1. Bridging Nations: People-to-people Exchange in U.S.-China Relations 2025-2026 Global Tensions Local Dimensions Thursday, October 16, 2025 From the ping-pong diplomacy that preceded formal diplomatic ties in the 1970’s to the robust educational exchanges that flourished in the reform era in the 1990’s, people-to-people connections have provided continuity during periods of political tension in the U.S.-China relationship. Yet in today's environment of strategic competition, people-to-people engagements, such as academic partnerships, student exchanges, business networks, and diaspora community ties, are increasingly restricted in the name of national security. Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, whose families and networks often span both countries, increasingly find themselves in the crosshairs. This webinar will focus on the past, present, and future of people-to-people ties between the United States and China, as well as the implications for AAPI communities and U.S. policy. At a time of strained U.S.-China ties, and a concurrent rise in incidents of profiling and violence directed toward the AAPI community in the United States, this discussion will explore how U.S. foreign policy intersects with domestic policy and rights. About the Co-Hosts C100 is a nonpartisan leadership organization of prominent Chinese Americans in business, government, academia, science, and the arts. Founded in 1990 by I.M. Pei 貝聿銘 and other distinguished leaders, C100 works to advance the full participation of Chinese Americans in U.S. society and to foster constructive dialogue between the United States and Greater China. As Cindy noted, global interactions have direct consequences for AAPI communities at home. USCET , founded in 1998 by Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch 張之香 , is a Washington, D.C.–based nonprofit dedicated to promoting mutual understanding between the United States and China through education and exchange. USCET strengthens American Studies in China, supports professional development for educators, and creates dialogue among students, scholars, and policymakers. Rosie noted that USCET’s first-ever public statement was issued to express concern over proposed restrictions on international student visas. APA Justice , advocate of over 10 years for fairness, equity, and justice for Asian Americans and beyond, is also a co-host of this series. Event Recap: Commitee of 100 U.S.-China Education Trust 20251016 JointWebinar1.jpg 20251016 Webinar1.jpg Previous Item Next Item

Newsletter - #230 1/8 Meeting Summary; Foreign Ownership of US Farmland; Military-Industrial Complex; + #230 1/8 Meeting Summary; Foreign Ownership of US Farmland; Military-Industrial Complex; + In This Issue #230 · 2024/01/08 APA Justice Monthly Meeting Summary · Foreign Ownership of US Farmland and Tracking "Alien Land Laws" · President Dwight Eisenhower's Farewell Speech on "Military-Industrial Complex" · News and Activities for the Communities 2024/01/08 APA Justice Monthly Meeting Summary The January 8, 2024, APA Justice monthly meeting summary is now available at https://bit.ly/3tQykpr . We thank the following speakers for their remarks and updates: · Congresswoman Judy Chu 赵美心, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), kicked off the new year with her review of 2023 and a look ahead to 2024. Rep. Chu acknowledges the community's importance in addressing profiling issues and commends their leadership for raising awareness. Rep. Chu highlights the challenges faced by the Asian American scientific community, citing major wins in 2023. She covers legislative challenges, focusing on bills restricting land ownership for Chinese and immigrant communities in various states. Rep. Chu shares the successful advocacy efforts in Texas but notes similar laws passing in other states. She emphasizes their negative impact on families and realtors and her joint effort with Rep. Al Green to introduce a federal bill countering such discriminatory laws. Rep. Chu addresses successful advocacy against harmful language in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), emphasizing the importance of protecting the Asian American community. She underscores the need to recognize and preserve the resilient history of Asian American communities, mentioning regrets of both Senate and House resolutions on the historical discrimination of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Rep. Chu outlines future priorities, including combating anti-Asian discrimination and advocating for FISA Section 702 reform. A transcript of Rep. Chu’s remarks was published in Issue 229 of the APA Justice Newsletter at https://bit.ly/48AZIqx . A YouTube video of her remarks is posted at https://bit.ly/3tUixpp (11:56). · Hongwei Shang 商红伟, co-founder and vice president of the Florida Asian American Justice Alliance (FAAJA), described the significant growth of FAAJA since it was created in response to SB 264, a discriminatory bill prohibiting land and property ownership by Chinese and other nationals in Florida, especially after a memorable rally with prominent speakers and support from media groups, the Asian American, Latin American, black, and Jewish communities, and national organizations such as UCA, NAACP, LULAC, and AREAA in Miami on December 16, 2023. FAAJA memberships is now about 500. Haipei Shue 薛海培, President of United Chinese Americans (UCA) expresses gratitude to Congressman Judy Chu , Gene Wu , and Andrew Yang for speaking at the protest in Miami. Despite facing a major storm, the protest drew support from various minority groups serving as a model for moving forward. Haipei acknowledges the vulnerability of the Chinese community and the challenges they will face in the next two decades, including civil rights issues and concerns about political extremism. UCA is working to launch a civil rights movement in response to these challenges. Overall, Haipei remains optimistic that the Chinese community will overcome these challenges and see better days ahead. · Ted Gong, Executive Director, provides an overview of the 1882 Foundation, which began almost 12 years ago. The importance of the Senate and House resolutions in 2011 and 2012 was not just to express regret of what Congress did with the Chinese Exclusion Act, but also to reaffirm that Congress has the responsibility to protect the rights of all people in the U.S. The Foundation focuses on preserving oral histories and sites, working with school systems on lesson plans and curriculum, and collaborating with museums to spread awareness about the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act. Despite the recent 80th anniversary of its repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act, issues like anti-Asian hate persist. Ted and APA Justice are working on a potential series of webinars on immigration laws where Martin Gold , Pro Bono Counsel of the 1882 Project and Partner of Capitol Counsel, will provide historical insights. Martin emphasizes that what was done in 2011 and 2012 should not gather dust on the shelf but be a point of ongoing education for the community and for others. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the third of 8 separate enactments of Congress. It became permanent in 1904 and remained so until 1943 when the law was repealed in the middle of the Second World War as a war measure. The Senate resolution sponsored by Senator Scott Brown passed by unanimous consent. The House resolution sponsored by Rep. Judy Chu passed under suspension of the rules. At the time of their sponsorship, they were members of the minority party in their respective chambers. Martin went on to explain how Scott Brown, a Republican Senator from Massachusetts, got to be the sponsor in the Senate. · Dr. Yawei Liu 刘亚伟, Senior Advisor, China Focus at the Carter Center, reported that the Carter Center was founded in 1982. Carter Center’s work in China started in the mid-1990s. Although Kissinger went to China in 1971 and Nixon went to China in 1972. It was President Jimmy Carter and Deng Xiaoping 邓小平 who made the joint decision to normalize the relationship in 1978. Diplomatic relations were normalized on January 1, 1979. Dr. Liu told the story of the first Carter Center project in China and how it pivoted to the mission of promoting a better understanding between the two countries and how to prevent conflicts in the Pacific and in East Asia after President Carter met the new leader Xi Jinping 习近平 in 2012. Starting in December 2012, the inaugural Carter Center Forum on US China Relations was opened in Beijing. From 2012 to 2019, a total of 7 forums were held. This year is the first in-person forum on US-China relations after the pandemic to be held at the Carter Center in Atlanta. It is also the first time the forum is named the Jimmy Carter Forum on US-China Relations. In the US, the Carter Center is criticized as being too soft on China as well as colluding with the Chinese Communist Party. In China, the Carter Center is blacklisted because of the government's belief that it is trying to promote human rights and political reform in China. The most important mission for China Focus at the Carter Center is to wage peace between the 2 countries through better understanding of each other, through communicating with each other, and through recommendations on mechanisms to stabilize relationships. · Joanna YangQing Derman, Director, Anti-Profiling, Civil Rights & National Security Program, Advancing Justice | AAJC, provided three updates. First, the discriminatory Rounds Amendment was stripped from the final version of the NDAA. It would have effectively prohibited foreign citizens including Chinese citizens from purchasing various forms of US land. Second, a four-month extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was included in the NDAA which was signed by President Joe Biden . Third, senators on both sides of the aisle are considering extreme permanent changes to US immigration law in exchange for Ukraine aid. These harmful immigration policy proposals include gutting the asylum system, locking up more immigrants and families in detention, and expedited removals that would endanger undocumented people across the country. · Eri Andriola, Associate Director of Policy & Litigation for Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF), substituted for Gisela Perez Kusakawa and provided three updates. First. AASF is monitoring the impacts of Florida's SB 846, which restricts Florida's public colleges and universities from hiring researchers and graduate assistants from several “countries of concern,” which include China and Iran. Second, on December 7, 2023, AASF sent a joint letter with 48 coalition partners to Congress to oppose language to reinstate the Department of Justice's China initiative in a House appropriations bill and any future iterations of the initiative. The letter highlighted the lasting harms to scholars targeted, as well as the chilling effect on Asian American scholars and their leadership in science and technology. Third, Eri also expressed thanks to APA Justice for co-hosting a community briefing webinar on FISA Section 702 on December 12, 2023. The briefing featured civil rights, national security, and policy experts, who broke down what FISA Section 702 is and how it impacts Asian American communities. Read the 2024/01/08 monthly meeting summary: https://bit.ly/3tQykpr . Read past monthly meeting summaries: https://bit.ly/3kxkqxP On December 12, 2023, a coalition of five organizations hosted a Community Briefing on Section 702 of FISA: Sweeping Reforms to Warrantless Surveillance Initiative. Panelists discussed the key reform bills at play, including the Government Surveillance Reform Act (GSRA) and the Protecting Liberty and Ending Warrantless Surveillance Act (PLEWSA), and how the Asian American community and advocates can get involved on this issue. Video of the webinar is posted here: https://bit.ly/3O4Lw0v (YouTube video 59:22). Foreign Ownership of US Farmland and Tracking "Alien Land Laws" As reported at the January 8 APA Justice monthly meeting, the Rounds Amendment was successfully kept out of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. If enacted, it would have effectively prohibited foreign citizens including Chinese citizens from purchasing various forms of US land, very much in line with the resurgence of the discriminatory alien land laws at the state level. The Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) became law in late 1978. