AAPI Equity Alliance

06/27/2025

Today, AAPI Equity Alliance gathered community leaders and members across LA to denounce the ICE raids and cruel Federal immigration actions that are tearing families apart and inflicting deep trauma on our communities.

From Little Tokyo to neighborhoods across LA, people are living in fear—scared to go to work, grocery shop, or even attend religious services. This isn't making us safer; it's creating immense pain, impacting the 1.6 million AAPI individuals who call LA County home.

Our AAPI community members are also being taken, often in ways that are "less public yet just as urgent and devastating." Many are detained during routine immigration check-ins, and these silent disappearances are intensified by severe language access barriers – with over 50 languages spoken in LA's AAPI communities, federal agents simply do not speak our languages.

We demand an immediate end to these senseless acts of aggression and call for ICE to leave LA!

Read the full press release at https://aapiequityalliance.org/press-releases/

If you witness any ICE activity, report it immediately to the Rapid Response hotline: 888-624-4752. In-language assistance is available.

06/25/2025

📢 TOMORROW! ➡️ Join AAPI community leaders and partners tomorrow, Thursday, June 26 from 11AM - 12PM for a press conference at the Terasaki Budokan in solidarity against the ICE raids and military presence in LA!

When one group is targeted, none of us are truly safe. Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities are staying home, avoiding public gatherings in ethnic hubs for fear of being racially profiled and swept up in the ICE raids. The cruelty we've seen these over the weeks calls on each of us to rise and defend our neighbors at this critical moment in history. 💙

Speakers will share stories of impacted Angelenos and in-language resources for AAPI communities and LA County residents.

RSVP: https://forms.gle/TEBfUwCDmDigfgXw9
Limited onsite underground parking is available.

Art by Natalie Bui

06/17/2025

We took to the streets to join in defending our home from this cruel and unconstitutional threat.

For the past two weeks, ICE has terrorized LA by snatching innocent community members off the street without due process, separating families, and assaulting peaceful protestors exercising their First Amendment right.

This cannot be normalized. We must resist Trump's military takeover and invasion in our home.

Here's what you can do:
*Protect yourself and your community with Know Your Rights resources at aapiequityalliance.org/community-resource-guide

*Attend a prayer walk tomorrow, June 18 at 6pm with us and call for an end to inhumane, anti-immigrant policies. Bring flowers and register at bit.ly/prayerwalkforfamily

06/12/2025

A letter from our Executive Director, Manjusha P. Kulkarni ➡️

AAPI Equity Alliance joins our community in denouncing the cruel and inhumane immigration raids and escalating military forces terrorizing Los Angeles.

We urge all Americans and Angelenos to come together to resist this unprecedented threat to our home as we know it.

Know Your Rights with a resource guide from our members and partners: aapiequityalliance.org/community-resource-guide

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06/12/2025

AAPI Equity Alliance is in unwavering solidarity with CHIRLA and every org defending immigrants, refugees, and working families. When you come for one of us, you come for all of us!

The attacks launched against these pillars of our community are not just political theater. They are part of a coordinated strategy to intimidate, isolate, and silence the very institutions that protect working families, immigrants, and refugees across this country.

CHIRLA represents the best of who we are.

Donate now to support their vital work at chirla.org/get-involved/donate-support/give-today

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05/27/2025

Millions will lose essential health care coverage and face food insecurity. Read AAPI Equity Alliance's statement on the House Reconciliation Bill ➡️

Sources:
*AAPI Data’s By The Numbers: Economic Hardship
*Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

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05/11/2025

AAPI Equity joins NAAPIMHA in proclaiming May 10th as National Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Mental Health Day!

The celebration of National AANHPI Mental Health Day, led by NAAPIMHA and supported by 110+ organizations, businesses, cities, and states across the country is a celebration of mental health visibility, resilience, and community care.

Join the movement and take action at naapimha.org/aanhpimentalhealthday!

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05/07/2025

Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month! We’re celebrating our cultures, stories, and strength—louder and prouder than ever. 🥳 🌺 🪭 🪷

From South Asian soirées to honoring AAPI activism in Little Tokyo, our communities are celebrating heritage, rich history and centuries of resistance.

We are immigrants, refugees, and families who’ve called America home for generations. In the face of anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies, we proclaim our right to belong and share our stories with pride.

Take action with us this ➡️

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04/23/2025

📢 This past month, Stop the Hate LA and AAPI Equity Alliance joined partners in fighting for our communities' rights and belonging. ➡️

We're proud to use our voice alongside community partners across the state during Immigrant Day of Action and at meetings with local elected officials in Los Angeles. 🧡

We’re just getting started. Next month, we'll be in Sacramento joining 173 Stop the Hate partners for the Statewide Convening and Day of Action to share our stories with policymakers to stop hate in California. 🙌

Learn more: aapiequityalliance.org/stop-the-hate

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04/21/2025

We are excited to be a part of MOSAIC: Movement Solidarity Among AAPI Communities, a newly formed statewide coalition of nine of California’s leading Asian American and Pacific Islander organizations fighting to ensure that California's policies and systems reflect the dignity, inclusion, and well-being of all our communities. Learn more at

Rooted in solidarity and interconnectedness, MOSAIC brings together community-based groups across the state to ensure that California’s policies and systems reflect the dignity, inclusion, and well-being of all our communities. At its core, MOSAIC is about coherent action—aligning the strengths ...

03/28/2025

Are you a homeowner, renter, or displaced worker impacted by the LA Wildfires? Do you know someone who is? 🤔

Learn about the resources available to you for FREE in English, Chinese (Mandarin & Cantonese), and Korean at the Asian American LA Wildfire Resource Clinic! ✨

Happening on Saturday, April 5, 9AM-12PM at New Life Vision Church (4226 Verdant St., Los Angeles CA 90039)

Register at ➡️ bit.ly/resourceclinic

Two months have passed since the LA Wildfires and many are tackling a long, strenuous process of legality and paperwork. This event is the first of many in our efforts to support the impacted Asian American community.

Together, we will rebuild and we will recover, stronger and more united than before!

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03/27/2025

Want to play a part in California’s wildfire recovery? There’s an opportunity to inform state leaders on how they can help in the recovery and rebuilding!

Engaged California is an online platform that gives survivors and the greater LA community a voice in the wake of the disaster. Share your thoughts, concerns, and needs today.

Join the conversation: engaged.ca.gov