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Jim Shee was driving to his birthday party in Phoenix on April 6, 2010 when a police officer pulled him over and asked him for his “papers.”
“I asked him why he had stopped me,’’ recalled Shee, a lifelong U.S. citizen of Spanish and Chinese descent who lives in Litchfield Park, Arizona. “He said I looked suspicious.”
During this presidential election year, APALC is working with a number of organizations across California to ensure that Asian American voters have full access to their rights, including their rights to language assistance under Section 203 of the federal Voting Rights Act. In jurisdictions covered by Section 203, voters with limited English proficiency have access to translated voting materials, such as voter registration forms and ballot materials, and bilingual election officials at polli
APALC is carrying out poll monitoring efforts during the June 5 primary election and the November 6 general election to make sure that immigrant and limited English speaking voters have adequate access to language assistance on Election Day. APALC trains volunteers and sends them to poll sites across Los Angeles and Orange Counties to check whether voters have proper access to translated election materials and bilingual poll workers.
By Yungsuhn Park
APALC Senior Staff Attorney
I was in middle school when I witnessed the violence and destruction of the Los Angeles Civil Unrest that began on April 29, 1992. When I returned home after school and turned on the TV, there was live news coverage of the Rodney King verdict and the anger and violence growing at the intersection of Florence and Normandie in South Los Angeles.
By Doreena Wong
Health Access Project Director
The Asian American community needs health care reform.
The facts speak for themselves: One out of six adults, and one out of 10 children lacks health insurance. For Koreans, the number jumps to almost one out of three. Asian Americans are twice as likely as non-Hispanic whites to have not seen a health professional in the last five years. As a consequence, many Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders suffer from health disparities such as disproportionately high rates of cancer (which is the leading cause of death in our community), heart disease, stroke and diabetes. We also account for the largest proportion of tuberculosis and chronic hepatitis B cases. Koreans are more than twice as likely as non-Hispanic whites to contract hepatitis.
Marvin Andrade joined the APALC family four months ago as our Leadership Development Director.
Tell us a little about yourself.
My family and I immigrated to this country as refugees from El Salvador in the early 1980s. We lived as undocumented immigrants for many years until 1987 when we adjusted our status through the 1986 Amnesty. I grew up in the San Gabriel Valley and was the first person in my entire family to graduate high school and then college. I attended USC with the help of scholarships and a full-time job, obtaining degrees in Political Science and International Studies.
Inside This Issue of Voice for Justice, APALC's Newsletter:
APALC Citizenship Work Expands Nationally
Message from the Executive Director
APALC’s Redistricting Campaign Influences Commission Maps
APALC Expands Services to Thai Community
Affiliate spotlight: Asian American Justice Center (AAJC)
Board Member Spotlight: Manisha K. Merchant
APALC Commemorates 12th Anniversary of Hate Crime Killing
Asian American Center for Advancing Justice Launches National Demographic Report
Defeating the Model Minority Myth: Education Equity for AAPI Students
Inside This Issue of Voice for Justice, APALC's Newsletter:
APALC and Partners Launch Redistricting Campaign
Message from the Executive Director
APALC launches first Vietnamese family law workshops in nation
APALC launches campaign for new citizens
Staff Spotlight: Kevin Barnes
APALC Challenges Central Valley Hospital Over English-Only Policy
Affiliate Spotlight: Asian Law Caucus
Julie Su appointed as state labor comissioner
Inside This Issue of Voice for Justice, APALC's Newsletter:
Census 2010: a Chance for the API Community to Count and Be Counted
Message from the Executive Director
APALC Co-Hosts Inaugural Advancing Justice Conference
APALC Celebrates its 26th Anniversary
APALC Leads Coalition in Filing Legal Brief Supporting Immigrant College Students
Mayer Brown Funds Public Interest Fellow
Dolly Gee Confirmed
Farewell to Aileen Almeria Louie
APALC Staff Honored for Outstanding Achievement
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