The Asian Pacific Americans for Civic Engagement C4 and PAC Boards condemn the sexism, racism, anti-Blackness, Islamophobia, and xenophobia fueling the attacks on King County Council Position 9 candidate Ubax Gardheere. We stand in solidarity with Ubax as she shares her experience with postpartum depression. Attacks on Black, Indigenous, People [...]
APACE stands with the three demands set forth by COVID-19 Mutual Aid Seattle to: Seattle’s Mayor and City Council must immediately defund Seattle Police Department (SPD). The city faces a $300 million budget shortfall due to COVID-19. Seattle City Council should propose and vote for a 50% cut from the [...]
The recent murder of George Floyd by Minnesota law enforcement was an unconscionable act that demands the ongoing need for police accountability and the end of police brutality. One of the officers is Asian American and this cannot be overlooked--Asian Americans continue to be actively complicit in the anti-Black racism [...]
Employment Type: Part-Time, Temporary (20 hours/week, expires end of November POSITION SUMMARY This is a part-time, temporary community organizer role based in Seattle, WA beginning mid-July. The position will implement outreach and civic engagement strategies targeting Asian American and Pacific Islander voters. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES Work with interns and volunteers to [...]
History is repeating itself on affirmative action. Except this time it feels different. Perhaps it’s because of the national attention around the lawsuit against Harvard. Or maybe it’s because Washington state is wrestling with its own version of the debate around the repeal of I-200. But once again, the discourse [...]
April 18, 2019 WASHINGTON ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS CALL ON OUR STATE LEGISLATURE SUPPORT EQUAL OPPORTUNITY To the Members of the Washington State Legislature: APACE, in solidarity with a broad contingent of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) organizations in Washington state, unequivocally supports equal opportunity. We stand united [...]
Next year, APACE will participate in a coordinated, legislative effort to reverse Initiative 200, the prohibition of WA State Affirmative Action programs. This fight is essential to preserving our civil rights legacy and our democracy. Democracy in the U.S. only really began to function after the civil rights movement of the 60’s, [...]
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Check out Akemi's recent article on Implicit Bias in the Northwest Asian Weekly: http://nwasianweekly.com/2018/05/commentary-implicit-bias/