These stereotypes are part of Kalewa Correa, Hawaii and Pacific America at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, says tiki bars make him, Hawaiian, uncomfortable... ..…

FAWK was founded by award-winning artists Naomi Ko, May Lee-Yang, and Saymoukda Vongsay to combat the invisibility and dehumanization of Asian Pacific Islander American women. ..…

Labor participated in force New York City's Sept 20 march of quarter of million people, including 1199 SEIU, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, Communication Workers, New York State Nurses Association and Professional Staff Congress of City University of New York.. ..…

Due to structural inequities, women of color are impacted,   27 percent of Latina women of reproductive age, and 19 percent of Asian American and Pacific Islander women are enrolled Medicaid. ..…

Walker and colleagues analyzed data collected for 336,482 adults who participated in National Survey on Drug Use and Health, dividing the list along ethnic lines to include whites, blacks, Latinos, Asian or Pacific Islanders, American Indian or Alaska Native and those. ..…

Groups that have registered support for the measure include the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, Asian Pacific Islander Americans for Civic Empowerment, the Asian Pacific Islander Coalition of Washington and Asian Counseling and Referral Service... ..…

Additionally, Soros's Justice & Public Safety PAC donated $75,000 to New Virginia Majority, group that organizes within Latinx, African American, Asian American Pacific Islander, and youth communities, centering the leadership and demands of working class women of color.. ..…

Eddie Wong, co-founder of Visual Communications, the first Asian Pacific American media organization in the country, will highlight the visual dimensions of protest, and will moderate a conversation with Florante Ibanez, Miya Iwataki, Sandy Maeshiro, Tiffany Do, Frances Huynh, Sophia Cheng,..…

It's planet filled with aggression and provocation The Chinese are now aggressing in South China Sea as Pacific's American lake, is not it.. ..…

o opposition by 20 states and civil rights organizations, led by American Civil Liberties Union, the rule has been denounced by mayors, state lawmakers, governors and more including Pro-Choice Caucus and caucuses representing Black, Latinx and Asian Pacific American congresspeople.. ..…

The gathering was co-sponsored by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, National Partnership for Women & Families, Black Women’s Roundtable, Family Values at Work, UnidosUS, United for Respect, and the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance in conjunction with the..…

This law stems from the racist stereotypes that Asian-Americans do not value women and girls and that Black and Asian-American women ca not be trusted to make our own reproductive decisions, said Miriam Yeung, director of National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum in 2015. . ..…

Even more Asian-focused organizations exist, running the gamut from Asian American Dance Troupe to Task Force on Asian and Pacific American Studies.. ..…

We will not stand in the face of Congress permitting outdated laws that were put in place to control women of in our decision making, said Sung Yeon Choimorrow, director of National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum.. ... Intersections of Our Lives is collaborative of National Asian..…

South Lawn Open Press 55PM THE PRESIDENT delivers the keynote address at Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies 18th Annual Gala Dinner. ..…

CONTEXT May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in United. more.. CONTEXT May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in United States.. ..…

In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, NBC Asian America looks back at some of these political trailblazers. . ... He also established the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) in 1994 to ensure that federal legislation and policies reflect the..…

In response to China's militarization of disputed islands in the South China Sea, Pentagon announced Wednesday that China would not be allowed to take part in the large international naval exercise known as Rim of Pacific, or RIMPAC... American admiral slated to head the US..…

The gala, is being co-hosted by SF State's College of Extended Learning, Asian American & Pacific Islander Student Services, Dream Resource Center and Black Unity Center. ..…

In Texas alone, 1.2 Black, Latina, Asian American and Pacific Islander more TargetSmart. ... Latina and Asian American and Pacific Islander women have their voices heard, we joined together to conduct nationwide poll of women of color. ..…

The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO urges Congress to pass this act, and demands they reject hate and discrimination against Muslim, asylum seeking, and refugee communities.. ..…

Yamamoto Emerging Scholar Award from Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Faculty and Dissertation Prize from Law & Society Association. ..…

According to Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote organization, between 2000 and 2010, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have growth rate of 46 and 40 percent, respectively, well above the national rate of 10 percent.. ..…

