WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2021 -- LOS ANGELES, CA -- During the late evening hours of Monday, December 20, 2021, the Commission voted to approve the final Congressional, Senate, and Assembly maps, which can be viewed here. This marks one of the last steps of the redistricting process as the Commission is required to post these maps for 3 days before they will be final. By law, maps need to be certified by December 27, 2021, so they are unlikely to change. Once finalized, these maps will play a major role in the future of our communities and California politics for the next decade.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2021 -- LOS ANGELES, CA -- A coalition of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community leaders and organizations are joining together to raise concerns over California Citizens Redistricting Commission’s draft maps of the San Gabriel Valley (SGV). The draft maps split West San Gabriel Valley cities (WSGV) and East San Gabriel Valley (ESGV) cities with significant AAPI populations into multiple congressional districts. In these drafted commission maps, the AAPI community would face an uphill battle to elect a representative from their own community and reverse four decades of progress by community coalitions and partnerships.
A group of Cal State LA students convened in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo on Thursday, March 27, with a singular purpose: to prepare for a future of leadership and impact.
The meeting, organized through CAUSE on Campus at Cal State LA, is designed to bridge the gap between academic learning and the professional world by teaching the students leadership, civic engagement, and professional readiness through a lens rooted in ethnic studies.
記者劉子為╱聖蓋博市報導 2024-11-05 01:00 ET
11月3日，亞美政聯（CAUSE）在聖蓋博市Blossom Market Hall舉辦了亞太裔投票動員會（TOGETHER WE VOTE: AN API GET OUT THE VOTE FEST），希望透過社區活動提升亞太裔的投票意願。現場提供拍照、集郵、串手鏈等有趣的方式，讓亞太裔社區成員能了解投票的重要性，並互相交流和聯結。現場還設有選票投遞站，以便民眾投票。
CAUSE執行長Nancy Yap表示，此次活動除提供選票投遞外，還包括適合家庭參與的教育活動，CAUSE一直致力成為亞太裔選民的資源中心。「我們希望民眾看到，投票和參與公共事務可以是一項家庭共享的活動。」Yap提到聖蓋博市擁有大量亞太裔居民，選在這裡舉辦活動意在提醒社區成員選舉的重要性，並提供語言資源，幫助有需要的亞裔選民獲取相關資訊。
在談到亞裔社區面臨的挑戰時，Yap指出，語言障礙和資訊獲取困難使亞裔選民難以參與政治。她說，「投票方式已經改變了，現在不僅可以郵寄投票，還可以在投票中心直接投票，而且所有機器都支持多語言翻譯。但我們發現社區成員對這些變化了解不夠。」Yap希望透過活動加強宣傳，讓選民能夠接觸更多資訊。
CAUSE的高級傳播經理蘇法恭（Farrah Su）介紹了本次活動的創意設計，希望以趣味形式讓選民感受到投票與日常生活息息相關。活動設置了拍照站、繪畫及手鏈製作站等互動區域，完成所有活動即「集郵成功」。她還提到，即便郵寄投票方式已經普及，亞太裔選民通常偏好親自投票。CAUSE希望透過這樣的活動在選舉日前持續推廣，提升亞裔選民的參與率。
Improving the quality of translated voting materials, broadening government outreach to potential voters and increasing the number of in-person voting sites are key to boosting voter turnout among Asian Americans in Los Angeles, according to a newly published report from the UCLA Asian American Studies Center.
Asian-American community leaders and elected officials are coming together in support of a Los Angeles County proposal to give Asian Angeleños a voice when it comes to the county’s government while also cracking down on corruption.
A proposal to expand the Los Angeles county board of supervisors from 5 members to 9 and to create an ethics commission will make it to the November ballot.
"By wrapping this package of governance and ethics reform efforts, we know that bringing a package of reform will help to educate people. This isn’t just one change here or there but this is one package to bring broad sweeping change that increases diverse representation by communicating that with the community," said LA County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath.
Filipino community leaders believe the added board members would foster more engagement with residents and their local governments.
"There will be better service for residents, there will be more connections to the board of supervisors, there will be more opportunities for residents to make their voces heard," said Nancy Yap of the Center for Asian Americans United for Self Empowerment.
A proposal to expand the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has garnered support from Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) elected officials, who say that doing so could lead to the creation of a special district for the community.
Prominent AAPI congressmembers, Rep. Ted Lieu (CA-36) and Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28), joined county supervisors during a press conference on Thursday, July 18 to support a governance and ethnics reform package for LA County.
Some of L.A. County’s best-known Asian American leaders came out in strong support of a plan to expand the Board of Supervisors — and to get it before voters this fall.
Increasing the number of seats from five to nine will create potential for better representation and more diversity on the board, according to the group that includes Congress members Judy Chu and Ted Lieu, municipal leaders and heads of community organizations.
亞美政聯（CAUSE）2023大學生暑期領導力實習計畫（Leadership Academy）畢業典禮18日在聖蓋博舉行。今年共有14名實習生從該項目畢業，他們在畢業典禮上分享了參與該項目的經歷，表示受益匪淺。
今年實習計畫已是第30屆，亞美政聯創始人創辦人兼主席胡澤群（Charlie Woo）指出，今年有100多位申請人，其中14人憑藉各自特長入選。暑期實習共有九周，學生們每周全職工作五天，約40小時，其中兩天在亞美政聯洛杉磯辦公室，另外三天在加州、聯邦民選官員辦公室或亞裔權益非營利組織實習。因為這些大學生來自美國各州，為讓他們後顧無憂地在加州實習，亞美政聯提供每位實習生4000元生活補助。
就讀於洛杉磯加大的Emma Chen，生長於聖蓋博谷。在參加此夏令營之前，就在亞美政聯實習。她了解到該夏令營廣受好評之後，決定也來參加。她得以在國會眾議員劉雲平（Ted W. Lieu）辦公室實習。她說，參加該項目讓她看到更多可能性，很多前輩給了她未來在該領域繼續發展的啟發。
就讀於波莫那學院（Pomona College）的Angel Yuan是加拿大人，在加拿大高中畢業後來美國讀大學。她說，通過該夏令營，認識了很多人，讓她了解政治是
芝加哥大學華裔生Liam Chia對公共政策非常感興趣，他說，自己來自於亞裔社區，弟弟有唐氏症，在照顧他的責任中，慢慢體會到社會政策和政治影響的重要性。亞美政聯的暑期項目讓他有機會更深入地了解政治，建立相關領域的人脈。他在國會眾議員趙美心辦公室實習。
胡澤群在當天的畢業典禮上祝賀14位政治實習生畢業，他強調了傳承的重要性。他說，畢業生應不忘如今所得到的實習機會，在未來應回饋給下一代亞裔，如此傳承才可以讓亞裔社區更加壯大。
PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In recognition of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPIHM), East West Bank today reaffirmed its continued commitment to the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. As part of its second-year pledge to the AAPI Giving Challenge, East West will donate upwards of $6 million to key nonprofits and initiatives supporting the AAPI movement for inclusion, equality, and justice.
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