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Founded in 1972, the Asian Law Caucus (ALC) is the United States' first legal aid and civil rights organization serving low-income Asian-Pacific American communities. [2] The ALC focuses housing rights, immigration and immigrant rights, [3] labor and employment issues, student advocacy (ASPIRE), [4] civil rights and hate violence, [5] national security [6] and criminal reform.
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) is a New York-based national organization founded in 1974 that seeks to protect and promote the civil rights of Asian Americans. By combining litigation, advocacy, education, and organizing, AALDEF works with Asian American communities across the country to secure human rights for all.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California (AJSOCAL) formerly known as Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles (Advancing Justice LA), is a non-profit legal aid and civil rights organization dedicated to advocacy, providing legal services and education and building coalitions on behalf of the Asian Americans, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (NHPI) communities. [1]
Hate crimes on the Asian community have increased by 150 percent over the course of 2020, data shows.
Nearly 3,800 incidents of hate crime or discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders were reported between March 2020 and February 2021. 11 ways to support Asian American, Pacific ...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that $10 million will be given to organizations supporting Asian American communities disproportionately affected by the pandemic.
Stewart Kwoh (born September 16, 1948) is an American attorney, educator, and civil rights leader. Kwoh is the founding President and Executive Director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles, formerly known as the Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California (APALC). [1] [2] [3] [4]
Following the passage of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, representatives from Central American Resource Center (CARECEN), Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) now known as Asian Americans Advancing Justice, [3] Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice, and Dolores Mission and other voluntary agencies and local legal service ...