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) maintains a nationwide system for the collection of information pertaining to foreign ownership in U.S. agricultural land and produces annual reports at: https://bit.ly/3u9DInv . Detailed data with individual entries in Excel files are available at: https://bit.ly/47CxomkOn November 2, 2023, the American Farm Bureau Federation analyzed the 2021 AFIDA data and published a report with a series of maps and charts on Foreign Investment in U.S. Agricultural Land. As of 2021, 40.83 million acres of U.S. agricultural land are owned by foreign investors and companies. This corresponds to 3.1% of all privately held agricultural land and 1.8% of all land in the United States. Canadian investors own the largest portion of foreign-held U.S. agricultural land with 31% of the total and 0.97% of all U.S. agricultural land. Following Canada, investors from the Netherlands, Italy, the United Kingdom and Germany own 0.37%, 0.21%, 0.19%, and 0.17% of U.S. agricultural land, respectively. Figure 2 further breaks down foreign-investor-held land by predominant origin nation. Forestry and energy production are the main interests for foreign ownership of US agricultural land. In 2021, 48% of reported foreign-held agricultural land was forestland, 29% was cropland, 18% was pastureland and 5% was other agricultural land and non-ag land, which accounts for factors like owner or worker housing and rural roads. These proportions vary widely depending on the state. Forestland, for instance, makes up 99%, 98%, 86% and 85% of foreign-held agricultural land in Maine, Alabama, Louisiana and Michigan, respectively. In states with significant timber industries, this land is primarily held by investors from Canada and the Netherlands. Of the top eight states with the highest concentrations of foreign-investor-held land, only two (Colorado and Oklahoma) have cropland as their largest foreign-held land category, with investors primarily from Canada, Italy, and Germany. Between 1981 and 2021, foreign ownership of US. agricultural land increased from 1% to 3.1%. Many of the current concerns about foreign ownership of U.S. ag land have focused on China. China is ranked 18th in the ownership of U.S. ag land with 383,000 acres, less than 1% of total foreign-owned U.S. ag land, or just 0.03% of all agricultural land in the U.S. The combined total ownership by the other "countries of concern" - Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela - is about 95,000 acres of agricultural land in the U.S., which corresponds to 0.007%.The Land Report 100 produces a list of the 100 largest landowners in the U.S. In 2024, America’s largest landowner is Red Emmerson . He and his family own 2,411,000 acres in California, Oregon, and Washington through their timber-products company, Sierra Pacific Industries. The Emmersons became America’s largest landowners in 2021 when they acquired 175,000 acres in Oregon, surpassing Liberty Media chairman John Malone ’s 2,200,000 acres. CNN founder Ted Turner is America’s third largest landowner with 2 million acres in the Southeast, on the Great Plains, and across the West. Chinese entrepreneur Tianqiao Chen ranks 82 as the owner of 198,000 acres of Oregon timberland. An ongoing onslaught of federal and state legislation prohibiting property ownership by citizens of foreign countries (i.e. “alien land laws”) has raised alarm throughout the Asian American community. In response, the Committee of 100 has created a database and interactive data visualization tool to help individuals and organizations identify and track related legislative activity by state governments and Congress, especially those related to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The tracking results and interactive tools are available at https://bit.ly/3Hxta4B . According to the Chinese American Legal Defense Alliance (CALDA) on January 17, 2024, the plaintiff's motion for an expedited appeal has been granted by the Appeals Court in Atlanta. Oral argument and disposition have been ordered for the court's calendar. A separate order will follow on the motion for injunction pending appeal to block the Florida alien land law SB 264, which went into effect in Florida on July 1, 2023. President Dwight Eisenhower's Farewell Speech on "Military-Industrial Complex" According to the National Archives, 63 years ago on January 17, 1961, in this farewell address, President Dwight Eisenhower warned against the establishment of a "military-industrial complex." In a televised speech, he surprised many with his strong warnings which still ring true today. As President of the United States for two terms, Eisenhower had slowed the push for increased defense spending despite pressure to build more military equipment during the Cold War’s arms race. Until World War II, the United States had no armaments industry. Nonetheless, the American military services and the defense industry had expanded a great deal in the 1950s. Eisenhower thought this growth was needed to counter the Soviet Union, but it confounded him. A vital element in keeping the peace is our military establishment. Our arms must be might, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction.... American makers of plowshares could, with time and as required, make swords as well. But now we can no longer risk emergency improvisation of national defense; we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions.... This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience.... Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications.... In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.... We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals so that security and liberty may prosper together. President Eisenhower's warning remains a cautionary message against the undue concentration of power and influence within the military-industrial complex, emphasizing the importance of maintaining a balance between national security and the preservation of democratic values and institutions. President Eisenhower was the commanding general of the victorious forces in Europe during World War II. He served as President of Columbia University in 1948-1953. He obtained a truce in Korea and worked incessantly during his two terms as U.S. President (1953-1961) to ease the tensions of the Cold War. The end of Eisenhower’s term as President not only marked the end of the 1950s, but also the end of an era in government. A new, younger generation was rising to national power that would set a more youthful, vigorous course. He died in 1969.Watch President Eisenhower's farewell address: https://bit.ly/3O6eeyq (video 16:03). Read the National Archives transcript of his speech: https://bit.ly/47JdHZY News and Activities for the Communities 1. APA Justice Community Calendar Upcoming Events:2024/01/22 White House Briefing on the 51st Anniversary of Roe v. Wade2024/02/04 Rep. Gene Wu's Town Hall Meeting2024/02/05 APA Justice Monthly Meeting2024/02/10 New Year's Day of the Year of the Dragon2024/03/03 Rep. Gene Wu's Town Hall Meeting2024/04/07 Rep. Gene Wu's Town Hall Meeting2024/04/19 Committee of 100 Annual Conference & GalaVisit https://bit.ly/45KGyga for event details. 2. Asian American gymnasts at University of Florida According to the Alligator on January 18, 2024, Morgan Hurd , a redshirt sophomore at the University of Florida (UF), is a Chinese American and has competed in gymnastics since she was little. She shares similar identities with her teammates, senior Victoria Nguyen and junior Leanne Wong , who are also Asian Americans. Wong is also a Chinese American, and Nguyen is Vietnamese. In a sport that has recently seen a rise in prominence by Asian Americans like Suni Lee , who became the first Asian American woman to win gold in gymnastics all-around, student-athletes like Hurd still struggled for years to find their sense of belonging within sports because of her identity. In the NCAA and at the Division I level, where UF athletics compete, Asians make up just 2% of all student-athletes, according to a 2022-2023 report. The report stated there were just 11,326 (2.2%) Asian student-athletes out of 526,084 total across the NCAA. At the Division I level, there are 3,735 (2.0%) Asian student-athletes out of 188,485 total. While the figure of Asian American student-athletes in the NCAA has grown from 6,859 in 2012 to 11,326 in 2023, the percentage of Asian-American student-athletes has remained at just 2% despite the overall growth in numbers. Of the more than 500 student-athletes at UF, only 16 are Asian.Despite the many challenges they face going back to when Nguyen was 7 years old and through the pandemic, they share similar cultures at UF and thrive at their sport. “In the pandemic, I really found community in that,” Hurd said. “I realized there is no being ‘Asian enough,’ and I do belong in this [Asian American] community.”Although Hurd, Wong and Nguyen represent a small number of Asian student-athletes, their impact has gone a long way. The trio were key members of a Florida team that won the 2023 Southeastern Conference Championship and finished second in the 2023 National Championship. Wong became the 2023 SEC balance beam champion. Nguyen was named a 2023 NCAA All-American, and the pair both claimed 2023 All-SEC honors. Their strength in their identity has helped them grow as people and helped show others they can do it too. Read the Alligator report: https://bit.ly/3S9uXSq 3. One Year Anniversary of Monterey Park January 21, 2024, marks one year since a gunman entered Star Dance Studio in Monterey Park, California, and opened fire, murdering 11 individuals and seriously wounding 9 others. The shooter then went on to Lai Lai Ballroom in Alhambra, attempted to enter and continue his killing spree, and was only stopped by the heroic actions of Brandon Tsay , who saved countless lives that day. This shooting, the worst in Los Angeles County history, occurred on the eve of Lunar New Year in a community that is majority Asian American and is considered the first suburban Chinatown in the nation. Read the CAPAC statement: https://bit.ly/3O9WB0A . Read the White House statement: https://bit.ly/4b1DGPbAccording to TIME , Monterey Park—typically the first in the region to kick off Lunar New Year celebrations— has pushed back its annual festival by a week, and plans to hold a vigil to honor the victims lost a year ago. While the anniversary throws a spotlight on Monterey Park, healing has been an ongoing effort for residents over the past year. A resiliency center was established by the Chinatown Service Center, an Los Angeles-based non-profit working to address the needs of Chinese immigrants in the region. Read the TIME report: https://bit.ly/3HrVGVn Back View PDF January 22, 2024 Previous Newsletter Next Newsletter

