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Join Virginians for Reproductive Freedom's webinar to: 🤔 Hear about VA's current abortion laws 📜 Learn how we're enshrining repro freedom in our state's constitution ✊ Take action to ensure abortion remains safe, legal, & accessible in Virginia! 📧RSVP: weareplannedparenthoodaction.org/a/protecting-r…

📢 JOIN OUR TEAM! 📢 We're seeking part-time Spring Canvassers to share important voting resources, educate, mobilize, and empower Asian voters in northern Virginia thru door-to-door convos about the June 2025 primary election! 🗳️ 📝Details + how to apply: hamkaecenter.org/25sc

Are you excited abt building relationships & moving ppl w/ resources to take action? 💸 Join our team! We're seeking a Development Manager in NoVA to develop individual giving campaigns and engage supporters to help build Asian American community power. 📝hamkaecenter.org/25dm

Thank you to @hamkaecenter for joining us in Richmond today! It was wonderful to hear from you and learn more about how we can continue to serve our community!

THREAD. It's important for all people of good will to understand the Laken Riley Act before the Senate votes on it tomorrow. It’s unconstitutional. It’s horrific in every word and clause. But there is a deeper, more imminent violence lurking beneath its hate-filled text.

Incarcerated youth firefighters are risking their lives fighting wildfires in Los Angeles for $10/day. PUT SOME $ ON THEIR BOOKS! Go to jpay.com/SendMoney.aspx, select California, “inmate #” & enter one of these:

LA isn’t playing around… There’s a spreadsheet of landlords price-gouging rent during the LA Fires docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Any politician that proposes a mask ban is admitting that they don't care about climate change or public health. No caveats.

banning tik tok specifically cuz of propaganda or privacy concerns is so crazy cuz the other options are a white south african’s racism app and meta’s ai slop data harvesting platforms

a ceasefire where israel just returns to pre-2023 ethnic cleansing isn't acceptable either. it is still abominably evil and the colony must be dismantled in our lifetime because it's shown that it will commit genocide whenever it feels sufficiently emboldened.

Some more great news today! The Constitutional Amendment for Reproductive Freedom (SJ247) has just passed out of the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee. It is now headed to the Senate floor. Thank you @JenniferBoysko for patroning this amendment!

Wanna connect w/ policymakers and push for change that our communities need? 📜 Join us in Richmond, VA for Advocacy Day (1/20), a day of empowerment and camaraderie w/ fellow Asian American Virginians towards social, racial, & economic justice! ✊ ✉️RSVP: hamkaecenter.org/ad24

📢 JOIN OUR TEAM! 📢 We're seeking a full-time Field Organizer in Henrico, VA to develop + implement voter engagement projects to educate + protect voters, promote voter turnout, and build base with Central VA's Asian American communities. 🗳️ 📝Details: hamkaecenter.org/24fo

📢 JOIN OUR TEAM! 📢 We're seeking a full-time, Hindi or Urdu-speaking Community Organizer in Northern Virginia to build power together w/ Asian Americans in VA thru a community base excited to engage in issue-based campaigns. ✊ 📝Details + how to apply: hamkaecenter.org/24co2

We're committed to keeping Asian American immigrants in Virginia safe, informed, & resilient. Your collective generosity empowers our community members and strengthens our fight for a more just + equitable Virginia for all! 💸 IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO DONATE: givelocaltogether.org/o/hamkae-center

We're scaling up our rapid response operations to ensure that our Asian American immigrant community members in Virginia have the immediate resources & support they need under the upcoming anti-immigrant Trump administration. 💸 GIVE TODAY TO SUPPORT: givelocaltogether.org/o/hamkae-center

Immigrant rights, protections, & programs like DACA have come under attack, and the bigotry + oppression we face will only be amplified w/ the incoming Trump admin. This #GivingTuesday, help defend & care for Asian immigrants in Virginia! 🫂🛡️ 💸 DONATE: givelocaltogether.org/o/hamkae-center

One reason people insist that you use the proper channels to change things is because they have control of the proper channels and they’re confident it won’t work - @joncstone

📢 JOIN OUR TEAM! 📢 We're seeking a Services & Outreach Manager in Northern Virginia to lead a multilingual + multiethnic team to strengthen Hamkae Center's community services and meet the immediate needs of Asian American communities in VA. 📝Details: hamkaecenter.org/24som

We're hosting a 🆓 Community Services Event (12/14, 11am-3pm) in Centreville, VA to get you started on a path to citizenship 🛂, low-cost healthcare options 🩺, small business resources 🛍️, and financial assistance programs. 💰 We can help in English or Korean. Walk-ins welcome!

Hamkae Center offers community services to support our communities' well-being, and to break down barriers to accessing resources we need to live easier lives! 🛂 Immigration Legal Services 🩺 Health Access Services 🛍️ Small Business Counseling 💰 Financial Assistance Programs