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Representative Patsy Mink declares the formation of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus in 1994. Asian/Pacific American (APA) or Asian/Pacific Islander (API) or Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) or Asian American and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) is a term sometimes used in the United States when including both Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Republican efforts to court AAPI voters have ramped up in recent years, he added, due in large part to the fact that “Asian American voters tend to have weaker party identification.”
The Asian American and Pacific Islander Policy Research Consortium (AAPIPRC) focuses on critical policy issues facing the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. . Conceived of as part of the White House Executive Order 13515 (2009) (Increasing Participation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Federal Programs) [1] the consortium supports, promotes, and conducts applied social ...
From parades to performances, AAPI Heritage Month is full of opportunities to learn more about the AAPI community. In a speech on April 30, President Joe Biden reflected on the importance of AAPI ...
The White House on Monday released the names of 23 people tasked with advancing “equity and opportunity” for Asian Americans.
Thirty-four LGBTQ AAPI organizations from across the United States are members of NQAPIA. Two are national organizations. Most LGBTQ AAPI organizations are located in areas with large populations of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. The largest population centers are in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Greater Los Angeles Area.
A political group is usually especially beneficial to the parties concerned during and immediately after elections – due to characteristics of the electoral systems concerned (e.g. allowing each party to clear electoral thresholds) and/or allowing parties to participate in the formation of a government after elections.
Driven in part by lived experience as two first-generation Asian Americans who grew up in large AAPI communities, Times journalists turned to Census data to quantify the size and ethnic diversity ...