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Newsletter - #132 Repair Damage Done by DOJ; 2022/07/11 APA Justice Monthly Meeting; UCA Conventions #132 Repair Damage Done by DOJ; 2022/07/11 APA Justice Monthly Meeting; UCA Conventions Back View PDF July 5, 2022 Previous Newsletter Next Newsletter

Newsletter - #325 Rep. Mark Takano; Birthright Citizenship; "Hands Off!"; Xiaofeng Wang; Litigations; + #325 Rep. Mark Takano; Birthright Citizenship; "Hands Off!"; Xiaofeng Wang; Litigations; + In This Issue #325 · Remarks by Rep. Mark Takano at APA Justice Monthly Meeting · Birthright Citizenship: Legal, Historical, and Civic Resistance to EO · Nationwide "Hands Off!" Rallies · China Initiative 2.0? The Case of Professor Xiaofeng Wang · Latest on Litigations Against Trump's Executive Actions · News and Activities for the Communities Remarks by Rep. Mark Takano at APA Justice Monthly Meeting Rep. Mark Takano, First Vice Chair of Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) in the 119th Congress, opened the April 7, 2025, APA Justice monthly meeting with a recorded video message, now available at https://bit.ly/3R595Yv (2:23).In his remarks, Rep. Takano strongly condemned the Trump administration’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act—a law historically used to incarcerate Japanese Americans, including members of his own family, during World War II. He expressed deep concern that this authority is now being used to deport individuals without due process, warning that such actions edge the nation toward a constitutional crisis. He criticized the Justice Department’s refusal to provide transparency regarding those detained or deported, which has left families in anguish and non-citizen residents in fear. Rep. Takano further warned that these abuses are part of a broader pattern of civil liberties violations, particularly targeting the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) community. He cited disturbing policies such as the revival of the discredited China Initiative, attacks on birthright citizenship, and the promotion of racial suspicion. These actions, he said, are aimed at silencing and sidelining those who do not "agree, act, or look like" those in power. Reaffirming his commitment to justice, Rep. Takano pledged to use his voice and platform to defend vulnerable communities and urged APA Justice and its allies to continue their advocacy. He welcomed input from the meeting that could support CAPAC’s work and broader community efforts.Rep. Takano’s office can be contacted at Takano.Press@mail.house.gov or 202-225-2305. A summary of the full April 2025 APA Justice monthly meeting is currently in preparation. Birthright Citizenship: Legal, Historical, and Civic Resistance to EO On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14160, seeking to revoke birthright citizenship for certain children born in the United States. The move triggered swift and widespread legal opposition. States, civil rights organizations, and advocacy groups, promptly filed multiple lawsuits, asserting that the order violates the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment and defies mor than 125 years of established legal precedent, most notably the Supreme Court's landmark 1898 decision in United States v. Wong Kim Ark . 1. Trump Administration's Retcon 特朗普政府的重塑 Edgar Chen 陳春品 served for a decade at the U.S. Department of Justice, including as Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, in the Office of Legislative Affairs, and as senior trial attorney leading investigations and civil and criminal cases against suspected human rights violators. Among his previous work, he was Policy Director for the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association and continues to advise the organization on combating anti-Asian hate crimes and discrimination. Chris M. Kwok 郭文 is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Asian American studies at Hunter College.On March 28, 2025, Edgar and Chris published an article for the Just Security Litigation Tracker on legal challenges to actions taken by the Trump administration. Titled " The Trump Administration’s 14th Amendment Retcon: ‘Wong Kim Ark’ Does Not Limit Birthright Citizenship ," the article argues: "It was no coincidence that President Donald Trump announced on the campaign trail that he would seek to end birthright citizenship via executive order on the heels of the 125th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Wong Kim Ark. For well over a century, Congress, the courts, the executive branch, and the American public have understood and adhered to the principle set forth by the Court in 1898 that U.S. citizenship is automatically conferred to anyone born in the United States (except the children of diplomats and occupying foreign powers). Trump’s Executive Order No. 14160, however, distorts the Wong Kim Ark decision, apparently in the belief that the Court’s language provides a blueprint to limit birthright citizenship only to the children of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents (“LPRs” or green card holders). Not so. To retcon Wong Kim Ark’s parents as the equivalent of current day green card holders is both legally and historically mistaken."Read the full article: https://bit.ly/4chB1SA 陳春品（Edgar Chen ）在美国司法部任职十年，期间曾担任刑事司助理司法部长的法律顾问、立法事务办公室成员，并担任高级审判律师，主导对涉嫌侵犯人权者的调查以及民事和刑事案件的处理。在此之前，他曾担任全美亚太裔律师协会的政策总监，并持续为该协会提供建议，协助应对反亚裔仇恨犯罪和歧视问题。 郭文 (Chris M. Kwok) 是亨特学院亚裔美国人研究的兼职助理教授。2025年3月28日，陳春品和郭文在《Just Security Litigation Tracker》上发表了一篇关于法律挑战特朗普政府政策的文章。标题为《特朗普政府重塑《第十四修正案》—《黄金德案》并未限制出生公民权》，文章主张："特朗普总统在竞选期间宣布，他将通过行政命令终止出生公民权，这一决定恰逢美国最高法院在《美国诉黄金德案》（United States v. Wong Kim Ark）判决125周年之际。这绝非巧合。在过去一个多世纪里，美国国会、法院、行政部门和公众都一直遵循并承认该案确立的原则，即在美国出生的人（除外交官及外国占领国的子女外）都自动获得美国公民身份。然而，特朗普签署的第14160号行政命令（Executive Order No. 14160）曲解了《黄金德案》的裁决，似乎认为该判决提供了一种限制出生公民权的法律依据，使其仅适用于美国公民和合法永久居民（即“LPR”或“绿卡持有者”）的子女。但事实并非如此。将黄金德的父母错误地“重塑”（retcon）为现代绿卡持有者，既不符合法律，也不符合历史事实。"阅读APA Justice的张涓全文翻译: https://bit.ly/3FYgQx1 2. Timeline Visualization: Past and Present on Birthright Citizenship With few exceptions (such as children of foreign diplomats), anyone born on U.S. soil automatically becomes a U.S. citizen at birth. Birthright citizenship grants automatic citizenship to individuals born within a country's territory, regardless of their parents' nationality or immigration status. In the United States, it is enshrined in the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, which states: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." Despite its deep-rooted history, President Donald Trump issued an executive order in January 2025 attempting to strip birthright citizenship, bypassing the constitutional amendment process. APA Justice's Jeremy Wu and Madeleine Gable have created a timeline visualization of 39 stories that traces the historical background, legal struggles, and ongoing battles surrounding this fundamental right. With exceptions of the Native Americans and Pacific Islanders, the United States is a nation built and prospered by immigrants. Some came earlier than others. Some came more willingly than others. But we all belong to this nation. Watch the timeline visualization in 2D or 3D: https://bit.ly/4hvY4L4 3. Amicus Briefs Filed with Supreme Court According to the New York Times on April 4, 2025, immigrant groups and leaders of 22 Democratic-led states pushed back sharply against the Trump administration’s request that the Supreme Court lift a temporary nationwide ban blocking the president’s order to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants and foreign residents.Three federal courts, in Massachusetts, Maryland and Washington State, have blocked the Trump executive order while litigation proceeds. · Casa Inc. v. Trump (8:25-cv-00201) @Maryland. “There is nothing ‘modest’ about the government’s request for emergency relief in this case,” according to the brief filed on behalf of two immigrants’ rights groups, CASA Inc. and the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project. If the justices granted the government’s request, the challengers argued, “chaos would ensue.” Supreme Court Case Number is 24A884. · State of Washington v. Trump (2:25-cv-00127) @Washington. The Plaintiffs emphasize in a brief that the injunction upholds over 125 years of constitutional precedent under the Fourteenth Amendment and warn that lifting it would cause profound and irreversible harm to fundamental rights, risking statelessness for newborns and violating core democratic principles. They urge the Court to preserve the injunction while appeals proceed. Supreme Court Case Number is 24A885. State of New Jersey v. Trump (1:25-cv-10139) @Massachusetts. A number of attorneys general of Democratic-led states filed a brief that said lifting the nationwide block would allow the administration “to strip thousands of American-born children of their citizenship, in every state or at least in 28 states, while these challenges proceed — even if doing so would contravene settled nationwide precedent.” Supreme Court Case Number is 24A886. 4. APA Justice Monitors Continuing Developments APA Justice has developed a web page to cover the Birthright Citizenship issue at https://bit.ly/3CNjtR1 . It currently covers: · What is Birthright Citizenship? · Donald Trump Executive Order · Why Protect Birthright Citizenship? · Timeline Visualization · Historical Context · Related Media · Legal Battles · Summary Readers are encouraged to visit the website and send their suggested edits and additions to contact@apajustice.org . Nationwide "Hands Off!" Rallies According to AP News , AsAmNews , CNN , Washington Post , and multiple media reports, on April 5, 2025, " Hands Off! " demonstrations were organized for more than 1,200 locations in all 50 states by more than 150 groups, including civil rights organizations, labor unions, LBGTQ+ advocates, veterans and elections activists. According to AP News , hundreds of thousands of protesters across the United States participated in "Hands Off!" rallies, expressing opposition to President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk . The demonstrations, spanning from New York to Alaska, were fueled by concerns over the administration's policies and Musk's involvement in government affairs, particularly through the "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE). Protesters voiced fears about government downsizing, potential privatization of public services, and the overreach of Musk's influence in public policy. These nationwide protests underscore a growing public apprehension regarding the direction of current governmental actions and the roles played by influential private individuals in shaping policy decisions. According to CNN , the "Hands Off!" protests unfolded across all 50 U.S. states and globally, including London and Paris. Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost spoke at a rally in Washington DC, urging people to take action by protesting, donating to mutual aid, participating in direction action and focusing on legislative strategies. “Throughout human history, authoritarians, they’re never satisfied with the power they have, and so they test the bounds, they push the limits, they break the law, and then they look at the public to see if they’re quiet or if they’re loud,” said Rep. Frost.According to the Washington Post , tens of thousands of protesters gathered in front of the Washington Monument to oppose President Donald Trump and adviser Elon Musk 's policies, including the dismantling of federal agencies and the imposition of sweeping tariffs. Speakers like Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) criticized the administration for economic downturns and authoritarian tendencies. There is no future with a president who has “the politics of Mussolini and the economics of Herbert Hoover... Our founders wrote a Constitution that does not begin with ‘We the dictators,’ the preamble says ‘We the people,’” Rep. Raskin said , holding signs condemning the administration. “No moral person wants an economy-crashing dictator who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.” The White House postponed spring garden tours due to the anticipated size of the protests. AsAmNews published a collection of pictures of Asian Americans participating at the "Hands Off! protest in St. Paul, Minnesota. China Initiative 2.0? The Case of Professor Xiaofeng Wang According to multiple media reports, Xiaofeng Wang 王晓峰 , a prominent cybersecurity professor at Indiana University Bloomington (IUB), was terminated from his position on March 28, 2025—the same day that FBI and Department of Homeland Security agents searched his residences in Bloomington and Carmel, Indiana. The university has not publicly disclosed the reasons for his dismissal.As of now, neither Professor Wang nor his wife, Nianli Ma —a systems analyst at the university—have been arrested or charged with any crimes. Their attorney confirmed that the couple is safe and unaware of any pending criminal charges.The American Association of University Professors' Bloomington chapter has criticized the university's handling of Professor Wang's termination, asserting that it violated due process and university policies. Professor Wang had recently accepted a position at a university in Singapore prior to his dismissal from IUB.The specific reasons behind the federal investigation remain undisclosed, and the search warrants have been sealed. Efforts have been made to unseal these documents to gain clarity on the situation. According to Indiana Public Media , Professor Wang is represented by Attorneys Jason Covert and Jackie Bennett Jr. of Taft Law .APA Justice is monitoring developments in Professor Wang’s case: https://bit.ly/42tbPVR Latest on Litigations Against Trump's Executive Actions As of April 8, 2025, the number of lawsuits against President Donald Trump 's executive actions reported by the Just Security Litigation Tracker has grown to 178 (4 closed cases). These are some of the latest developments: · According to AP News , on April 7, 2025, the Supreme Court ruled in a sharply divided 5-4 decision that the Trump administration can proceed with deporting Venezuelan migrants under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act -- so long as each individual receives a court hearing prior to removal. The decision stems from President Trump's classification of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua as an "invading force" in J.G.G. v. Trump (1:25-cv-00766) . TheCourt's conservative majority also determined that legal challenges must ve filed in Texas rather than Washington, D.C. In response, ACLU has filed an emergency lawsuit seeking a new temporary restraining order in a different court, consistent with the Court's ruling, to prevent immediate deportations and ensure due process protections. · Attorneys general from 21 states, led by Rhode Island, have filed a federal lawsuit State of Rhode Island v. Trump (1:25-cv-00128) to block President Trump’s March 14 executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and six other federal agencies. The plaintiffs argue the order violates both the Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act by bypassing Congress and abruptly defunding programs without due process. The suit notes that 85% of IMLS staff were placed on leave, grants were rescinded, and no public explanation was offered. The states are seeking an emergency injunction to restore agency functions and prevent irreparable harm to public services and interstate programs. · The New Civil Liberties Alliance, funded by conservatives Leonard Leo and Charles Koch , has filed suit against Trump's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs on Chinese imports. The group argues that this action is unlawful, as the IEEPA was not designed for tariffs and the power to impose them lies with Congress. The lawsuit, Emily Ley Paper Inc v. Trump (3:25-cv-00464) , contends that IEEPA was never intended for economic tariffs and that such powers rest with Congress. The suit is supported by Simplified, a Florida-based importer, and underscores growing unease among business leaders and even some Republicans about the economic fallout of Trump’s tariff policies. The plaintiffs also challenge the administration’s attempt to link the tariffs to the fentanyl crisis, arguing that the rationale is pretextual. News and Activities for the Communities 1. APA Justice Community Calendar 2025/04/13 Rep. Gene Wu's Town Hall Meeting2025/04/14 State of Play Virtual Town Hall2025/04/15 China Connections: A Conversation with Emily Feng2025/04/22 Scholars Not Spies: Fighting for International Academic Workers’ Rights in an Era of Rising US-China Conflict2025/04/24 CHINA Town Hall: The First 100 Days: President Trump's China Policy2025/04/24-26 Committee of 100 Annual Conference and Gala2025/04/27 Rep. Gene Wu's Town Hall Meeting2025/05/05 APA Justice Monthly Meeting2025/05/06 Asian American Careers - How to Build Your Personal Network, including Through Strategic AlliesVisit https://bit.ly/3XD61qV for event details. 2. Discover China 2025: Summer Youth Exchange to the Greater Bay Area Founded in 2019, US-Sino Culture Exchange Consortium (USCEC) 美中文化促进会 is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering mutual friendship and cultural exchanges between the United States and China. Its mission encompasses four key objectives: · Promoting people-to-people cultural exchanges between China and the United States. · Supporting the development of local U.S. artists. · Promoting traditional Chinese cultural arts. · Safeguarding and advancing the well-being of Chinese Americans. As part of its activities to build lasting connections between the people of the United States and China, USCEC will host a 9-day immersive program titled "Discover China 2025: Summer Youth Exchange to the Greater Bay Area." Total cost is $980 which includes round trip air, visa applications, local accommodations, local transportation, guided tours, and workshops. Application deadline is April 18, 2025. WHAT : Discover China 2025: Summer Youth Exchange to the Greater Bay Area WHEN : June 16-24, 2025 WHERE : Greater Bay Area, China HOST : US-Sino Culture Exchange Consortium (USCEC) 美中文化促进会 DESCRIPTION : A 9-day immersive program for American youth (18-38) to explore China's innovation, culture, and academic exchanges. PROGRAM ITINERARY: https://bit.ly/3R51XLH APPLICATION : https://bit.ly/42nvOUG (deadline April 18, 2025) 3. 2025/04/24 China Town Hall: President Trump's China Policy Each year, the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations (NCUSCR) hosts a nationwide town hall, inviting three keynote speakers and broadcasting through their partner network. This year's online event will be held on April 24, starting at 6:30 pm ET. The topic is "The First 100 Days: President Trump's China Policy," featuring: · Ryan Hass , Director, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution · Matthew Turpin , Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution · Lingling Wei , Chief China Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal As part of the town hall, there will also be in-person discussions hosted by local network partners.In Atlanta, the Carter Center’s China Focus Initiative, in partnership with NCUSCR, Emory University’s Asia Global Collective, and China Research Center, will feature Jeremy Goldkorn , Editor of the China Week, and Editorial Fellow, ChinaFile, as the keynote speaker. His talk will be on “China in the Age of American Isolation.” The in-person event will be held at Emory University, Math and Science Center, Room E208, in Atlanta, with door opening at 5:15 pm ET. Register for the in-person event: https://bit.ly/3Ym8vJI . Register for the virtual event: https://bit.ly/4lCTyNA In Washington DC, the US-China Education Trust, in partnership with NCUSCR and Young China Watchers, will feature Sean Stein , president of the US-China Business Council, as the keynote speaker. The in-person event will be held in Room 505, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University in Washington DC, starting at 5:30 pm ET. For more information and to register for the events, visit https://bit.ly/42tDaGn # # # APA Justice Task Force is a non-partisan platform to build a sustainable ecosystem that addresses racial profiling concerns and to facilitate, inform, and advocate on selected issues related to justice and fairness for the Asian Pacific American community. For more information, please refer to the new APA Justice website under development at www.apajusticetaskforce.org . We value your feedback. Please send your comments to contact@apajustice.org . 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Newsletter - #217 11/6 Meeting with Rep. Andy Kim; Call for Action; 10/2 Meeting Summary; 2030 Census; + #217 11/6 Meeting with Rep. Andy Kim; Call for Action; 10/2 Meeting Summary; 2030 Census; + In This Issue #217 · 2023/11/06 APA Justice Monthly Meeting · Call for Action: Sign-on Letter to Congress to Oppose Reauthorization of Section 702 or Make Major Reforms · 2023/10/02 APA Justice Monthly Meeting Summary Posted · What The Next Census in 2030 Could Look Like · News and Activities for the Communities 2023/11/06 APA Justice Monthly Meeting The next APA Justice monthly meeting will be held via Zoom on Monday, November 6, 2023, starting at 1:55 pm ET. In addition to updates by Nisha Ramachandran , Executive Director, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC); Joanna Derman , Director, Advancing Justice | AAJC; Gisela Perez Kusakawa , Executive Director, Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF), confirmed speakers include: · Andy Kim, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, who has announced his candidacy to run for the Senate seat in New Jersey, will talk about issues and concerns of the people of New Jersey and the nation. · Gene Wu 吳元之, Member of the Texas State House of Representatives on education and coalition building efforts on the alien land bills (and other anti-immigration bills) in Texas and beyond. · Dr. Sergio Lira , Co-Vice President, Texas Multicultural Advocacy Alliance (TMAC); President, Greater Houston, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), on his tireless efforts to grow a multicultural advocacy alliance with the AAPI community in Texas and more. · Cindy Tsai 蔡欣玲, Interim President and Executive Director, Committee of 100 (C100) on recent C100 activities including the community playbook, allyship between marginalized groups, and The Yellow Whistle. · Andy Li, President, API Coalition; President, Civic Leadership USA, on the First National API Elected Officials Summit in San Francisco on November 18-19, immediately following the Asia-Pacific Economic Corporation (APEC) Leaders’ Summit