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Renaming of Chinatown Library for Historian Him Mark Lai to be Considered Next Thursday
[ July 15, 2010; 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm. ] San Francisco, CA — The San Francisco Public Library Commission will hold a community hearing next Thursday, July 15, 4:30 p.m., at the Chinatown Branch Library, 1135 Powell Street, on whether the library should be renamed the Chinatown/Him Mark Lai Branch Library in honor of the celebrated Chinese American historian who passed away in 2008. Continue reading
CAA Applauds Supervisors Avalos, Chiu, Chu, Mar, Maxwell, and Mirkarimi for Their Firm Commitment to Providing Language Access to City Residents (Press Release)
San Francisco, CA – Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) applauds Supervisors Avalos, Chiu, Maxwell, and Mirkarimi for approving $400,000 to improve citywide translation and interpretation services during yesterday’s Budget Committee meeting. CAA also commends Supervisors Carmen Chu and Eric Mar for including the translation budget in their “add-backs”, paving the way for the Budget Committee’s decision yesterday. Continue reading
Language Rights Advocates Join City Supervisors in Calling for Stronger Language Access Laws (Press Release)
City residents and community organizations are urging the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to adopt legislation which would strengthen existing City policies on language access and improve services for the City’s language minorities. Chinese for Affirmative Action and Mujeres Unidas y Activas joined Supervisors David Chiu and David Campos at City Hall this morning to ask the Rules Committee of the Board of Supervisors to pass the legislation when it’s voted on tomorrow. Continue reading
Local Asian American Leaders Come Together to Support Workers’ Rights (Press Release)
San Francisco, CA – Local Asian American leaders called on Senator Diane Feinstein to support critical workers’ rights legislation pending in the Senate. The legislation, known as the Employee Free Choice Act, gives workers a fair and direct path to form unions without the fear of being fired, help employees secure a contract with their employer in a reasonable period of time, and toughen penalties against corporations who violate their workers’ rights. Continue reading
Local Asian American leaders come together to support workers’ rights (Media Advisory)
Press conference with Supervisor Eric Mar supporting the Employee Free Choice Act. Continue reading
Leading Asian American Coalitions Express Severe Disappointment Over Supreme Court Decision to Uphold Proposition 8 (Press Release)
The California Supreme Court today ruled in a 6 to 1 decision that the initiative process in California can be used to strip away fundamental rights from a minority group that has historically been subject to discrimination. Continue reading
City College Trustees to Consider Resolution to Increase Local Hiring (Media Alert)
The CCSF Board of Trustees will consider a resolution to enforce and define good faith efforts towards the hiring of local San Francisco residents for the construction of the new, permanent CCSF Chinatown/North Beach campus. The resolution will be considered at the regular board meeting on Thursday, March 26, at 6 pm at the CCSF Ocean campus. Continue reading
Asian American Leaders Call on UC Regents to Halt New Admission Policy Changes Until Further Studies Are Done (Media Advisory)
Several Asian American leaders will hold a press conference tomorrow to call the Regents of the University of California to put off the approval of new policies which pose the most significant structural changes to UC freshman admission policies since the establishment of California’s Master Plan for Higher Education in 1960. Asian American leaders are calling for a hold until further studies and consultations are made, and will explain why the new proposal is a step backward, rather than forward, in advancing the interests of the people of California and the University in general and Asian Americans in particular. Continue reading
City College Board to Decide on Reallocation of Funds Necessary for Chinatown/North Beach Campus (Press Release)
The San Francisco City College Board will decide tonight whether to reallocate approximately $16M of bond to the Chinatown/North Beach campus project to satisfy increased construction costs. Campus supporters say “yes,” if students are to attend a new campus by 2011. Continue reading
Chinatown Rallies Community to Vote on Election Day (CAA Press Advisory)
Chinatown leaders and former Mayor Willie Brown are holding a rally this Sunday, November 2, 2008 to stir up political passion and get out the vote in the Asian Pacific American communities. The line-up of speakers will attest to the importance of voting and provide informational materials to ensure every registered voter can participate on November 4th. Continue reading
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