Two Asian Pacific American organizations are setting up in-language hotlines for Asian American voters in the week leading up to the presidential election. The Asian American Press reports that […]
Tag: AAPI
Disney announces AAPI scholarship for college students
The Walt Disney Company announced Friday it will commit $500,000 to the Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund to support high-achieving AAPI college students. The funds will provide […]
#AllCACounts: CA governor signs AAPI disaggregation bill
A new bill signed into law by California Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday will require the state’s Department of Public Health to separate data it collects by ethnicity or […]
Trump announces Asian Pacific American advisory committee
Donald Trump announced his Asian Pacific American Advisory Committee Sunday, a day before he is scheduled to debate Hillary Clinton. Guam Gov. Eddie Calvo and Northern Mariana Islands Gov. Ralph Torres will […]
New data model finds Asian American registered voters have doubled in number
Of 18.5 million Asian Americans in the United States, 7.2 million – double the 3.2 million previously identified – are registered voters, researchers with the AAPI Victory Fund and […]
LA Asian Pacific American female lawyers to celebrate milestone
Join the celebration of a milestone achieved by Los Angeles Asian Pacific American women in law – 100 of them now partners in the city’s firms – inside Southwestern Law […]
How Asian history may be influencing the AAPI gun control stance
In the wake of the deadly June mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub that left 50 dead and 53 injured, several organizations collaborated to survey the Asian American community […]
CA bill to expand ‘Asian American’ definition advances to Assembly
On Tuesday, the California Senate unanimously passed a bill that would require state agencies to collect more data on Asian American Pacific Islander subgroups, after it was revised to […]
Divided views on CA bill that would expand definition of ‘Asian American’
AB 1726, the Accounting for Health and Education in API Demographics (AHEAD) Act that would require California agencies to collect more data on groups under the label “Asian American,” has […]
HBO launches first film competition for AAPI directors
HBO has put on a film competition for Asian American Pacific Islander directors for the first time. HBO Asian Pacific American Visionaries invites short films by APAs that tell […]
Muslim Awareness Month brings together Muslim, Sikh, South Asian groups for discussion
With August 2016 declared as the first-ever Muslim Awareness Month in California, leading civil rights organizations will unite for discussions on Muslim, Sikh and South Asian American communities and […]
AAPI advocates recognize DACA fourth anniversary
Asian American advocate groups recognized the fourth anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program this week. “It is important to recognize DACA because this program has […]
Four presidential campaigns address AAPIs at historic election forum
An unprecedented presidential election forum for and by Asian American Pacific Islander groups set the stage for the campaigns of four parties to address the AAPI community inside the Colosseum […]
Study: Korean Americans are the heaviest smokers among Asian groups
A disparity exists between certain racial and ethnic groups when it comes to cigarette smoking prevalence, according to a new study released by Center for Disease Control and Prevention […]
Bill Clinton, Gary Johnson to speak to AAPIs at election forum
Friday will mark a first for national Asian American and Pacific Islander groups when former President Bill Clinton – on behalf of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton – and […]