and CEO Summit. The virtual monthly meeting is by invitation only. If you wish to join, either one time or for future meetings, please contact one of the co-organizers of APA Justice - Steven Pei 白先慎, Vincent Wang 王文奎, and Jeremy Wu 胡善庆 - or send a message to contact@apajustice.org Meet and Know Congressman Andy Kim In the aftermath of the riots on the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, a Congressman crouched down on his knees and filled trash bags with debris in a near empty rotunda and then the adjacent rooms, including the National Statuary Hall and the Capitol crypt downstairs. It was Congressman Andy Kim in the blue jacket. According to NBC News , many people labeled Andy a “true patriot.” While Andy said he didn’t dwell much on the symbolic heft of his actions, the term was on his mind. “I feel blessed to have this opportunity as a son of immigrants to be able to serve in Congress,” he said. “Democracy to me is this place of opportunity that is affording me a chance to do something extraordinary.”In 2018, Andy became the first Asian American to represent New Jersey in Congress.Six months after his cleaning up the U.S. Capitol at midnight following the January 6 insurrection, Andy gave up the blue suit he wore on that day for public good again - this time for the Smithsonian Institution as part of its collection of items from the riot. “This suit of mine that’s with the Smithsonian now is not because of some high achievement that I've reached in this country. It was because I unfortunately was at the site of one of the most tragic events in our American democracy,” Andy, the son of Korean immigrants, said. “The values it tries to bring about are very much ones that are rooted in my immigrant family. Having humility, having respect for this country that gave us the opportunities that we've had.”He added: “I hope other Asian Americans see in that suit the same thing that I see, which is, hope for the kind of future in this country that many of us either immigrated to this country for, or grew up in this country with.”Andy talked to APA Justice at its September 2021 monthly meeting. A summary of his remarks is posted here: https://bit.ly/3kg687M . His talk starts at the 15:07 of this video: https://bit.ly/3ki3jmI We warmly welcome the return of Congressman Andy Kim to speak at the APA Justice monthly meeting on November 6, 2023. Call for Action: Sign-on Letter to Congress to Oppose Reauthorization of Section 702 or Make Major Reforms In partnership with American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), APA Justice calls for concerned individuals to sign on a letter calling for the end of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) unless there is fundamental reform to the law. Current authority for Section 702 will expire on December 31, 2023.Concerned individuals may complete and submit the letter electronically at https://bit.ly/3EFkg3R . You have the option to add a personal message in the text box. The online form will require you to fill in your name and address. It will automatically send the letter to your two senators and one representative. It is that easy. Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) and Stop AAPI Hate, Advancing Justice | AAJC, and Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF) led a coalition of over 60 organizations and sent a compelling message https://bit.ly/3LkEmnt to Congress: Reform Section 702 . The coalition also produced a fact sheet https://bit.ly/49cRF3L to explain what Section 702 is and how warrantless surveillance has inflicted serious harm to marginalized communities including Chinese Americans."Asian Americans have a history of being subjected to racial profiling and discrimination, often rooted in stereotypes and misconceptions. Authorities like Section 702 that lack proper oversight and targeting criteria can exacerbate these issues, leading to unjust scrutiny of innocent individuals within the Asian American and AMEMSA communities," the fact sheet said. Concerned organizations are urged to sign on to the coalition letter by contacting Andy Wong andywong@caasf.org , CAA Managing Director of Advocacy, and Joanna Derman jderman@advancingjustice-aajc.org , Program Director at Advancing Justice | AAJC.Concerned individual will now have a chance to express their opposition to reauthorization of Section 702 without comprehensive reforms. APA Justice urges you to sign on to the ACLU letter today at https://bit.ly/3EFkg3R and include references to the coalition letter https://bit.ly/3LkEmnt and fact sheet https://bit.ly/49cRF3L . 2023/10/02 APA Justice Monthly Meeting Summary Posted The October 2, 2023, APA Justice monthly meeting summary is now available at https://bit.ly/40gnN2q . We thank the following speakers for their updates and discussions: · Casey Lee casey.lee@mail.house.gov , Policy Advisor, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) substituted for Nisha Ramachandran nisha.ramachandran@mail.house.gov , Executive Director, CAPAC, and provided updates from CAPAC. · Joanna Derman, Director, Anti-Profiling, Civil Rights & National Security Program, will be reporting on behalf of Advancing Justice | AAJC going forward. She reported on two events - one titled “ Total Information Awareness: The High Costs of Post-9/11 U.S. Mass Surveillance ” at Brown University and the other a webinar titled “ State Legislatures 101 – How They Work and How You Can Make an Impact .” · Gisela Perez Kusakawa, Executive Director, Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF), gpkusakawa@aasforum.org reported on an upcoming launch of a new AASF website and its first 2022 to 2023 annual report, listening sessions with federal agencies, and the upcoming release of educational materials on Dr. Xiaoxing Xi 's case and Section 702 warrantless surveillance. Gisela also reported on AASF partnership with US-Asia Law Institute of NYU Law School, an upcoming session with Drs. Gang Chen and Xiaoxing Xi at the NAPABA conference, and an event at the Georgetown Law Center on combating the rise of anti-Asian bias in America. · Clay Zhu 朱可亮, Partner, DeHeng Law Offices 德恒律师事务所; Founder, Chinese American Legal Defense Alliance (CALDA) 华美维权同盟 reported on the recent developments of the Florida alien land bill lawsuit, as well as a webinar with Florida state legislators hosted by the Florida Asian American Justice Alliance (FAAJA). · Nancy Chen, Founding President, Chinese American Women in Action (CAWA) provided a report on her vast experience as Regional Administrator of the Women’s Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor; Director of U.S. Senator Paul Simon ’s Chicago Office; and Director of Asian-Pacific American Outreach at President Bill Clinton ’s White House Office of Presidential Personnel. After her retirement, Nancy founded CAWA and continues to stay involved in matters of importance to the community in Naperville, Illinois, and the nation. APA Justice will assist Nancy to organize a town hall meeting for Rep. Bill Foster on specific issues such as alien land laws and other laws and policies would have the impact on Asian Americans. Rep. Foster is the only Ph.D. Physicist in Congress. · Andy Wong, Managing Director of Advocacy, Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), reported on the delivery of a coalition letter to Congress in partnership with Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC and AASF to express the collective opposition to the reauthorization of section 702 unless there are comprehensive reforms. CAA and Stop AAPI Hate have also launched the Stop the Blame campaign in response to the ongoing rise of anti-Asian political rhetoric and legislation which is harming innocent Asian Americans and immigrants. · Haipei Shue 薛海培, President, United Chinese Americans, reported on the Appeals Curt hearing of Professor Franklin Tao 陶丰 in Denver and the administrative trial of New York Police Department Officer Baimadajie Angwang 昂旺 in New York City. Read the 10/2 meeting summary: https://bit.ly/40gnN2q . Read past monthly meeting summaries: https://bit.ly/3kxkqxP What The Next Census in 2030 Could Look Like On October 28, 2023, the New York Times reported on how census categories for race and ethnicity have evolved over the last 230 years and how they have shaped American identities. By sifting through copies of each decennial census from 1790 through 2020, the report found that almost none of them categorized race in the exact same way. Each change indicated an incremental shift in how the nation perceived racial and ethnic identities at that time. The first census in 1790 separated free “white” people from other free people and enslaved people. In 1890, the census identified African Americans by the fraction of their African heritage: “Black,” “mulatto,” “quadroon” and “octoroon.” These terms stamped in old documents are a stark reminder of U.S. history. The antiquated term “Negro” was used in nine decennial censuses until 2010.Some of the changes reflected the country’s anxieties over immigration. For example, the government added the category “Chinese” in the 1870 census, after many immigrants from China had come as railroad workers and anxieties over immigration from China rose. With the year 1970 came a significant shift in the census, when people were allowed to choose their race, rather than having a census taker do so. The census is now a marker of self-identification instead of an outsider’s perception. With 24 decennial censuses so far, race options have changed more than a dozen times, as new groups have been added and others deleted.The latest overhaul would allow more race and ethnicity options for people to describe themselves than the 2020 census did. One of the biggest changes would be to combine race and ethnicity into a single question. “Hispanic or Latino” would become one of seven race and/or ethnicity options, rather than in a separate origin question as it is now. A check box for “Middle Eastern or North African” would also be added. If approved, the new forms would be adopted across all surveys in the country about health, education and the economy. The Biden administration’s Office of Management and Budget has asked for feedback on this plan, which it could implement and add to all federal forms as early as next summer and then be used for the 2030 census. Read the New York Times report: https://nyti.ms/46Yng84 . News and Activities for the Communities 1. APA Justice Community Calendar Upcoming Events: 2023/11/01 Asia Society - A Conversation with Gary Locke 2023/11/02 Chinese American Museum - Saving America's Chinatowns2023/11/05 Rep. Gene Wu's Weekly Town Hall Meeting2023/11/06 APA Justice November 2023 Monthly Meeting2023/11/09-12 NAPABA Convention2023/11/11 Association of Chinese Professionals 2023 MetroConVisit https://bit.ly/45KGyga for event details. 2. Nomination of Dr. Monica Bertagnolli Advances The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee advanced the nomination of Monica Bertagnolli to lead the National Institutes of Health by a vote of 15-6, with ranking member Bill Cassidy , R-La., voting for President Joe Biden ’s nominee and Chairman Bernie Sanders , I-Vt., opposing it. Watch the HELP Committee proceedings: https://bit.ly/479cYBx Back View PDF October 31, 2023 Previous Newsletter Next Newsletter

Newsletter - #59 Stand Up, Speak Out, Take Action In 05/15 National "Unity Against Hate" Rallies #59 Stand Up, Speak Out, Take Action In 05/15 National "Unity Against Hate" Rallies Back View PDF May 13, 2021 Previous Newsletter Next Newsletter

