Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) launched its Twenty10 Project initiative, with the release of the first set of multilingual educational materials about Census 2010. The fact sheets provide basic information about the importance of the Census, including a general t...
Flushing, NY – A coalition of Asian American organizations is hosting a community forum for the upcoming 20th New York City Council District election, focusing on important issues for the Asian American community in Flushing. Candidates John Choe (D), Evergreen Chou (G), Yen Chou (D), S.J. Jung (D),...
AALDEF NJ-AALP Opens Its Doors to Asian American Residents with Employment and Immigration Questions
On July 12, AALDEFs New Jersey-Asian American Legal Project (NJ-AALP) will formally open the doors to its new office on 89 Market Street, 8th Floor in Newarkthe Asian American Legal Defense and Educ...
Decision Rejects Arizona ‘s Argument That School District’s Compliance With The No Child Left Behind Act Sufficiently Protects English Language Learner Civil Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, remanded Horne v. Flores to lower federal courts, which must review additional factors to con...
Filipina Immigrant Worker Overcomes Employer’s Diplomatic Immunity Claim
New York, NY — The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) announced that a former United Nations (UN) ambassador from the Philippines is not protected by diplomatic immunity in a Filipina worker’s civil lawsu...
Case Study Shows How Dismantling Large Schools and Replacing Them with Small Schools Reduce Programs, Services and Options for ELLs
New York City — Advocates for Children of New York (AFC)and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) released a report today that illustrates how E...
AALDEF’s Multilingual Exit Poll of 16,665 Asian Americans in Eleven States Reveals Voting Preferences, Party Affiliation, Key Issues of Concern, and Need for Language Assistance
Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) released detailed findings from its nonpartisan multi...
AALDEF Demands That Dongari Restaurant Keep Its Promises and Pay Its Workers
Newark, NJ — The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund’s (AALDEF) New Jersey- Asian American Legal Project (NJ-AALP) announced a settlement on behalf of two Korean waitresses against Soo Moon Nam Jib Restaurant–t...
Restaurant Owners Refuse to Pay Months of Unpaid Wages to Their Workers
Fort Lee, NJ — The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund’s (AALDEF) New Jersey-Asian American Legal Project (NJ-AALP) and former Dongari employees protested outside of Dongari Restaurant today on Main Street in Fort L...
Honors student previously disciplined for protesting English Language Learner testing
New York, NY — In a welcome but abrupt about face, Storm Lake School District has reclassified Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) client Lori Phanachone as English proficient and restored her...
Storm Lake School District violates earlier assurance that honors student’s membership is safe
New York, NY — Directly violating earlier written assurances, the Storm Lake School District in Iowa has revoked the National Honor Society membership of Laotian American student Lori Phanachone, after th...
Honor student deemed an English Language Learner for declaring Lao as her home language
New York, NY — The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), which is representing Iowa honors student Lori Phanachone, has called for the removal of all references to disciplinary action from he...
AALDEF brief demonstrates how Asian Americans continue to face voting discrimination
New York, NY — Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), a 35-year old national civil rights organization, filed an amicus “friend of the court” brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf ...
AALDEF highlights need to preserve equal educational opportunity for Asian American and other English Language Learner students
New York, NY — The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), along with 23 youth groups and education advocates representing diverse localities and ethnici...
New York, NY — The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) and Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) applaud the California Appellate Court’s decision to uphold the Berkeley Unified School District’s student diversity plan. On March 17, 2009 in [American Civil Rights Foundation v. Be...
New AALDEF Report Presented to Congress
Washington, D.C. — The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), a 35-year old New York-based civil rights organization, today presented Congress with a new report detailing obstacles faced by Asian American voters in eleven states and the Dis...
Newark, NJ — The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) New Jersey – Asian American Legal Project (NJ-AALP)today announced a $30,000 settlement for unpaid overtime wages on behalf of “Ms. Shin,” a food preparer who worked at Jin Go Gae restaurant in Palisades Park, NJ.
“Overtime l...
New York — The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), today filed a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court on behalf of Chinatown and Lower East Side residents, small business owners, and community groups that are challenging the East Village/Lower East Side rezoning and its negative i...
New York — Asian American voters favored President-Elect Barack Obama by a 3-1 margin and supported other Democratic candidates in the November 2008 elections, according to an exit poll released today by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF). The 11-state multilingual exit pol...
New York, NY — On Thursday, March 26, 2009, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) will present its 2009 Justice in Action Awards to New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristofand Sheryl WuDunn, Pulitzer Prize-winning co-authors and human rights activists; Sandra Leung, Senior...
