by Vân Huynh, NAPABA Law Foundation Community Law Fellow
The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) kicked off its annual Convention in New Orleans on Nov. 5. As the 2015-2017 NAPABA Law Foundation’s Community Law Fellow, I was fortunate enough to attend the three-day extravaganza, rubbing elbows with some of the most brilliant attorneys in the United States who also happen to be Asian American. (more…)
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November 19, 2015
CONTACT: Brandon Lee
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago
773-271-0899 x200
blee@advancingjustice-chicago.org
ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE CONDEMNS COMMENTS JUSTIFYING INTERNMENT CAMPS
LOS ANGELES – As Asian American civil rights organizations, we condemn the statement of Mayor David Bowers of Roanoke, Virginia, in which he cites the mass incarceration of “Japanese nationals” during World War II as rationale for his decision to bar Syrian refugees from Roanoke. (more…)
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November 19, 2015
CONTACT: Brandon Lee
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago
773-271-0899 x200
blee@advancingjustice-chicago.org
U.S. must stay on course to admit Syrian refugees, not cave to xenophobic fear mongering
Advancing Justice submits statement to Congress in support of admitting Syrian Refugees
WASHINGTON – Asian Americans Advancing Justice today submitted written statements to both the U.S. House Judiciary and U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committees in support of the United States admitting Syrian refugees.
The United States’ willingness to accept 10,000 new Syrian refugees, which is far fewer compared to the number other countries have admitted, is being met with brutal backlash since the attacks in Paris, Beirut and Baghdad. Twitter feeds and news reports have blamed Syrian refugees, while governors from more than a dozen states say they won’t help resettle Syrian refugees in their states. (more…)
Read MoreBy David Lee, Community Journalism Intern
My parents have never voted.
But it’s not that they don’t care. My dad sits behind the wheel of his truck and my mom painstakingly cleans nails, abiding by the law and our country’s industrial spirit. They’ve done so everyday for more than 30 years, when they first became naturalized citizens.
But they don’t speak English and don’t even think about registering to vote because it is too complicated of a process. (more…)
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November 3, 2015
CONTACT:
Brandon Lee, 773.271.0899 x200, blee@advancingjustice-chicago.org
Kenny Fuentes, 212.966.5932 x208, kfuentes@aaldef.org
Brett Schuster, 202-775-9555 x2, BSchuster@napaba.org
OVER 160+ ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER GROUPS FILE AMICUS BRIEFS IN SUPPORT OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Fisher v. Texas Case a Second Time
Los Angeles – Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice), the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), have filed three separate amicus briefs urging the nation’s highest court to uphold University of Texas at Austin’s (UT-Austin) affirmative action policy. (more…)
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