With Milwaukee set to host Democratic convention, Democratic National Committee is counting in part on the region's fast-growing Asian American and Pacific Islander population to help them win back Midwest... Democrats and Republicans pitching their party platforms to..…

This demand was echoed by the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, Black Law Students Association, South Asian Law Students Association, Latinx Law Students Association, Muslim Law Students Association, Middle Eastern and North African Law Students Association, and Jewish Law..…

American Friends Service Committee . Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO . ..…

CBC members in Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus include Kamala Harris, Bobby Scott, Al Green, Barbara Lee, Gregory Meeks, Hakeem Jeffries, Marcia Fudge, Maxine Waters, Bonnie Watson Coleman, and of course, you, Madam CBC Chair.. ..…

The book is people's history of Pacific Islands of Micronesia since World War II, written by one of the region's most vocal critics of American in Pacific. . ... Aguon's book is introduction to story of abuse and resistance, whose relevance grows as the US eyes..…

around the turn of the century, American capitalists and cadre of jingoistic politicians, determined to make Pacific Ocean American lake. Native Hawaiians and other Pacific islanders suffered accordingly.  Spain bore the brunt again, losing Philippines to Uncle Sam  ..…

Sung Yeon Choimorrow is the director of National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum, the nation's only organization dedicated to building power with Asian American Pacific Islander women and girls. ..…

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islanders, American Indians or Alaskan Natives, and Asians are most likely to participate apprenticeship programs in West. ..…

Most notably, Japanese shot his plane down down on Sept 2, 1944 over the island of Chichi Jima in Pacific Ocean. American Legion was proud to present our highest award, Distinguished Service Medal, to President Bush in 1991. ..…

Indeed, anti-vaccine activities appear to be more of phenomenon, especially in Pacific Northwest and American Southwest .. ..…

The formation of Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance in 1992 was in providing voice for Asian Americans within the labor movement.. ..…

By partnering with groups such Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, Black Law Students Association and Latinx Law Students Association, Yale National Law Guild group hoped to attract attendees from across Yale and New Haven community. ..…

Indeed, anti-vaccine activities appear to be more of phenomenon, especially in Pacific Northwest and American Southwest ... ..…

Japan's World War I offers tantalizing glimpse of the rise of Asia- Pacific World. American financial might proved decisive for Entente victory. But Japan joined the war against Central powers August 1914, more than two and half years before U.S. ..…

* Washington, DC — This election, allied organizations across the movement launched American Election Eve Poll examining how African American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, Latino, Native American and White voters engaged in the midterm elections. ... ..…

Singh also serves as member the Asian Pacific American Media Coalition and on the advisory board of Prison Religion Project at Saint Mary's College of California. ..…

And Asian-Americans can make electoral difference, says Yeh, director of Asian-Pacific American Labor Alliance. ..…

The National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association and Asian American Psychological Association, for example, produce fact sheets and offer service providers technical assistance, interpreter, and clinical training.. ... *Authors note While Asian Americans..…

And no market is more important to our future than Asia Pacific region where our exports already support American jobs.. In Hawaii, I hosted leaders from across Asia Pacific, and we agreed to make it easier for American companies to do business overseas. ..…

He went to Yale and Harvard Law School, and White House said Bumatay is member of National Filipino American Lawyers Association, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association and Tom Homann LGBT Law Association.. ..…

Obama also won every segment of Asian American populations, including Vietnamese and Filipinos, by the nonpartisan groups Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote, the National Asian American Survey and Asian American Justice Center... ..…

It was live-streamed with participants from different parts of Australia, and Britain, Germany, India, New Zealand, Vanuatu in South Pacific and American cities, including New York, Miami and Detroit.. ..…

The aim of Pearl Harbor was to cripple American Pacific before the US joined the war, as Japanese would at some point. ..…

Glassman of ACLU, Mui Mui Hin-McCormick of the Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission, and Imam Khamis Abu-Hasaballah of the Farmington Valley American Muslim Center.. ..…

On Senate Tuesday, Buy American Act has been riddled with loophole after loophole, exception, such that the exceptions are now the rule... ..…