News India Times - On June 3, 2021, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) sued the City of Hamtramck, Michigan for failing to comply with the language assistance provisions (Section 203) of the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA).
The AALDEF complaint alleges that Rahima Begum, o...
City Fails to Provide Translated Voting Materials and Interpreters Required under Federal Law
On June 3, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) sued the City of Hamtramck, Michigan for failing to comply with the language assistance provisions (Section 203) of the federal Votin...
We remember our war dead today– those who lost their lives in the act of duty.
I don’t intend to diminish that.
But most of us don’t have a direct personal connection to those men and women of valor.
There’s a good chance, however, we may know someone who died in the current “war,” the American C...
A year since George Floyd’s death, one is tempted to look for progress in the fight for police accountability. But only if you’re hopelessly optimistic. For the realists, any report card of progress would make one a bit delusional.
Yes, within a year, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin...
The next RAISE and AALDEF virtual immigration clinic will take place on Thursday, May 27 at 6 pm ET. Get the latest updates on DACA, Dream Act Immigration bills, and more. We will also do virtual screenings for initial DACA requests. Register here: tinyurl.com/maydacaclinic.
For more information, c...
Hallelujah for the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act? Of course. Now if it would only reduce hate crimes.
But let’s stay positive for a moment. Yes, a legislative response for once is a good one. Offered up previously and then shelved, Atlanta was the catalyst to finally make it all work. Rep. Grace Meng an...
Volunteers Needed to Defend Asian American Voting Rights for the June 22 Primary Election in NYC
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) will dispatch attorneys and volunteers to survey voter problems and the availability of language assistance by conducting a nonpartisan multi...
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) is a national organization founded in 1974 to protect and promote the civil rights of Asian Americans. Over the last 47 years, we have focused on economic justice, immigrant rights, housing and environmental justice, educational equity, an...
AALDEF and other members of the Voting Rights Working Group released the following statement in response to voter suppression measures introduced in several states:
As a nation, we have a shared commitment and responsibility to protect the voices and the rights of American voters. Our systems of de...
Past the midway point of May, one must ask: Is our Heritage Month half-full or half empty? It all depends. We’ve done our part if most of us have started calling it by its new official name: Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Read my last column on how Native Hawaiians ...
AMNY - Organizers combined safety education and fun family events to create an exciting day of activities in Chinatown during the first AAPI Care Fair on May 15.
Two young activists have spent the last several months striving to ease the minds of vulnerable members of the AAPI community during a sh...
CNN - Imagine getting through this pandemic without Zoom. Or not having any days off work, toiling seven days a week with no overtime pay.
Asian Americans have improved the lives of fellow Americans in countless ways. But some of the biggest contributions don’t end up in history books.
Here’s how ...
Let me begin with a minor mea culpa before we get to the heavy duty one.
If you haven’t noticed, this month is Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AANHPIHM), formerly known as APAHM, or Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
To show how woke you are, go ahead and correc...
Daily Beast - Members of Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Ocala, Florida, were busy prepping for an early morning Saturday Mass on July 11, 2020, when a white minivan sped through the parking lot, jumped the curb, and crashed through the doors. . .
Macchiaroli, who vetted potential hate-crime char...
Paper - In the past year, since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s been a rise in violence against Asians. But more people have been coming together to help #StopAAPIHate and protect Asian lives. And now with the celebration of AAPI Heritage Month, more platforms are providing opportuni...
Here’s the pressing existential question so far this Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2021: Does America love Arthur Gunn more than Dibesh Pokharel? Or would it rather have Pokharel over Gunn? You know how America loves a gun. Answer like your AAPI life depends on it because it does.
But first...
Asian Americans can thank Sen. Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) for his unwitting gift to all Asian Americans.
We aren’t the model minority anymore.
He is.
In the official GOP response to President Joe Biden’s Joint Speech to Congress, Scott offered up his childhood growing up with a single mother in...
Newsweek - More Asians voted in the 2020 presidential race than in any election in history, according to a new report released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. . .
The group played a role in Biden’s victory, according to exit polls conducted by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund...
With Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland” and Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari” competing in the best director and best picture categories, and with actors Steven Yeun and Yuh-Jung Youn nominated, I was hoping the Oscars would have a slightly more Asian American flavor.
But–and I say that purposefully–the 93rd Academ...
The next AALDEF and RAISE virtual immigration clinic will take place on Thursday, April 29 at 6 pm ET. AALDEF attorneys will share latest updates on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Dream Act immigration bills, and conduct initial DACA screenings.
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/ap...
