Chapter Highlights: San Francisco Chapter
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On August 8th, the San Francisco chapter held a press conference to announce that their efforts to support NutriAsia workers were successful. Pistahan, which is celebrating its 25th year, is the longest-running annual Filipino event in Soma Pilipinas, the city- and state- recognized Filipino cultural heritage district in San Fransisco, CA, has dropped NutriAsia as an event sponsor due to their violent suppression of workers. APALA SF also lead the Boycott NutriAsia coalition in the Pistahan festivan parade on August 11th. For more background on the NutriAsia workers' strike, please visit our Take Action page or Anakbayan-USA's campaign page. |
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Share your family's Immigration StoryAPALA is working with the National Council for Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) to put together a storytelling project to garner more support of family immigration. Share your family's immigration story here!
The Fight for Our Undocumented CommunityIn November, the organizing and mobilization efforts of DC chapter members were integral to the AAPI Mobilization to Demand a Clean DREAM Act, where over 120 Asian American and Pacific Islander DREAMers and allies convened in DC for trainings, a rally, an action, and legislative visits. APALA National President Monica Thammarath, National Executive Board Members Johanna Puno Hester and Luisa Blue, Executive Director Alvina Yeh, APALA staffer Kenneth Gonzales, and former Executive Director Gregory Cendana were 6 of 19 participants in a civil disobedience action that ended up in their subsequent arrest and release. We also thank NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia and AFSCME Secretary Treasurer Elissa McBride for speaking at our rally earlier in the day, and we give a special shout out to our partners the National Korean American Service and Education Consortium (NAKASEC) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice. Check out the video of the civil disobedience to the above and more photos here. |
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