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In the United States, South Asian Americans have had a presence since the 1700s, emigrating from British India.Classically, they were known as East Indians or Hindoos (regardless of whether they were followers of Hinduism or not) in North America to differentiate them from the Native Americans, who were also known as Indians, as well as from Black West Indians.
Healthcare reform advocacy groups in the United States are non-profit organizations in the US who have as one of their primary goals healthcare reform in the United States. These notable organizations address issues such as universal healthcare , national health insurance , and single-payer healthcare .
In July 2021, the Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act, which was led by Asian Americans Advancing Justice and The Asian American Foundation was signed into law, making Illinois the first state in the US to require all public schools to teach a unit of Asian American history. The legislation went into effect starting ...
Shien Biau Woo became the first Asian American statewide officer in the Northeast, when he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Delaware in 1984. Leana Wen, prominent Asian American and public health leader, currently Commissioner of Health in Baltimore. David Wu, first Taiwanese American U.S. Representative (D-OR) Lily Wu, mayor of Wichita, Kansas
The White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI) was a United States governmental office first created on June 7, 1999, under the Clinton Administration that coordinated an ambitious whole-of-government approach to advance equity, justice, and opportunity for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AA and NHPIs).
South Asian Muslims in the U.S. make up the largest percentage of all Muslim Americans, a group that has long expressed solidarity with Palestinians and disappointment with Biden’s handling of ...
In 2020, President Joe Biden won 69.6% of the Asian American vote, with 76% of Indian Americans voting for him, perhaps inspired by Harris on the ticket, according to a study by Loyola Marymount ...
Prerna Lal was born on 14 December 1984 in Lautoka, Fiji.Growing up, Lal attended Nehru Memorial Primary School and St Joseph's Secondary School, Fiji.When the government of Fiji was overthrown in a militant coup in 2000, Lal's family decided to emigrate to the United States. [3]