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COMMENTARY: Asian American civil rights group calls on retailers to pull ads targeting Alibaba

December 12, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Alliance for Main Street Fairness, which includes retailers such as Target, J.C. Penney, Walmart and Best

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2014, AAJC, Alibaba, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Best Buy, Chinese Exclusion Act, Japanese Americans, MMTC, Marketplace Fairness Act, Mee Moua, Pacific Islanders, Though Amazon, Vol 33 No 51 | December 13 - December 19, Yellow Peril, social media

Former Minnesota State Senator Mee Moua to lead AAJC

January 24, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Board of Directors of the Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice), has named Mee Moua as president and executive director of one of the nation’s premier civil rights organizations. On March 19, Moua will succeed Karen K. Narasaki, who announced in June she […]

Filed Under: News, National News Tagged With: AAJC, APIAHF, Advancing Justice, Asian American Justice Center, Asian Americans, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Brown University, CEO, Hmong American, Judiciary Committee, Kathy Lim Ko, Mee Moua, Minnesota Senate, Pacific Islanders, San Francisco

APA civil rights groups file a federal lawsuit against Arizona’s new immigration law

June 10, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) and Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) in May jointly filed a federal lawsuit with other civil rights groups

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2010, AAJC, APALC, Arab Americans, Asian Americans, Chinese, Julie Su, Ronald Lee, SB, South Asian, Ted Namba, Vol 29 No 24 | June 12 - June 18, Wen Ho Lee

New study says Asian Americans losing out on government contracts

November 5, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A new study by UCLA researcher Dr. Paul Ong revealed that Asian Americans win the fewest contracts when it comes to local, state, and federal minority government-contracting programs.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2008, 2009, AAJC, Asian American Contractor Empowerment Project, Asian Americans, Korean Americans, Minority Business Enterprise, Oiyan Poon, Paul Ong, San Francisco, Thanksgiving, UCLA, Vol 28 No 46 | November 7 - November 13, Windy City, attention

Immigrants’ rights quashed in Supreme Court deportation case?

July 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A recent Supreme Court ruling has made it easier for officials to deport immigrants who have been convicted of a crime.

Filed Under: News, Briefs Tagged With: AAJC, Asian Americans, Manoj Nijhawan, Supreme Court, Tuyet Duong, Vol 28 No 30 | July 18 - July 24

Asian American organizations disappointed with Ricci v. DeStefano

July 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) and its affiliates — the Asian American Institute of Chicago, Ill., Asian Law Caucus of San Francisco, Calif., and Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Los Angeles, Calif. — express eddisappointment with the United States Supreme Court’s decision in the matter of Ricci v. DeStefano, which imposes a new standard on employers.

Filed Under: News, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: AAJC, African American, Asian American Institute, Asian Americans, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Justice Kennedy, Los Angeles, New Haven, President Obama, San Francisco, United States Supreme Court, Vincent Eng, Vol 28 No 30 | July 18 - July 24

Backlog of applications prevents immigrants from voting this year

September 27, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) and its affiliates — the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) of Los Angeles, the Asian Law Caucus (ALC) of San Francisco and the Asian American Institute (AAI) of Chicago — celebrated Citizenship Day Sept. 17, originally a day to mark the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and give individuals a chance to take pride in their citizenship.

Filed Under: News, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: AAJC, ALC, Asian American, Citizenship Day Sept, DHS, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sin Yen Ling, vol 27 no 40 | September 27 - October 3

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