Newsletter - #329 5/5 Meeting; William Tong; Hanfan Lin; China Initiative; Harvard Push Back; Uprising + #329 5/5 Meeting; William Tong; Hanfan Lin; China Initiative; Harvard Push Back; Uprising + In This Issue #329 · 2025/05/05 APA Justice Monthly Meeting · William Tong: Connecticut Attorney General · Haifan Lin: President of Federation of Asian Professor Associations · Long Shadow of the "China Initiative" · University Leaders Stand Up to Trump Administration Threats · NYT Opinion : "America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal" · News and Activities for the Communities 2025/05/05 APA Justice Monthly Meeting The next APA Justice monthly meeting will be held via Zoom on Monday, May 5, 2025, starting at 1:55 pm ET. In addition to updates by Judith Teruya , Executive Director, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Joanna YangQing Derman , Program Director, Advancing Justice | AAJC, and Gisela Perez Kusakawa , Executive Director, Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF), invited speakers are: · William Tong 湯偉麟 , Attorney General, State of Connecticut · Robert L. Santos , Former Director, U.S. Census Bureau; Former President, American Statistical Association · Haifan Lin 林海帆 , President, Federation of Asian Professor Associations (FAPA); Professor, Yale University · Gee-Kung Chang 張繼昆 , Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology The virtual monthly meeting is by invitation only. It is closed to the press. If you wish to join, either one time or for future meetings, please contact one of the co-organizers of APA Justice - Steven Pei 白先慎 , Vincent Wang 王文奎 , and Jeremy Wu 胡善庆 - or send a message to contact@apajustice.org . William Tong: Connecticut Attorney General William Tong 湯偉麟 is the 25th Attorney General (AG) to serve Connecticut since the office was established by the state constitution in 1897. He first took office in 2019 and is currently serving his second term. Born in Hartford, he is the first Asian American elected to any state office in Connecticut history, and the first Chinese American to be elected Attorney General nationwide. AG Tong was elected to serve as the President-elect of the National Association of Attorneys General. The vote was unanimous. His term begins in 2026.AG Tong has accepted our invitation to speak at the APA Justice monthly meeting on May 5, 2025.Since taking office in 2019, he has been a leading voice in defending civil rights and challenging federal overreach. He and fellow state attorneys general have filed at least eight lawsuits against the Trump administration, including efforts to oppose attempts to end birthright citizenship, prevent the freezing of federal funds critical to states, and overturn the planned $11 billion cut in the federal public health grants. AG Tong's advocacy underscores his commitment to upholding constitutional protections and ensuring equitable treatment for all communities. · 2025/04/02 CTpost: Connecticut sues Trump administration, Kennedy over health cuts, $120 million to state at risk · 2025/03/06 Attorney General Tong Secures Court Order Blocking Trump Administration from Freezing Federal Funds · 2024/12/29 NBC News: 'The first to sue': Opposing Trump's desire to end birthright citizenship is personal for this attorney general Haifan Lin: President of Federation of Asian Professor Associations Dr. Haifan Lin 林海帆 , President of the Federation of Asian Professor Associations (FAPA), is an invited speaker at the APA Justice monthly meeting on May 5, 2025.FAPA is a national coalition dedicated to uniting Asian and Asian American faculty across U.S. institutions. Established in 2024, FAPA aims to foster collaboration, amplify advocacy, and promote shared initiatives among Asian faculty organizations nationwide. Its mission encompasses advancing academic freedom, equity, and representation, particularly in response to challenges such as racial profiling and underrepresentation in leadership roles.Dr. Lin is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Cell Biology at Yale University and the founding director of the Yale Stem Cell Center. Renowned for his pioneering work in stem cell biology, Dr. Lin is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the U.S. National Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. On April 12, 2025, FAPA issued a public statement on the case of Indiana University Professor Xiaofeng Wang 王晓峰 and sent an open letter to Dr. Pamela Whitten , President of Indiana University, to condemn the abrupt dismissal of Dr. Wang, citing a lack of due process and growing racial profiling of Chinese American scientists. FAPA urges the university to reverse the decision, warning that such actions undermine academic freedom and set a dangerous precedent. Long Shadow of the "China Initiative" On April 25, 2025, the Committee of 100 annual conference will kick off with a session on " The Evolving National Security Landscape and Its Impact on Civil Rights ." This panel will examine what has replaced the China Initiative, who is being targeted now, and what comes next. Panelists will explore the broader implications of national security-driven discrimination, including the erosion of due process rights, racial profiling in espionage cases, and restrictions on cross-border collaboration. They will also discuss strategies for resisting policies that reinforce systemic inequality and advocate for civil liberties in an era of rising geopolitical tensions. Speakers for the panel are: · Gang Chen 陈刚 , Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) · Seth DuCharme , Chair, National Government Enforcement & Investigations Practice, Bracewell LLP; Former United States Attorney · Gary Locke 骆家辉 , Former U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China · Brian Sun 孙自华 , Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright US 1. The Case of Dr. Chee-Kung Wang Dr. Gee-Kung Chang 張繼昆 , currently a retired professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, was indicted in 2021 for 10 counts of visa and wire fraud. Prosecutors claimed he facilitated a scheme that brought Chinese nationals to the U. S. on J-1 visiting scholar visa to work at a private telecommunications firm instead of at the University. In April 2025, all charges were dismissed at the pretrial stage due to lack of evidence and not meeting fundamental principles of law. His case is widely seen as another example of racial profiling and prosecutorial overreach under now-defunct "China Initiative." He was represented by attorneys Robert Fisher and Brian Kelly , who also defended MIT Professor Gang Chen in a separate case under "China Initiative." Dr. Gee-Kung Chang and Mr. Robert Fisher will speak at the APA Justice monthly meeting on May 5, 2025. 2. China Initiative 2.0? The Case of Dr. Xiaofeng Wang 王晓峰 On March 28, 2025, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security executed search warrants at Indiana University (IU) Professor Xiaofeng Wang 's 王晓峰 residences in Bloomington and Carmel, Indiana. Simultaneously, IU terminated Professor Wang's employment via email without any formal reason. His wife, Nianli Ma , also affiliated with IU, was dismissed four days earlier without explanation. At the April 14, 2025 State of Play Town Hall, Nianli Ma shared her family's profound sense of betrayal and emotional distress over IU's unexplained dismissals, vowing to fight for justice and support the broader research community.On April 1, 2025, Stanford University legal scholar Riana Pfefferkorn filed a motion (1:25-mc-00022) to unseal the warrants, emphasizing the public's right to transparency. The U.S. Attorney's Office has argued to keep them sealed.Professor Wang's termination reportedly involved an undisclosed research grant from China in 2017-2018. Joining the protest on April 17, 2025, Day of Action for Higher Ed, IU computer science chair Yuzhen Ye said Professor Wang was not even aware of the grant when university officials asked him about it. “So apparently a researcher in China applied for this grant without his knowledge," she said "So (Wang) explained and also he provided a supporting documentation to IU. I truly believe this really could have unfolded in a very different way if IU administration had chosen to trust its own faculty or give them a fair chance to respond,” Professor Ye said. Read the continuing development of Professor Wang's case: https://bit.ly/42tbPVR 3. The Unsolved Suicide of Dr. Nongjian Tao According to an exclusive report by the South China Morning Post on April 14, 2025, Nongjian Tao 陶农建 , a renowned Chinese American scientist and pioneer in nanotechnology, was found dead in March 2020 outside a parking garage at Arizona State University (ASU), where he led the Center for Bioelectronics and Biosensors. A police report later concluded that Tao died by suicide amid significant "work-related stress." His sudden death at age 57 shocked colleagues, as he had been actively engaged in professional activities shortly before his passing. Tao was celebrated for his invention of the scanning tunneling microscopy break junction technique, which advanced the study of single molecules and contributed to the field of nanoscience. He also founded two biotech startups and secured over $10 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding. Stuart Lindsay , a Regents Professor at ASU and Professor Tao’s PhD adviser in the 1980s, called him “the brightest and hardest working student” he had ever had.In 2021, the American Chemical Society published the first-ever special issue of ACS Sensors dedicated to the memory of Professor Tao, recognizing him as "a person that made an incredible impact on our lives and those of many others." He was named an honorary fellow by the Chinese Chemical Society in 2012. In April 2020, The obituary in Nature Nanotechnology honors Professor Tao (1963–2020) as a pioneering nanoscientist. Professor Tao's death occurred during the era of the "China Initiative," which aimed to counter alleged economic espionage but shifted to racial profiling against Chinese researchers. Five years later, questions about Professor Tao’s death remain – including whether some of that stress was the result of possible inquiries by NIH.The cause of Professor Tao’s death may never be known. University Leaders Stand Up to Trump Administration Threats According to Harvard Crimson on April 22, 2025, Harvard University President Alan Garber joined over 180 university leaders (which has since grown to more than 220) in signing a public statement denouncing government overreach and political interference in higher education. Issued by the American Association of Colleges and Universities , the statement calls for constructive engagement with the White House while opposing undue intrusion on campuses. It follows Harvard’s lawsuit challenging a $2.2 billion funding cut and marks the first time the university has directly co-led opposition to the Trump administration. The statement also criticized threats of deportation, emphasizing the importance of academic freedom and open inquiry.On April 21, 2025, Harvard filed a lawsuit to halt a federal freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants: President and Fellows of Harvard College v. US Department of Health and Human Services (1:25-cv-11048) On April 14, 2025, Harvard publicly rejected a series of sweeping demands from the Trump administration, which included overhauling its admissions, hiring, and diversity programs, and submitting to federal