California AAPI Progressives’ Voter Forum
Originally shared September 2020
“The more you can zero in on the community you’re most engaged with, the place you reside in, your impact will be truly felt on a local level. Civic engagement is a tool to disrupt the status quo. Direct action too.” — Deep Singh, Jakara Movement
We’re teaming up with progressive AAPI organizations across the state to discuss how civic engagement strategy can complement grassroots organizing and to learn about the racial and economic justice initiatives that are on the California ballot this year.
Tune in on Tuesday, September 29th, 5:30–7:30pm to learn more about these statewide initiatives, discuss local city + county initiatives in localized breakout rooms, and get plugged into opportunities to help our AAPI communities get out the vote!
“We can show that regardless of what someone has been through in life, that people still care about them and will fight for what is right.” — Van Huynh, a formerly incarcerated activist.
Voter Forum Co-Hosts
Asian Pacific Environmental Network is an environmental justice organization with deep roots in California’s Asian immigrant and refugee communities.
API Equality LA builds grassroots community power in API LGBTQ communities in the greater Los Angeles area through community organizing, advocacy, and public education.
Chinese Progressive Association educates, organizes and empowers the low income and working class immigrant Chinese community in San Francisco to build collective power.
Empowering Pacific Islander Communities advances social justice by engaging Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities through culturally relevant advocacy, research, and leadership development.
Filipino Advocates for Justice advocates for immigrant, worker and civil rights and seeks to help the most vulnerable in the community navigate the challenges and hurdles of life in the US.
Hmong Innovating Politics strengthens the political power of Hmong and disenfranchised communities through innovative civic engagement and strategic grassroots mobilization.
Khmer Girls in Action builds a progressive and sustainable Long Beach community that works for gender, racial and economic justice led by Southeast Asian young women.
Pilipino Workers Center organizes the low-wage Pilipino community in Southern California to demand better living and working conditions.
South Bay Youth Changemakers connects high school youth in the South Bay Area interested in social justice.
VietRISE advances social justice and builds power with low-income Vietnamese and immigrant communities in Orange County.
