Chinese for Affirmative Action

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Chinese for Affirmative Action is a progressive voice for AAPI communities, advocating for immigrant rights, language access, and racial justice. caasf.org

CAA's Vincent Pan tells Al Jazeera: “It’s easy to distance ourselves when we think it’s just pages in a history book,” said Pan. Community projects like the mural and the statue, he added, can help keep Wong's legacy alive. www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...

How Wong Kim Ark’s legacy reignited the fight for birthright citizenship

Sandra Wong did not know her great-grandfather growing up. But his legacy would catapult her into the public eye.

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‼️ NEW MURAL IN SF CHINATOWN ‼️ This new artwork depicting Wong Kim Ark, Frederick Douglass, and Chinese immigrants from the 1800s can be seen on the corner of Grant and Sacramento. Made in collaboration with CHSA, this mural represents Chinatown's history of activism, past, present, and future!

Authoritarians attack institutions—the media, the courts, universities—when those institutions refuse to do their bidding. Those that stand their ground are often punished. While many ⚖️ law firms chose to cut deals with Trump, Perkins Coie chose a different path. It refused to bend the knee.