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Asian Americans for Equal Employment was formed in 1974 after a successful fight to include Chinese American workers in the construction of Confucius Plaza. It was involved in protests the following year after Peter Yew, an engineer, was beaten by police in Chinatown. [6] 20,000 picketers went to the New York City Hall under AAFE's leadership. [7]
The Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) community is the fastest-growing racial group in the country. [1] The AAPI community grew 46 percent from 2000 to 2010 and will more than double to over 47 million by 2060. [2]
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 ...
There is no bad time to be an ally, but amid Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month -- May, in the U.S. -- there's no better time to reflect on the work you're doing to support Asian ...
In October 2007, AAAF Board members Gautam Dutta and Caroline Fan started its blog. On May 31, 2008, the DNC awarded the AAAF blog team press credentials, one of only two Asian-American blogs, along with Sepia Mutiny, to receive them. [2] On June 10, 2008, Kelly Hu was the emcee of the AAAF's annual fundraiser. [3] [4] [5]
Since 1957, 41 Asian Americans have been elected as U.S. Representatives and 9 as U.S. Senators. Hawaii was the first of four states to send an Asian American to the Senate (1959) and Illinois is the most recent state to elect a senator of similar descent for the first time (2016).
AAPI members in government and politics have also made significant progress despite barriers, such as representative Ted Lieu of California, who became the first Asian American to be elected vice ...
Name Image Term Ethnicity State Party Offices held Kamala Harris (1964–) 2021–present: Indian American: California: Democratic: Harris, who is half Indian American, [8] became the US' first female vice president, the highest-ranking female elected official in U.S. history, and the first African-American and first Asian-American vice president.