oversight. “The University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights,” the Harvard President Garber wrote. On April 18, 2025, the New York Times reported that some administration officials claimed the initial letter on April 11 was sent in error. According to the Washington Post on April 19, 2025, Harvard pushed back on the assertion that the letter was sent in error, pointing out that the Trump administration had “doubled down” on its threats. After Harvard refused to comply with the letter’s demands, the Trump administration froze $2.2 billion in federal funding to the university without proof of violatons and threatened to revoke its tax-exempt status. NYT Opinion: "America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal" In an essay published by the New York Times on April 17, 2025, Columnist David Brooks opined that " What's Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal. " According to the opinion, Trumpism is not normal politics — it is a systematic, multifront assault on the foundational institutions of modern civilization. As the opinion explains, "Trumpism is about ego, appetite and acquisitiveness," and it actively seeks to dismantle the safeguards that make society humane and just — from universities and law firms to NATO and the rule of law. The usual compartmentalized responses have failed; treating these attacks as separate issues is a "disastrous strategy" that allows Trumpism to divide and conquer. This moment demands recognition that what’s at stake is not a partisan struggle, but “an assault on the fundamental institutions of our civic life.”What is urgently needed is not passive defense, but an “abnormal uprising” — a coordinated, national civic movement that unites all sectors of society: law, academia, science, media, business, and civil service. Drawing from historic examples in Why Civil Resistance Works , such movements start small but grow through strategic nonviolence — lawsuits, boycotts, mass rallies — eventually shifting the momentum and narrative. As the opinion argues, “Trump is about power. The only way he’s going to be stopped is if he is confronted by some movement that possesses rival power.” This is a call not just to resist, but to reform, heal, and rebuild. “We have nothing to lose but our chains,” the opinion concludes.Read the New York Times opinion by David Brooks: https://bit.ly/4ivpDUL News and Activities for the Communities 1. APA Justice Community Calendar 2025/04/24-26 Committee of 100 Annual Conference and Gala2025/04/24 CHINA Town Hall: The First 100 Days: President Trump's China Policy2025/04/24 Federal Employees: Know your Legal Rights2025/04/24 Stop AAPI Hate Community Town Hall - Trump’s Travel Ban: How to Prepare and Push Back2025/04/28 California AANHPI Advocacy Day2025/04/30 Beyond the China Initiative: Civil Rights, National Security, and the Future of AAPI Communities2025/05/04 Rep. Gene Wu's Town Hall Meeting2025/05/05 APA Justice Monthly Meeting2025/05/06 Asian American Careers - How to Build Your Personal Network, including Through Strategic Allies2025/05/12-14 APAICS Annual Summit and GalaVisit https://bit.ly/3XD61qV for event details. # # # APA Justice Task Force is a non-partisan platform to build a sustainable ecosystem that addresses racial profiling concerns and to facilitate, inform, and advocate on selected issues related to justice and fairness for the Asian Pacific American community. For more information, please refer to the new APA Justice website under development at www.apajusticetaskforce.org . We value your feedback. Please send your comments to contact@apajustice.org . Back View PDF April 24, 2025 Previous Newsletter Next Newsletter

Newsletter - #85 UTK's Catch-22; New Studies on EEA Released; SFCAUSE; Anti-Asian Hate/Racial Profiling #85 UTK's Catch-22; New Studies on EEA Released; SFCAUSE; Anti-Asian Hate/Racial Profiling Back View PDF September 23, 2021 Previous Newsletter Next Newsletter

National Media Network Item One Change the text to include your own content. Adjust the font, size or scale to customize the style. Item Two Change the text to include your own content. Adjust the font, size or scale to customize the style. Item Four Change the text to include your own content. Adjust the font, size or scale to customize the style. Item Five Change the text to include your own content. Adjust the font, size or scale to customize the style. During the APA Justice monthly meeting on April 3, 2023, Paula Madison, businesswoman and retired executive from NBCUniversal, proposed a proactive and assertive national media alert network for the Asian American community. The idea was prompted by the challenge of Texas Senate Bill 147 (SB147) and the revival of discriminatory alien land bills. While this bill was introduced in Texas, the implications nationally and globally were huge. It was decided that a roundtable will be convened to further discuss the development and implementation of the concept and strategies for the near term and the longer term. 2023 Monthly Meeting Apr. 2023 Meeting Paula Madison speaks at APA Justice Monthly Meeting - Apr. 3rd 2023 Inaugural Rountable Following a discussion with the Asian American Journalists Association on April 10, 2023, the virtual Inaugural Roundtable was hosted by APA Justice on April 17, 2023. The Inaugural Roundtable has two stated purposes: Assertively address immediate xenophobic challenges to our freedoms Consider longer-term proactive actions to ensure fairness and justice for all, including the AAPI and immigrant communities It is recognized that the Asian American and immigrant communities are in turbulent times again, facing enormous cross-cutting challenges, including but not limited to Legalizing discrimination at the state and federal levels, such as Texas Senate Bill 147, DATA Act, RESTRICT Act, etc Return of the Red Scare and McCarthyism, such as the loyalty attacks on Rep. Judy Chu, Gang Chen, and Committee of 100 members Warrantless surveillance such as the loopholes in Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that victimized Temple University Professor Xiaoxing Xi and others Mini "China Initiative" conducted by the National Institutes of Health that damaged or ruined the careers of hundreds of researchers and scientists Cross-border profiling, interrogation, harassment, and denial of entry of Chinese American faculty, students and their families by federal agents Continuing fallout from the now-defunct "China Initiative" including New York Police Department Officer Angwang Collateral damage from the deteriorating U.S.-China relations Anti-Asian hate and violence resulting from xenophobic rhetoric, insinuations, scapegoating, and demonization Members of the Inaugural Roundtable are: APA Justice Task Force API Coalition Asian American Advancing Justice - AAJC Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF) Chinese American Legal Defense Alliance (CALDA) Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) Committee of 100 (C100) National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates (OCA) The Serica Initiative United Chinese Americans (UCA) The Roundtable is intended to be a diverse and inclusive "big tent" with additional participants and observers to build an organic, focused and structured approach. About 100 organizational representatives and individuals registered, attended, or spoke at the online event. Three questions were asked of each Roundtable member. Discussions were held after the initial rounds of questions before the floor was opened to all participants and observers. The discussions covered a wide variety of issues and perspectives such as the historical and current state for the Asian American and immigrant communities including societal racism and bias; the need to combat stereotypes and to accentuate the contributions with education and sustainable actions; the positive and negative roles of the media in addressing recent events; understanding and exercising our constitutional and civil rights; the fundamental divide between the scientific and law enforcement perspectives; the importance of avoiding silos and building bonds and enduring relationships; the potential actions and use of technology to reach out across generational, racial, and industry boundaries; the establishment of strategies, unity, and readiness to change narratives and address immediate and anticipated issues; training and calling for strike teams and a bureau of well-versed speakers ready for action on short notice; filing lawsuits and taking legal actions to fight injustice. In essence, our communities are lacking in an infrastructure to address issues, and we need to build one that is diverse, sustainable, and ready. The vibrant discussions went beyond the scheduled time of 90 minutes. At the conclusion of the Roundtable, Paula quoted Desmond Tutu, “there is only one way to eat an elephant: one bite at a time” as she summarized her observations and suggested these follow-up actions: Share contact information to stay connected Create a chat group Organize and provide media training Reach out and build allies Create a playbook Identify a group of speakers ready to speak Employ playbook and deploy strike teams

Newsletter - #287 Civic Leadership Forum; Endorse Stanford Letter; Qian Xuesen; MSP Lecture; Election; + #287 Civic Leadership Forum; Endorse Stanford Letter; Qian Xuesen; MSP Lecture; Election; + In This Issue #287 · Civic Leadership Forum Silicon Valley: The U.S. vs. China: A Talent War · Additional Endorsers and Letters Invited to Oppose Revival of China Initiative · McCarthyism and Qian Xuesen 钱学森 · "Threats to Academic Freedom and International Engagement: China and Beyond" · APIAVote: Election Information in Your State · News and Activities for the Communities Civic Leadership Forum Silicon Valley: The U.S. vs. China: A Talent War On October 11, 2024, Civic Leadership Forum Silicon Valley: The U.S. vs. China: A Talent War was held at Ding Ding TV studios. Over 300 people watched the livestream of the event, which covered three topics: · Understanding the implications of losing top talent to China. · Discovering how trade wars and talent loss affect the middle class. · Exploring strategies for fostering collaboration and retaining talent. The expert panel included: · Scott Rozelle : A leading scholar in Chinese economics, Rozelle has recently participated in Track Two diplomacy initiatives between the U.S. and China. · Peter Michelson : A renowned physicist at Stanford University, Michelson has expressed concerns about the impact of the DoJ’s China Initiative on reverse brain drain. · Peter Zeidenberg : A successful lawyer who has defended Americans wrongly accused of espionage-related crimes, including Kansas University Professor Franklin Tao. · Joel Wong : A dedicated advocate for the Asian American Pacific Islander community and a prominent figure in U.S.