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Thank you, Senator @AlexisWeik for meeting with us today to push for education and health equity in New York for the #APACommunity. We look forward to working with you more in the future! #APAInvisibleNoMore

Thank you, Chelsea from @SenatorGaughran's office for meeting with us today to advocate for education and health equity for the #APACommunity in New York. We look forward to working with you more in the future! #APAInvisibleNoMore

Thank you, Craig from Assembly Member @BillMagnarelli's office for meeting with us today to learn about the root causes of health and education inequities for the #APACommunity in New York. We look forward to working with you more in the future! #APAInvisibleNoMore

Thank you, Lermond from Assembly Member @IE_Dickens's office for meeting with us today to advocate for health and education equity for the #APACommunity in New York. We look forward to partnering with you more in the future! #APAInvisibleNoMore

A huge thank you to Senator @ShelleyBMayer and her team for meeting with us to talk about #APACommunity experiences and our legislative priorities to ensure equity for our diverse communities across New York State. #APAInvisibleNoMore

Please join us as we share key elements of our APA Education Equity Agenda on our social media platforms over the next two weeks, in anticipation of the official release of the Agenda. Also to come: opportunities to engage with our work, our partners, and our allies. [8/8]

RT if you stand with us, as together we #RiseUp to #StopAsianHate. Photos: Ht @AAFederation #RiseUpRally, Feb. 27, 2021. Foley Square, Manhattan, NYC, New York. #BeAnAlly #StopAAPIHate @Grace4NY #HateIsAVirus @pbpny @iss_nyc

THANK YOU to all who showed up today to make their voice heard! #RiseUpRally #StopAsianHate

“There’s no place for hate in New York City. Hate against one of us is hate against all of us.” @NYCMayor #RiseUpRally #StopAsianHate

Thank you so much to @bradlander's COS, Megan Flynn, for meeting with the 15% and Growing Campaign to fight for an equitable budget for APA New Yorkers! Our communities need critical funding to support mental health services, digital inclusion, and food assistance. #15percentAPA

So excited to bring together our powerful APA-led organizations with the 15% and Growing Campaign to fight for a fair and equitable NYC budget! We thank you, Council Member Salamanca Jr. and your staff, for taking the time to meet with us today! #15percentAPA @Salamancajr80

A big thank you to @MarkTreyger718 and COS Anna Scaife for meeting with the 15% and Growing Campaign today, and for your continued support in fighting for a fair and equitable budget for APA New Yorkers!

Thank you @Vanessalgibson for meeting with the 15% & Growing Campaign members for a fair&more inclusive budget for NYC’s APA communities #15percentAPA #15percentandgrowingnyc @cacf

Anti-Asian violence is creating fear & anxiety. Our elders are being attacked. RALLY WITH AAF this SATURDAY 02/ 27 to urge our leaders to address anti-Asian racism in our city w/ solutions rooted in community. In-person so 😷 & social distance. #StopAsianHate #RiseUpRally

Violence at the Capitol provoked complicated emotions among many new Americans and refugees, particularly those who had fled violence. “We witnessed a rupture of democracy that we thought we could only experience in banana republics,” one immigrant said. nyti.ms/3s7Iw7h

before asians are counted as a monolith to make points about dem strategy, please ask any asian person about the racism/classism/anti-immigrant biases that exist in the as-am community and are stoked by trump's rhetoric. i guarantee it's not as simple as "fear of socialism"

Asian Americans are the fastest growing minority group in the country. Virginia wouldn’t be solidly blue without AAPI voters. States with fast growing AAPI populations like AZ and GA are battlegrounds instead of solidly red. This is a wildly ignored voting bloc - it shouldn’t be.

.@huahsu explores why both parties have failed to forge a strong relationship with Asian American voters. nyer.cm/WQEiSKM

In Brooklyn, Wu Yi Zhuo has used his trusty gaohu to serenade subway platforms with Cantonese opera music for years. He pours the money he earns playing solo into his musical group and brings a bit of Guangdong Province to Bensonhurst. #NationalImmigrantsDay

U.S.-born children of immigrants or immigrant students raised in the U.S. accounted for nearly 60% of the growth in university enrollment since 2000. nyti.ms/2SYjFlM