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ACCESS: Arab Community Center for
Economic and Social Services. A human services organization, provides a
wide range of social, mental health, educational, artistic, employment,
legal and medical services.
- APEX:
Asian Professional Exchange. To serve young Asian American
professionals who can explore new career paths, meet peers and leaders.
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Arizona Asian
American Association. To provide an open forum for all Asians where
they can express and share their concerns, problems and achievements.
- Asia
Hands. Founded in 1997, Asia Hands is a non profit social networking
group for professionals of all ages and nationality who have previously
lived and worked in the Asia region.
- Asia
Source. An online resource developed by the Asia Society to meet the
need for timely, reliable, unbiased information and assistance regarding
the cultural, economic, social, historical, and political dimensions of
Asia.
- Asian
Wind. Bridging East and West in Business Technology and Culture.
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Asian American Arts Alliance, New York: A non-profit service
organization dedicated to increasing the support, recognition and
appreciation of Asian American arts.
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Asian American Arts Foundation (AAAF): A Northern California based
non-profit organization representing various community organizations and
businesses.
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Asian American Bar
Association (AABA) of the Greater Chicago Area. There existed a gap in
the representation of Asian American interests in the legal community. AABA
co-sponsors the only free legal clinic to serve the Asian American
communities, the Asian American Essay & Speech contests, and others.
- Asian American Business Assistance Center
(AABAC). Helps Virginia Asian American businesses to compete in the
American and global marketplace with strategic research, guidance, and
connections.
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Asian American Business
Association, St. Louis. Founded to assist the Asian American business
owners in all aspects of their business.
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Asian American
Cybernauts. A Guide to Asian American Resources. The resources provided
primarily focus on minority, cultural, multicultural, and ethnic diversity
issues.
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Asian American Dance Performances. AADP exists to provide a vehicle through
which Asian Americans can express, interpret and articulate their diverse
cultural heritages and experiences through dance.
- Asian
American Economic Development Enterprises, Inc. (AAEDE), Montery Park,
CA. To create business and personal growth for Asian Americans and others
through education, employment and enterprise.
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Asian Americans for Community Involvement. A nonprofit advocacy,
education, health and human service organization in Santa Clara county, CA.
- Asian
American Government Executives Network (AAGEN). The mission of AAGEN is
to promote, expand and support Asian Pacific American leadership in the
Federal, state and local governments.
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Asian-American Health: Cambodia, Laotian, Vietnamese. Resources for
cross-cultural care and prevention, educational resources, resources in
Dallas and elsewhere.
- Asian American Institute. The
mission is to empower the Asian American community through advocacy,
utilizing research, education, and coalition building.
- Asian
American Journalist Association (AAJA): San Francisco. Chapters in
various cities and states. Chapters with Websites are:
Atlanta,
Chicago,
Los Angeles,
New York,
Seattle, and
Texas.
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Asian American Justice Center (AdvancingEquality.org).
Advance the human and civil rights of Asian Americans through
advocacy, public policy, public education, and litigation.
- Asian
American Law Enforcement Association (AALEA). A not-for-profit
organization which represents Asian Americans in law enforcement agencies
in Chicago and the Midwestern states.
- Asian
American LEAD. Leadership, Empowerment, and Development. Helps Asian
American youth in Washington, D.C. by providing education, leadership
training, after-school programs, summer programs, mentorships, and family
support services.
- Asian
American Legal Defense and Education Fund. (AALDEF) advocates on behalf
of the ten million Asian Pacific Americans in the United States. Program
areas include affirmative action, economic justice, anti-asian violence,
police brutality, voting rights, immigrant rights, and race relations
- Asian
America MultiTechnology Association (AAMA). A non-profit organization of
corporations and individuals, AAMA promotes the growth and success of U.S.
technology manufacturing and related enterprises throughout the Pacific
Rim.
- Asian American/Pacific Islander Nurses Association (AAPINA).
A professional organization of registered nurses of Asian American and
Pacific Islander background formed to support their professional concerns
in the US and globally.
