“Break the Silence”
Two AALDEF staffers will be speaking at the 1st Annual NYC Asian American Student Conference at New York University, in celebration of Asian American Heritage Month on Saturday, April 14.
AALDEF Staff Attorney Tushar Sheth will talk about immigrants rights after September 11, a
Monday, April 9 in Ann Arbor & Tuesday, April 10 in Detroit
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
in cooperation with
ACA/ Organization of Chinese Americans Detroit Chapter ACCESS Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services Asian American Center for Justice/American Citizens
NYT Diner’s Journal, March 26, 2007
https://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com
March 26, 2007, 2:46 pm
“The Real Cost of Takeout”
By Julia Moskin
New York runs on takeout and delivery, but the working conditions of the guys who actually show up with the food is something many New Yorkers prefer no
Agence France-Presse, January 23, 2007
“A Korean electrician who moved to America to start a new life only to be paid a pittance working long hours as a church janitor has won 32,000 dollars in overtime pay, his lawyers said Tuesday.
Despite working up to 30 hours overtime a week and regularly put
Yale University (New Haven, CT)
AALDEF Staff Attorney Khin Mai Aung and Voting Rights Public Education Coordinator Brian Redondo will be facilitating workshops at this year’s ECAASU (East Coast Asian American Students Union) Conference on Saturday, February 10th.
A full workshop schedule is availa
Just Between You and Me – and the NSA?
A Town Hall Meeting on Domestic Spying, NSA Surveillance, and the Rule of Law
Date: January 16, 2007
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Location: NYU School of Law, Lipton Hall, 108 W. 3rd Street
In 2001, President Bush issued a secret executive order authorizing warran
Jan. 25, 2007
The Pro Bono Committee of the
Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY)
in collaboration with the
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund and
Asian American Arts Alliance
Presents a free workshop on:
Legal Nuts and Bolts
of Becoming a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit
This
The Notion Blog, January 9, 2007
https://www.thenation.com/article/asian-americans-affirmative-action/
In response to NYT reporter Timothy Egan’s Jan. 7 article, “Little Asia on the Hill,” The Nation’s Richard Kim writes in his blog, The Notion:
“What Egan fails to note here is that, despite the
National Movement Grows as Immigration is Placed on Congressional Policy Plank
Statement
Philadelphia January 3 — The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and more than 60 human rights organizations across the country urge President Bush to issue an executive order that declares an immediate
By becoming a U.S. citizen you can vote, transmit citizenship to your children born abroad, obtain federal employment and certain state jobs, sponsor immediate family members to be lawful permanent residents, travel without obtaining reentry permits, hold public office, and serve on juries.
To down
As a Green Card Holder, “Legal Permanent Resident”, you may be able to receive many public benefits from New York State and the Federal Government. In some cases, you are entitled to receive these benefits under some circumstances without residency or work requirements. For other public benefits, th
Submitted for consideration on December 15, 2006, to the Chronicle of Higher Education
To the Editor:
The article Supreme Court to Revisit Key Affirmative Action Rulings in Cases Being Heard Today. (12/4/2006) contains two alarming inaccuracies.
First, the article misconstrues the law by stating
New York Times, December 13, 2006
“Troubled by what they call a proliferation of wage violations in New York, two dozen immigrant and worker advocacy groups want Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer to make the state’s Labor Department move more aggressively against industries with widespread violations. I
New York Daily News, December 10, 2006
“Eating at Daniel, the celebrity-filled four-star French restaurant on the upper East Side, will cost you a pretty penny.
It is, after all, an elegant and sophisticated place, and its owner, Daniel Boulud, is an award-winning chef who has become as famous as
The Massachusetts Superior Court has upheld an earlier decision by the American Arbitration Association ordering three veteran Lowell school teachers reinstated with full back pay, seniority, and benefits.
On Nov. 30, Justice Christine McEvoy ordered the Lowell School Committee to immediately compl
Dallas Morning News, November 16, 2006
“…According to the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Asian-American voter turnout was high for the midterm elections.
Margaret Fung, the New York-based fund’s executive director, said: ‘We are heartened by the growing Asian-American voter turno
Aired 6:30pm, on November 9, 2006, on Pacific Time on KQED-NPR
According to exit polls in eight states by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Asian Americans came out in greater-than-ever numbers in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Their votes had significant effects on some of the cou
A Toolkit for Grassroots Leaders
The anti-affirmative action ballot Proposal 2, proposed by out-of-state California businessmen, received a No vote of 42% and a Yes vote of 58% among all Michigan voters on Tuesday, Nov. 9th. But three in four of approximately 300 Asian American and Arab American vo
AALDEFs Election Protection 2006 efforts were made possible by many groups that mobilized volunteer attorneys, law students, college students and community activists.
National Co-Sponsors
Asian Pacific Islander American Vote
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
National Asian Pacific Ame
