Category: News

September 9, 2014—Today, on the one-month anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, three leading Asian American civil rights organizations, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus (AAAJ-ALC), AAAJ-Chicago and AAAJ-Los Angeles, extend our condolences to the family of Michael Brown, who was killed exactly one month ago in Ferguson, Missouri.

To our valued community members, As many of you know, Asian Americans Advancing Justice—Chicago partnered with 33 community organizations to sponsor the Asian American Town Hall Forum on June 7th.  Almost 130 community members were in attendance as our community leaders passionately expressed their concerns regarding the abuse of Jianqing Klyzek at the hands of Chicago Police Department officers… Read more »

Asian Americans Advancing Justice on Scialabba v. Cuellar de Osorio: Supreme Court Ruling Will Break Up Immigrant Families WASHINGTON – Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice) decries today’s U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling in Scialabba v. Cuellar de Osorio (formerlyMayorkas v. Cuellar de Osorio), involving the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA). The Court has ruled that… Read more »

Asian American Community Members Demand Accountability from the Mayor’s Office and Chicago Police Department in Jianqing Klyzek Case CHICAGO-Over 100 Asian American community members gathered in Uptown on Saturday, June 7 in a Town Hall Forum to express their demands to representatives from the Mayor’s office, the Independent Police Review Authority, and the Chicago Police… Read more »

Asian American Community Hosts Town Hall Forum to Make Demands in Response to Jianqing Klyzek Chicago Police Department Brutality Case CHICAGO-On June 7 the Asian American community is coming together to host a Town Hall Forum around the Jianqing Klyzek CPD brutality case, a case that illustrates some of the harmful perceptions and treatment of… Read more »