- Asian American
Parents Association, (AAPA) Cupertino, CA. AAPA addresses concerns
facing children's K-12 education, provides opportunities for the exchange
of ideas on issues related to education, and organizes activities that
support student development.
- Asian
American Recovery Services, Inc.: The purpose of AARS is to decrease
the incidence and impact of substance abuse in the Asian and Pacific
Islander communities in San Francisco Bay Area.
- Asian
Americans For Equality. To advance the rights of Asian Americans and
all those in need through advocacy and access in civil rights, immigrant
assistance, social services, affordable housing, and economic development.
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Asian American Sequential Artists
Resource Guide. To promote and provide information on Asian American sequential artists and their work.
- Asian
Americans United, Philadelphia. A non-profit, community based social
change organization. Emphasis on poor and working class, and immigrant and
refugee communities.
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Asian-American Village Online. Cultural, career, and community resource
for all Asian-Pacific Islander Americans. Daily news, family and
lifestyles, art, politics, discussion, organization partnerships, and other
content.
- Asian
American Writer's Workshop (AAWW), New York. A non-profit organization
dedicated to the development, creation, publication, and dissemination of
Asian American literature.
- Asian
Americans for Community Outreach (AACO). Dedicated to creating a forum
in the San Francisco Bay Area where Asian American professionals and
students can meet and foster the common goal of community service
benefiting the Asian American community.
- Asian
and Pacific Islander American Health Forum. A national advocacy
organization dedicated to promoting policy, program, and research efforts
to improve the health and well-being of Asian American and Pacific Islander
communities.
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Asian Communities - MyWsup.com.
The founders of the myWSUP.com site are Asian Americans and we value people
who value their cultural backgrounds as we do.
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Asian Human Services,
Chicago. To provide competent and compassionate services to the Asian
American community of metropolitan Chicago.
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Asian Law Caucus. The mission of the Asian Law Caucus is to promote,
advance and represent the legal and civil rights of the Asian and Pacific
Islander communities.
- Asian
Media Access. A non-profit organization dedicated to using media arts
as a tool for social betterment and serving Asian American media needs.
- Asian
Pacific American Heritage Association, (APAHA) Houston. Promoting
cross-cultural awareness, education and appreciation between and among
Asian/Pacific Islander groups and other racial/ethnic groups are major
objectives of APAHA.
- Asian
Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), AFL-CIO. The first national
organization of Asian Pacific American union members and their supporters,
and continues the long and proud tradition of Asian Pacific American
workers fighting for justice.
- Asian
Pacific American Network. A coalition and network of Asian Pacific
American community-based non-profit organization.
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Asian Pacific Americans for Progress (APAP). APAP is a national network
of progressive Asian Americans and friends. Our goals are to bring
progressive values to the community and to organize for electoral
empowerment.
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Asian Pacific
Community Fund (APCF), Los Angeles. To provide funds to support health
and human social services not adequately supported by government or local
charities.
- Asian Pacific Islander Community
Leadership Foundation. Seattle-based nonprofit organization developing
and supporting skilled, values-based API leaders who are devoted to social
justice and community empowerment.
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Asian Pacific Islander Legal
Outreach. API Legal Outreach (formerly Nihonmachi Legal Outreach)
combines the commitment of a non-profit, community-based organization with
the professional services of a law office.
- Asian
Women in Business (AWIB). A not-for-profit membership organization to
assist Asian women to realize their entrepreneurial potential.
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Asian Youth Services,
Chicago. Serves primarily Cambodian, Laotian and Vietnamese children in the
Uptown neighborhood of Chicago.
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Asians in America Project. A national clearinghouse for news and
information on the Asian Pacific American community.
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Calvert Foundation.
Community investment program which helps support economically disadvantaged
communities throughout the country and the world. Provides funding for many
groups that directly concern the Asian American community such as Asian
Americans for Equality, Chinatown Community Development Center, SHARE (in
India) and many others.
