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PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION November 4, 2014 Contact: Tuyet Le TLe@advancingjustice-chicago.org 773.271.0899 x201 ADVANCING JUSTICE CALLS ON CHICAGO BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO KEEP POLLS OPEN CHICAGO – Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Chicago calls on the Chicago Board of Elections to keep Election Day Registration sites open past the scheduled 7:00pm closing time. For… Read more »

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION October 22, 2014 Contact: Andy Kang akang@advancingjustice-chicago.org 773.271.0899 x222 Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Chicago and the PAVE Coalition Releases 2014 Gubernatorial Candidate Questionnaire Bruce Rauner Fails to Respond CHICAGO – On October 22, Asian Americans Advancing Justice—Chicago (Advancing Justice—Chicago) and the Pan-Asian Voter Empowerment (PAVE) Coalition released their 2014 Gubernatorial Candidate… Read more »

PRESS RELEASE Nation’s Largest Asian American Civil Rights Group Adds First Affiliate in U.S. South FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Sept. 26, 2014 CONTACT Ling Woo Liu (415) 939-6050 lingl@advancingjustice.org ___________________________________________ Washington, DC – To better serve the rapidly growing Asian American and Pacific Islander population in the U.S. South, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, the national… Read more »

  YES YOU CAN: Action for Immigration Reform The Asian American community calls on President Obama to take action on immigration and keep our families together! Join us tonight (Thursday, September 25) at 6:00pm in front of the White House (Pennsylvania Ave side of Lafayette Square Park, southeast corner)

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.