The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) and The Sikh Coalition released their third report in five years today documenting bias-based harassment of Asian American students in New York City public schools. The new report, “One Step Forward, Half a Step Back,” reveals that the c
Statement of
Jerry Vattamala, Staff Attorney,
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Before the
Presidential Commission on Election Administration
Pennsylvania Convention Center
1101 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
September 4, 2013
Good afternoon, my name is Jerry Vattamala and I a
New Report Shows Increase in Reported Bullying of Asian Students in NYC
Press Briefing, September 5 at 10am
Groups release new student data on bias-based harassment of Asian American students in NYC public schools and school anti-bullying measures
New York, NY — The Asian American Legal Defense a
August 30, 2013 — The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) and the Asian Pacific American Bar Association (APABA) of Pennsylvania filed an amicus “friend of the court” brief in the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s restrictive vo
The Southern Poverty Law Center announced that five more lawsuits have been filed this week against Signal International LLC, accusing the shipbuilder and its network of recruiters and labor brokers of trafficking 500 Indian guest workers to the United States and forcing them to work under barbaric
Groups to File DOJ Complaint on Failing Language Services in New Orleans Schools
Press Conference August 2 at 10am
Asian American and Latino families to hold New Orleans school district accountable for ineffective ESL services and language access systems
New Orleans — The Vietnamese American Youn
July 30, 2013 — President Barack Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, and other senior administration officials met yesterday at the White House with several civil rights leaders, including Margaret Fung, executive director of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), to discus
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) has joined an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold aggregate contribution limits in the lawsuit McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission (FEC).
Under existing campaign finance laws, there is a $2,600 limit on donations
WASHINGTON–Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice) and Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) jointly submitted testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Wednesday hearing titled, “From Selma to Shelby County: Working Together to Restore the Protections of the V
Following the historic U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) has joined the ACLU of New Jersey and several civil rights groups in filing an amicus brief in support of marriage equality in Garden St
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights urging both federal agencies to investigate the racial harassment suffered by 14-year-old Milena Clarke, an Asian American
Board Fails to Provide Translated Ballot Required under Federal Law
Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) sued the NYC Board of Elections (“the Board”) for failing to comply with the language assistance provisions (Section 203) of the federal Voting Rights Act.
On Oct
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-AAJC (Advancing Justice-AAJC) (formerly known as Asian American Justice Center) criticize the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Section 4, the coverage mechanism of Section 5 of the Vot
Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), joined by Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) leaders and students, applauds the U.S. Supreme Court for reaffirming in a 7-1 decision the value of diversity in higher education in Fisher v. UT-Austin. Earlier this year, AALD
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) is releasing land use data on New York City’s Chinatown, as a preview of its forthcoming three-city study of Chinatowns and surrounding areas in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia.
“We have assembled data on the make-up of small busines
June 17, 2013 — Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) applauds the U.S. Supreme Court for striking down Arizona’s Proposition 200, the state’s restrictive new voter registration law, in a 7-2 decision in Arizona v. ITCA. Earlier this year, AALDEF filed an amicus brief
In May, AALDEF filed an amicus brief before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Ollier v. Sweetwater Union High School District along with the National Women’s Law Center and 19 other civil rights organizations. The case concerns several questions concerning equal treatment of women and girls in
Good government groups issued this statement today voicing their strenuous opposition to S.4088-B (Golden/No Number Yet in the Assembly), a bill that would authorize the New York City Board of Elections (City Board) to use mechanical lever voting machines in and for any non-federal elections. The bi
Montgomery, Alabama – The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today announced an unprecedented collaborative effort by several of the country’s most prestigious law firms to prosecute, on a pro bono basis, multiple human trafficking lawsuits against Signal International, LLC and its network of recr
Raise Our Story: A Collection of Photographs and Stories of Undocumented Asian Youth
RAISE (Revolutionizing Asian Immigrant Stories on the East Coast), a pan-Asian group of undocumented Asian youth, is launching Raise Our Story, a social media collection of photographs and stories that illustrate t