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CAUSE-Vision 21. A nonprofit organization dedicated to the political
empowerment of Asian Americans through voter registration, education and
outreach, and leadership development.
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Chinatown Community Cultural Center,
Washington, DC. celebrates the cultural
heritage of Asian Americans, notably Chinese Americans, to
foster greater understanding between cultures and races, to
preserve and promote D.C. Chinatown to visitors, to serve as
a bridge between the U.S. and China, to educate the general
public about the contributions of Asian and Chinese
Americans.
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Chinese Mutual Aid Association
(CMAA). CMAA's mission is to serve the needs, promote the interests, and
enhance the well-being of Chinese and other immigrants and refugees in
Chicagoland, and to foster their participation in American society.
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Coalition for Asian American Children & Families, New York. Myths &
Facts. Asian American Families Today. Advocates for social policies and
programs which support Asian American children and families.
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Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans. A non-profit organization staffed
solely by volunteers working together to build a sense of community among
the tri-state area's Asian Pacific Americans.
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Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL), Washington,
D.C. A non-profit, nonpartisan educational organization whose mission is to
promote Asian Pacific American (APA) interests and success in public sector
careers.
- Federal Asian Pacific American Council
(FAPAC). A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization representing the civilian
and military Asian Pacific American employees in the Federal and
District of Columbia governments.
FAPAC Southwest Chapter
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Impact. Founded by Asian professionals and college students to address
the dire educational and developmental needs of inner city children in
Oakland, CA.
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Kearny Street Workshop. The mission is to promote, preserve and present
art that enriches and empowers Asian American communities.
- Leadership
Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc. (LEAP). A national, non-profit,
non-partisan, educational, community-based organization founded in 1982 by
a cross section of Asian Pacific American leaders.
- Media
Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA), Burbank, CA. To create an
environment free of racism through accurate, balanced, and sensitive Asian
American images.
- ModelMinority.com: A Guide to Asian
American Empowerment. As diverse and rapidly changing as the society
we live in, Asian Americans do not conform to any single description.
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National Asian American Telecommunications Association. The mission is
to present stories that convey the richness and diversity of the Asian
American experience.
- National
Asian Pacific American Bar Association. Only national association of
Asian Pacific American attorneys, judges, law professors, and law students,
providing a national network for its members and affiliates.
- National
Asian Women's Health Organization (NAWHO). A comprehensive on-line
resource to provide information and education about the health needs of
Asian American women and families.
- National
Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP). All volunteer
organization whose mission is to promote the personal and professional
development of the Asian American community. Chapters in Boston, Chicago,
Houston, Los Angeles, New York, and Seattle.
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National Association of Asian American Professionals - San Francisco
Chapter. The Bay Area Chapter of the NAAAP, an all volunteer
not-for-profit organization to serve and support organizations,
associations, and enterprises committed to the betterment of the Asian
American community.
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National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development.
National CAPACD is the first organization dedicated to the housing and
community development needs of the Asian Pacific American population.
-
National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS). Founded in 1980
in San Francisco, NJAHS is a non-profit organization dedicated to the
preservation, promotion, and dissemination of materials relating to the
history and culture of Japanese Americans.
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SAWNET: South
Asian Women's Network. A forum for those interested in South Asian
Women's issues.
- Second Generation.
A non-profit theatre
company dedicated since 1997 to bringing Asian American stories to the
world's stage.
-
www.80-20initiative.net. The
80-20 PAC is a non-partisan, pan-Asian, political organization working for
equal opportunity for Asian Pacific Americans.
- Wing
Luke Asian Museum, Seattle. The mission of the Museum is to preserve
and present the history, art, and culture of Asian Pacific Americans.
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Yellowworld.org. A community portal focused on Asian advocacy,
dedicated to the cultivation of a collective Asian political and social
consciousness.
- AsAsun.com. To provide the
Washington DC community area a source to Asian information, business,
events, entertainment, and dining.
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Upwardly Global.
A nonprofit organization based in San
Francisco that brings highly qualified immigrants and highly
progressive employers together.
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