Advancing Civil Rights: State Legislative Issues Impacting Asian Pacific Americans in 2007

AACRE ASIAN AMERICANS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS & EQUALITY
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MEDIA ADVISORY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 11, 2007

Contact:
Vivian Huang, AACRE, 916-321-9001
Tammy Peng, APALC (OC), 714-530-9155
Karin Wang, APALC (LA), 213-241-0234

Advancing Civil Rights: State Legislative Issues Impacting Asian Pacific Americans in 2007

WHAT:
Two legislative briefings – one in Los Angeles and one in Orange County – to highlight pressing issues impacting Asian and Pacific Islander Americans and state legislative proposals to address those issues, including:
-AB 295 (Lieu), Data for Asian Pacific American Communities
-AB 394 (Levine), Protecting Youth from Hate Incidents
-AB 590 (Solorio), Involving Limited English Proficient Parents in Their Children’s Education
-AB 614 (Eng), Protecting Voting Rights for All
-AB 615 (Torrico), Emergency Preparedness Planning for Immigrant Communities
-AB 1726 (Assembly Judiciary Committee), Access to Justice for Limited English Proficient Communities
-Health care reform proposals

WHEN:
Los Angeles County: Friday, March 16, 2007, 10 to 11.30 am
Orange County: Friday, March 16, 2007, 1:30 to 3:00 pm

WHERE:
Los Angeles County: 1145 Wilshire Blvd, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Orange County: 12900 Garden Grove Blvd., Suite 240, Garden Grove, CA 92843

WHO:
Los Angeles County: Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), Asian Americans for Civil Rights & Equality (AACRE), Korean Resource Center, South Asian Network
Orange County: APALC, AACRE, California Immigrant Policy Center, Pacific Islander Health Partnership, Orange County Asian & Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA)

WHY:
Asian and Pacific Islander Americans (APIA) represent 14% of California’s population. Almost 80% of APIA adults over the age of 18 are foreign-born, and almost 40% of APIAs are limited English proficient. Some ethnic groups are severely impacted, including over 60% of Vietnamese and Hmong communities. In addition, greater than one-third of Vietnamese, Taiwanese, Korean, Hmong, Chinese, and Thai communities are linguistically isolated, defined as households where no member 14 years or older speaks English “very well.”

California, as home to the largest number of APIAs than any other state in the country, has the opportunity to enact laws that will address significant concerns for the APIA community. This briefing will discuss legislative proposals important to APIAs and the broader agenda to promote fairness, justice, and equality for all Californians.

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CHINESE FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION , ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LEGAL CENTER, ASIAN LAW CAUCUS

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