Asian Americans Advancing Justice - LA

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Press Releases

July 20, 2021
ASIAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS
 
CONDEMN JUDGE'S DECISION TO END NEW DACA APPLICATIONS
 
Congress must act now to provide a pathway to citizenship for all undocumented youth
July 14, 2021

Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice) congratulates its former Los Angeles-based Litigation Director Julie Su as the next Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor.  

July 8, 2021
COLLEGE ACCESS FOR ALL ACT AND COURSE RECOVERY SUPPORT PROVIDES NEARLY $550 MILLION IN STATE FUNDS FOR COLLEGE READINESS
 
State Budget Creates a More Equitable CA Public Education System  
 
April 21, 2021

Asian Americans Advancing Justice, an affiliation of five independent Asian American civil rights organizations, responds to the news of the guilty verdict in the case against Derek Chauvin, who murdered George Floyd nearly one year ago.

April 5, 2021

To increase access to quality care for California’s most vulnerable patients during the pandemic, Health Net awarded Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles (Advancing Justice – LA) a $90,000 grant to help enroll and increase outreach to Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in Medi-Cal managed care with a focus on...

April 1, 2021
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday additional action steps to respond to the growing number anti-Asian hate crimes and hate incidents, as well as ways to better protect the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities. Provisions of the announcement include instituting a multi-faceted Department of Justice...
March 22, 2021

The House passed the American Dream and Promise Act, HR6, which would provide a path to citizenship for DACA recipients, undocumented youth, the children of certain nonimmigrant visa holders, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) holders. The House also passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, HR 1603, a...

February 19, 2021

Health Net awards $1.965 million in grants to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC), Community Based Organizations (CBO) and clinic consortia in California to improve access to quality care and educate residents about Medi-Cal benefits 

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Our helplines prioritize assistance to low-income persons in the following areas of law: discrimination, family, immigration, public benefits, employment, housing, and civil rights. 

English: 888.349.9695
中文: 800.520.2356
한글: 800.867.3640
Tagalog: 855.300.2552
ภาษาไทย: 800.914.9583
Tiếng Việt: 714.477.2958

 

Our mission is to advocate for civil rights, provide legal services and education, and build coalitions to positively influence and impact Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders and to create a more equitable and harmonious society.