-China relations. Professor Feng “Franklin” Tao , and his wife Hong attended the event and spoke about their ordeal . Former Congressman Mike Honda led off the Q&A session. Dr. Ken Fong , sponsor of the event, gave closing remarks . Additional Endorsers and Letters Invited to Oppose Revival of China Initiative On October 9, 2024, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported that more than 165 Stanford faculty members signed a letter to congressional leaders to “strongly oppose” legislative efforts to reinstate the China Initiative. The U.S. House has passed a measure to bring back the Trump-era initiative, which was ended in February 2022. Lawmakers also included language directing the U.S. Department of Justice to restart the probe in a government-spending bill. Both proposals require Senate approval. Gisela Kusakawa , executive director of the Asian American Scholar Forum, said it was important for professors and researchers to voice their concerns because they see firsthand the importance of international collaboration — and the chilling effect of the initial federal inquiry. She encourages faculty members at other colleges to also weigh in vy endorsing the Stanford letter or write their own letters. “By speaking out, these scholars can help shape policies that safeguard the academic landscape for future generations,” she said, Steven A. Kivelson , a professor of physics who spearheaded the drafting of the Stanford letter with Professor Peter Michelson , said he has worked with “brilliant” graduate students, postdocs, visiting scholars, and longtime research partners from China. “The China Initiative was significantly harmful to such collaborations, without having any clear positive implications for national-security issues,” he wrote in an email to The Chronicle. “There are few policy matters that seem so clear-cut to me as that the China Initiative should not be revived.”Read the Chronicle report: https://bit.ly/3U6ZD8J . Read the Stanford faculty letter: https://bit.ly/4dCVC2P . Endorse the Stanford faculty letter: https://bit.ly/4eXkWBw . The 1990 Institute has joined the White House , CAPAC , a coalition of community organizations , Committee of 100 , and National Asian Pacific American Bar Association in issuing a statement condemning the attempt to revive the China Initiative: https://bit.ly/3U8bLpT .On October 13, 2024, Forbes Breaking News posted a video recording of a hearing by the House Oversight Committee on September 24, 2024, in which Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) slammed the premise of the hearing and questioned witnesses about discrimination against the Chinese community. Watch the video: https://bit.ly/4029aSa (5:23) On October 12, 2024, Fair Observer reported that escalating political tensions between the U.S. and China are hindering scientific collaboration and making it harder for the U.S. to attract and retain talented Chinese scholars, according to a new study co-authored by Wharton professor Britta Glennon . Both countries are increasingly focused on self-sufficiency in science, diverging from long-standing international collaboration trends. This shift towards nationalism, Glennon argues, may have unintended consequences for innovation. The study, titled "Building a Wall around Science," was published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Read the Fair Observer report: https://bit.ly/4dKyAa7 . McCarthyism and Qian Xuesen 钱学森 In China, Qian Xuesen 钱学森 is hailed as a national hero—an aerospace engineer who took China into space. Here in America, Qian’s story is a lesson about how McCarthyism and American insecurity made America less secure. Qian Xuesen left the Republic of China in 1935 to study aerospace engineering at MIT, and he later became a professor at CalTech and co-founded NASA’s famous Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He was a welcome guest in the U.S. for more than ten years. In fact, shortly after World War II, the U.S. Government thanked him for his contribution to the war effort, including his service on the U.S. government’s Scientific Advisory Board as an Air Force lieutenant colonel. At the height of McCarthyism in 1950, the FBI accused Qian of being a communist and a threat to national security. He felt betrayed and humiliated, and after trying unsuccessfully to clear his name. The Department of Justice placed him under house arrest and forbade him from leaving for five years from 1950-1955 until the United States finally decided to deport him. Rather than helping the United States land on the moon, the country forced Qian out, and he helped build China’s space program. Still, there is no evidence that Qian ever spied for China or was an intelligence agent when he was in America, and government officials later described his deportation as “the stupidest thing this country ever did.” Qian’s life is recognized as globally pivotal in both Chinese and American history. The BBC wrote: “Qian's life spanned almost a century. In that time China grew from an economic minnow to a superpower on Earth and in space. Qian was part of that transformation. But his story could have been a great American one too - where talent, wherever it is found, could thrive.” Sources: 2020/10/26 BBC : Qian Xuesen: The man the US deported - who then helped China into space National Museum of Nuclear Sciences and History: Qian Xuesen Wikipedia: Qian Xuesen Alex Liang , second year student at Harvard Law School, contributed this report. "Threats to Academic Freedom and International Engagement: China and Beyond" On November 12, 2024, Massachusetts Society of Professors (MSP) at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, will host a lecture on "Threats to International Engagement and Academic Freedom," starting at 4:00 pm ET. The featured speaker is Dr. Yangyang Cheng , Particle Physicist and Research Scholar at Yale Law School's Paul Tsai China Center. Across the country, faculty and students are facing impediments to international engagement, and sometimes at significant personal risk, arising from increasingly strict federal regulations. International faculty and students are especially vulnerable, as are Chinese Americans and others with ties to countries experiencing strained US relations.At UMass Amherst, there are strong unions with the power to enforce robust contracts. The MSP event and the conversations it generates will help mobilize the UMass community to win and sustain the strongest possible protections for research and professional lives.The event will be held at UMass Amherst Lederle Graduate Research Center A112. It will also be streamlined by Zoom at https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/96950189589 . For more information, visit: https://bit.ly/3Yn2lcH APIAVote: Election Information in Your State November 5, 2024, is Election Day. Voters will elect the next President and Vice President of the United States. All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives will be up for election, and 34 seats in the U.S. Senate will be contested. There will also be state and local elections, as well as ballot initiatives or referendums.Every state has different rules for its elections. APIAVote (Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1996 that promotes civic participation and voter engagement in Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. It focuses on increasing voter registration, turnout, and advocacy to ensure AAPI voices are represented in the U.S. political process.APIAVote has developed an online map to provide state-by-state election dates, including registration and mail-in deadlines, as well as early voting. It also provides translated mailers to over 1 million AAPI households and online in order to inform them on how, where and when to vote, in their preferred language. To find out specific information about your state, visit: https://bit.ly/4f2qKtB According to NPR on October 14, 2024, in an election race this close, Asian American voters have become a force. The Asian and Pacific Islander Political Alliance (APIPA) is working to mobilize AAPI voters in Pennsylvania ahead of the 2024 election, canvassing daily to support Vice President Kamala Harris and other endorsed candidates. AAPI voters, though a small part of the electorate in this critical swing state, have grown significantly, with their numbers increasing by 55% between 2010 and 2020. The group's efforts reflect the growing importance of the AAPI population in political engagement, particularly in tight races where their votes could be decisive.Outreach to AAPI communities has been a challenge for both major parties, partly due to the cost and labor involved in translating voting materials. However, candidates like Harris have focused on targeted advertising and voter engagement in Asian American media, emphasizing her own immigrant background. While the Donald Trump campaign has done less specific outreach, they have attempted to tap into nostalgia for the economy during Trump's presidency. AAPI voters, once engaged, tend to remain politically active, and their support could prove crucial in several swing states.In other states, like Nevada, North Carolina, and Georgia, AAPI voters are also seen as a key demographic, with advocacy groups working to build long-term political engagement. Democratic organizers have noticed a surge in South Asian volunteers and increased outreach from both parties. However, some within the AAPI community still feel politically marginalized, a challenge advocacy groups are working to address by increasing voter outreach and representation in campaigns.Read the NPR report: https://n.pr/3BTAnfO News and Activities for the Communities 1. APA Justice Community Calendar Upcoming Events:2024/10/16 Rebuilding Trust in Science2024/10/20 Rep. Gene Wu's Town Hall Meeting2024/10/22 Engage with AAAS: 2024 U.S. Elections2024/10/25-27 Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the American Studies Network2024/10/26 Common Ground and Banquet2024/10/27 Rep. Gene Wu's Town Hall Meeting2024/11/03 Rep. Gene Wu's Town Hall Meeting2024/11/10 Rep. Gene Wu's Town Hall Meeting2024/11/12 Threats to International Engagement and Academic Freedom2024/11/14 Asian American Career Ceiling InitiativesVisit https://bit.ly/3XD61qV for event details. 2. Committee of 100: Asian American Career Ceiling Initiative WHAT : Asian American Career Ceiling Initiative: “An Advice and Networking Event (Financial Services, Investing and Consulting)" WHEN: November 14, 2024, 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm ET WHERE: Webcast HOST: Committee of 100 Moderator: Peter Young , Chair, Committee of 100 Asian American Career Ceilings Initiative DESCRIPTION: This virtual event, the 37th in a series, will enable Asian Americans of all ages to get valuable career advice from experienced and successful Asian Americans in the Financial Services, Investing and Consulting professions. Committee of 100 expects to hold this event for a different clusters of professions in the future. REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/3A1RUC3 3. APA Justice Newsletter Web Page Moved to New Website As part of its continuing migration to a new website under construction, we have moved the Newsletter webpage to https://www.apajusticetaskforce.org/newsletters . Content of the existing website will remain, but it will no longer be updated. We value your feedback about the new web page. Please send your comments to contact@apajustice.org . Back View PDF October 15, 2024 Previous Newsletter Next Newsletter

Newsletter - #193: 7/3 Meeting; Affirmative Action; Florida Law; Pew Study; Rice Names AVPs; More #193: 7/3 Meeting; Affirmative Action; Florida Law; Pew Study; Rice Names AVPs; More In This Issue #193 REMINDER: 2023/07/03 APA Justice Monthly Meeting Affirmative Action in College Admissions: What Have We Won? What Have We Lost? DOJ Says Florida Law is Unconstitutional Relatively Few Asian Americans Say They’re Well-informed About Asian History In The U.S. Rice University Names AVPs for Research Security, Technology Transfer News and Activities for the Communities Back View PDF July 3, 2023 Previous Newsletter Next Newsletter