Civic Engagement
November 19, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Christine Chen, Executive Director 202-223-9170
APIAVOTE CALLS FOR SUPREME COURT TO STRIKE DOWN INDIANA VOTER ID LEGISLATION
WASHINGTON, DC – Today leaders of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote), a non-partisan non-profit civic engagement organization, addressed the United States Supreme Court's consideration of an Indiana law that requires voters to present photo identification at the polls.
AALDEF MEDIA RELEASE
FOR RELEASE: Tuesday, November 13, 2007
CONTACT: Eun Sook Lee, Executive Director, 323.937.3703 x205, elee [at] nakasec.org, Glenn Magpantay, Staff Attorney, 212.966.5932 x206, gmagpantay [at] aaldef.org, Margaret Fung, Executive Director, 212.966.5932 x201, mfung [at] aaldef.org.
9. 20 9am-3pm MIV Move Session #2 @ ACLU
LOCATION: ACLU of Southern California (1616 Beverly Blvd., LA, CA 90026)
Participating organizations bring and share pieces of their written first drafts of their 2008 movement-building electoral organizing plans
Civic Participation - First Half of 2007
Naturalization Clinics, Mobilize the Immigrant Vote
Prop 36 Not Applicable to Blacks, Say Activists
By JENNIFER BIHM Sentinel Staff Writer
The Sentinel 9-6-07 A19
A civil rights group said they are bringing into question proposition 36¬a law aimed at sending minor drug offenders to rehab instead of jail- calling it ''biased'' and "unfair toward people of little means, especially African Americans."