Ann Arbor News, November 6, 2006
“Affirmative Action Does Help Asians”
To the Editor:
Carl Cohen’s claim, in his Nov. 1 Other Voices essay, that affirmative action benefits blacks and Latinos to the detriment of Asian Americans is baseless and irresponsible. Affirmative action, in addition to hel
Outlook is the biannual newletter of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund. To receive every edition of Outlook in the mail, please consider an AALDEF membership.
Click to read the FALL 2006 EDITION as a PDF.
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Jewelry Factory Worker Awarded
$70,000 in Back Wag
“Tracked in America: Stories from the History of U.S. Government Surveillance,” a newly launched online documentary, marks the most comprehensive effort to examine the history of surveillance in America. Featured on the site are the personal stories of 25 individuals affected by surveillance and six
The New Jersey Asian American Legal Project (NJ-AALP) is an initiative of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) to address the unmet legal needs of Asian Americans in New Jersey.
Although there are over half a million Asian Americans living in New Jersey, few resources are av
Join us for an informational session on Tuesday, September 26th to discuss:
Recent incidents in Edison and impact on South Asian community
Exercising your civil rights and accessing benefits as an immigrant
Policies and laws affecting immigrants locally and nationally
Legal resources and service
Venue: The Nave of the Riverside Church in New York City
490 Riverside Drive
New York, New York 10027
212-870-6700
6:30 p.m.
Breakthrough: building human rights culture and Mission and Social Justice of The Riverside Church present:
Why Cant America have Human Rights?
A Public Forum to streng
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) has launched a new Youth Law Project offering resources and legal representation to Asian youth and youth groups.
What issues do we focus on?
Fair treatment in public education, including:
Discrimination by school officials
School di
Volunteer Sign-Up Forms Now Available Online
In past elections, Asian Americans have faced a series of barriers in exercising their right to vote. For example, poll workers were rude, hostile, or racially discriminatory, poll sites had too few interpreters and so Asian American voters were turned a
PRESS CONFERENCE & RALLY WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 12 NOON @ GROUND ZERO (corner of Liberty St. & Church St.)
TRAINS: Fulton St.: 2/3/4/5/J; Broadway/Nassau: A/C; Cortlandt St.: R/W; World Trade Center: E
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WE DEMAND that the government make reparations and immediately:
ADMIT that gov
The Queens Museum of Art presents
Suitcases on Tour: Chanika Svetvilas & the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)
a program of Fatal Love ’06
Saturday, August 19, 2006
3:15 p.m.
Within the performance/installation Suitcases on Tour, red, orange, and yellow plexiglass suitcas
New York Times, August 18, 2006
“The civil rights leader Andrew Young, who was hired by Wal-Mart to improve its public image, resigned from that post last night after telling an African-American newspaper that Jewish, Arab and Korean shop owners had ‘ripped off’ urban communities for years, ‘sellin
Volunteers from the Lehman Brothers will partner with AALDEF on July 22 in Flushing, Queens, to educate Asian Americans about their legal rights and to register new voters. Asian American communities often do not have access to free, in-language legal advice, and represent an emerging electorate as
Where: Silk Road Mocha, 30 Mott Street
Fee: suggested $8/general admission; $5/AALDEF member
RSVP: Please call MoCA at (212) 619-4785
The RSVP list is currently full. To be placed on the waitlist, please call (212)619-4785.
Golden Venture tells the story of four Fujianese immigrants who came to
On June 13, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) submitted to Congress a comprehensive report on the Voting Rights Act, in which it finds that voters continue to face pervasive racial discrimination, harassment, and institutional barriers in the electoral process.
AALDEFs re
New York Times, May 27, 2006
“…Mr. Sensenbrenner said he would continue to reject President Bush’s call for a compromise because he believed that the president, who supports a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, remained out of touch with the public.
…Other advocates for immigrants critici
San Francisco Chronicle, May 26, 2006
“The Senate—including a majority of Republicans—voted resoundingly Wednesday to move toward passage of a sweeping overhaul of the country’s immigration laws.
The 73-25 procedural vote tested the strength of the Senate coalition backing a path to legalization f
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund Families for Freedom Immigrant Communities in Action Make the Road by Walking
After almost two months of taking to the streets, it is clear that we, as immigrant communities, can be a relevant force in influencing the immigration debate. Unfortunately
Dear AALDEF friends and supporters,
As you may know, the Senate is poised to pass immigration legislation that would radically alter our immigration system and deplete human rights standards in the process.
The content of the lead Senate bill, Hagel-Martinez (S. 2611), is inconsistent with AALDEF’
