Asian American Week of Action 

Events for Week of Action

Community Briefing on Immigration

When: 12 p.m.-1 p.m. EDT

Date: August 14

City: Boston

Location: Asian American Civic Association

Organizers: Asian American Justice Center and Asian American Civic Association

Local contact: Georgiana Tam, gtam@aaca-boston.org

Asian Americans for Immigration Reform Press Events

When: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. PDT

Date: Aug. 17

City: Los Angeles and San Francisco

L.A. Location: Historic Filipino town at Unity Park (Beverly-Union Park)

San Francisco Location: ACLU, 39 Drumm St.

Organizers: Asian Law Caucus and Asian Pacific American Legal Center

Local contact: Chris Punongbayan, chrisp@asianlawcaucus.org; Connie Choi, cchoi@apalc.org

Telephone Press Conference with Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.)

When: 12 p.m. EDT

Date: Aug. 18

Organizers: National Immigration Forum and Asian American Justice Center

Local contact: Nicole Duran, nduran@advancingequality.org

Immigrant Service Day – Food Drive

Date: Aug. 20

City: Los Angeles

Location: Los Angeles Food Bank

Organizers: Asian Pacific American Legal Center and Japanese American Citizens League-Pacific Southwest District

Local contact: Scott Chan, schan@apalc.org; Kristin Fukushima, Kristin.Fukushima@gmail.com.

National Text-In Day

Date: Aug. 20

Town Hall with Reps. Jan Schakowsky and Mike Quigley (D-Ill.)

When: 1 p.m.-3 p.m. CDT

Date: Aug. 22

City: Chicago

Location: Mayfair Salvation Army Community Church

Organizers: Asian American Institute, Korean Resource and Cultural Center, Coalition for a Better Chinatown and Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Engagement

Local contact: Sung Yeon, sungyeon@aaichicago.org

Legislative visits

Date: All Week

Location: Across California

Organizers: Asian Pacific American Legal Center and Asian Law Caucus

Made in L.A. Film Screening and Discussion

When: 3 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

Date: Aug. 30

City: Washington, D.C.

Location: contact napawfdc@yahoo.com

Organizer: National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, Washington D.C. Chapter

Local contact:  Lan Nguyen, lnguyen@napawf.org

South Asians and Immigration Town Hall

When: 11am.-2 p.m. EDT

Date: Sept 26

City: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Location: To Be Announced

Organizers: South Asian Americans Leading Together and Sahara

Local contact: Priya Murthy, priya@saalt.org

Past Event:

South Asians and Immigration Town Hall

When: July 27

City: Jersey City, N.J.

Organizers: South Asian Americans Leading Together, Manavi, Sikh Coalition, SAMHAJ, New Jersey Immigration Policy Network, CAIR-NJ, American Friends Service Committee N.J., Govinda Sanskar Temple, Andolan, and Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund

Contact: Priya Murthy, priya@saalt.org