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AALDEF Calls for Independent Oversight of NYPD Following Sh'ia Mosque Surveillance Report
02.02.12
On February 2, the Associated Press released classified documents indicating that since 2006, the New York Police Department has been systematically working to expand and focus its intelligence gathering through secretive surveillance of more than a dozen Sh'ia mosques and...
AALDEF Issues Public Comment on New York State Schools' Application for Waiver From the Elementary and Secondary Education Act/No Child Left Behind
02.02.12
New York State public schools currently serve 238,792 English Language Learners (ELLs). Through its participation in the New York State School and District Accountability Think Tank, AALDEF, together with Advocates for Children of New York, submitted substantive recommendations for accountability...
AALDEF Preliminary Response to LATFOR Redistricting Maps' Impact on Asian Americans
01.26.12
January 26, 2012 -- This afternoon the New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment (LATFOR) released its proposed redistricting maps for New York State Assembly and New York State Senate districts. The Asian American Legal...
MACLC Calling for Resignation of Police Commissioner Kelly in Jan. 26 City Hall Press Conference
01.25.12
Contact: Ujala Sehgal (AALDEF) usehgal@aaldef.org 212.966.5932 x217 Linda Sarsour (Arab American NY) lsarsour@accesscommunity.org 917.306.3323 PRESS CONFERENCE, TOMORROW 1/26, 11:00 AM, STEPS OF CITY HALL Muslim Groups Call for Resignation of Police Commissioner Kelly Demand City Council Institute Community Control...
AALDEF Files Amicus Brief Opposing Life Without Parole Sentences for Juveniles
01.24.12
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) has joined the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, and Leadership Conference on Race and Human Rights in filing an amicus brief...
AALDEF Secures Victories in New Jersey Redistricting
01.10.12
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), together with Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association - New Jersey (APALA), Korean American Voters' Council (KAVC), South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), and the South Asian Bar Association (SABA), has advocated...
Civil Rights Groups Present Revised Redistricting Unity Map
01.09.12
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), LatinoJustice PRLDEF, National Institute for Latino Policy (NILP), and the Center for Law and Social Justice (CLSJ) of Medgar Evers College have released a new version of the Unity Map...
AALDEF Files Complaint on Behalf of Asian American Voters in New York Redistricting Case
12.28.11
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), together with pro bono counsel Kaye Scholer LLP, filed a Complaint-In-Intervention in Favors v. Cuomo on behalf of four Asian American voters urging the Brooklyn Federal Court to adopt a redistricting...
Asian American Groups Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Minority Voting Rights in Texas Redistricting Case
12.23.11
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), together with pro bono counsel Kaye Scholer LLP, filed an amicus brief in Perry v. Perez on behalf of the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) Greater Houston Chapter urging the...
Statement of Executive Director Margaret Fung on the Charges Filed in the Case of U.S. Army Private Danny Chen
12.22.11
The tragic death of Pvt. Danny Chen is a heartbreaking outcome for his family and the entire Asian American community. His military service in Afghanistan was a true measure of his devotion to this country and its ideals of freedom....