations can lead to adverse and unintended consequences, particularly if used with interactions with the criminal legal or the immigration system.
Defending Equal Opportunity Programs Against Threats of False Claims Act Liability: What You Need to Know
In a clear attempt to pressure private companies, schools, nonprofits, and other federal grantees and contractors to end their diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility programs, the Trump administration has announced plans to investigate and pursue fraud claims under the False Claims Act (FCA), a law first created in 1863 to tackle fraud in government contracts.
At Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, we work to promote educational equity for the nation’s diverse Asian American communities and to protect the civil and human rights of all students and families. Strong, fully funded public schools play a vital role in promoting equity for children and equipping them to grow into future leaders.
At Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, we work to promote educational equity for the nation’s diverse Asian American communities and to protect the civil and human rights of all students and families.
Recently, there have been renewed threats to strip undocumented children’s right to access K-12 public education. This would directly impact an estimated 181,200 Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) K-12 students.
Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in a Time of Uncertainty: What Employers Need to Know
Talent is everywhere. From the hardworking mother who developed skills on the job to the rising star graduating from a lesser-known college to the homegrown leaders who just need the opportunity to shine, the best people can be found in both expected and unexpected places. Broad recruiting efforts, hiring practices that focus on job-related skills and address bias, mentoring programs, and other initiatives can help organizations find the best people and ensure they thrive in the workplace.
Download fact sheets and a printable Know Your Rights card with Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) by clicking on the links below for useful information English learner ("EL") students, their families, and their communities need to advocate for their rights.
In its July 29, 2025 memo, rife with misrepresentations, the U.S. Department of Justice aims to chill colleges and universities from pursuing lawful activities that aim to advance racial equity, dismantle barriers to educational opportunity, and strengthen our campuses and our country as a whole. The memo implies that a college admissions essay prompt about an applicant’s lived experience, or their experience overcoming obstacles, may be unlawful because it “advantages those who discuss experiences intrinsically tied to protected characteristics” like race or gender.
What You Need to Know: The Department of Justice’s “Guidance for Recipients of Federal Funding on Unlawful Discrimination”
In another effort to carry out the Trump administration’s anti-equity agenda, on July 29, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued “Guidance for Recipients of Federal Funding on Unlawful Discrimination” (the Memo) to all federal agencies. The Memo claims to prohibit diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility efforts by organizations that receive federal funding, state and local governments, and public and private employers.