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Asian American Voters Break For Obama
Posted on November 7, 2012 | 3 CommentsWashington, DC—Asian Americans voted for President Barack Obama in enormous numbers this election, according to the Asian American Election Eve Poll, a joint project of the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (National CAPACD) and Asian American Legal Defense and Education... -
Voting Resources for APAs
Posted on November 6, 2012 | No CommentsVoting Resources for the Asian and Pacific American community compiled by 18 Million Rising: Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund’s (AALDEF) voting rights fact sheets for voters and nonprofits in a range of states – some translated into Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean. AAJC and APIAVote... -
AAPI Leaders Across the Nation Endorse President Obama Uniting Support from Key Battleground States
Posted on November 2, 2012 | No CommentsBreaking news: Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) leaders from across the country are endorsing President Obama for a second term. This endorsement comes at a critical time in the election as the polls tighten. With 1 in 6 AAPIs living in battleground... -
Romney is the Future
Posted on October 31, 2012 | 3 CommentsThis election is about WHO WE ARE, WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE ARE GOING. As Filipino Americans, we came here in pursuit of the “American Dream”. Our beautiful culture and tradition, our home-grown values of hard work, and our God-loving beliefs and values are... -
Telltale Signs: FILAM VOTERS LEANING TOWARDS Romney?
Posted on October 25, 2012 | 2 CommentsAccording to the recently released poll conducted by the National Asian American Survey (NAAS), “among likely voters, 43% of Asian Americans support Barack Obama while 24% support Mitt Romney.” The same poll disclosed that “in a significant shift from prior surveys, Filipinos who identify as... -
Obama Has Come to Asian Americans’ Aid
Posted on October 24, 2012 | No CommentsSpending last week in Miami, it’s become crystal clear to me that Florida’s Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) vote is, and will be, the margin of victory in this year’s presidential election and the critical vote to reelect President Obama and move this country forward.... -
KAYA Applauds President Obama’s Efforts to Honor Filipino WWII Veterans
Posted on October 23, 2012 | No CommentsWASHINGTON, D.C.—On Wednesday, October 17th, the Obama Administration launched an Interagency Working Group to analyze the process by which Filipino veterans demonstrate eligibility for compensations. After hearing from many Filipino veterans who have been impeded from filing claims or believe their claims were improperly denied,... -
Pledge to Vote Today!
Posted on September 24, 2012 | No CommentsThere are approximately 18 million Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States, representing nearly 6% of the total population and growing faster than any other racial group. Despite that, Asian Americans remain one of the most politically under-organized, under-engaged and under-represented constituencies; only 55%... -
APALC Mobilizes Asian American Voters in Southern California
Posted on September 18, 2012 | No CommentsLOS ANGELES – In order to harness the untapped political potential of the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities in the Los Angeles area, the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, has launched the... -
Asian Americans and the U.S. Presidential Election Panel Set for Oct. 24
Posted on September 11, 2012 | No CommentsJoin Asia Society Northern California for a panel discussion of leading experts to explore the growing Asian American political landscape in the United States today and how this will impact the 2012 Presidential elections on Wednesday, Oct. 24 at Nixon Peabody located at 1 Embarcadero...