Events

Events June 26, 2023

2023 AALDEF Summer Cocktail Party

Events May 04, 2023

Presenting AALDEF's "Asian American Voter Trends" Report

Events March 14, 2023

March 14, 2023: Rep. Grace Meng, Harsha G. Marti, and CeFaan Kim to receive AALDEF 2023 Justice in Action Awards

Events November 08, 2022

2022 Asian American Exit Poll

Events October 30, 2022

Rally: Affirm Diversity

Events June 27, 2022

2022 AALDEF Summer Cocktail Party

Events April 21, 2022

Anti-Asian American Violence Panel Discussion on 4/21 and 4/22

Events March 16, 2022

Stop Asian Hate Now: Remembering Atlanta

Events March 09, 2022

March 9, 2022: AALDEF Lunar New Year Celebration and 2022 Justice in Action Awards

Events November 30, 2021

Nov. 30 - Support AALDEF on #GivingTuesday

Events March 09, 2021

March 4: Juju Chang, Ronny Chieng, and Ann Mukherjee receive 2021 Justice in Action Awards at lunar new year gala

Events March 05, 2021

March 4: AALDEF virtual lunar new year gala and 2021 Justice in Action Awards

Events January 14, 2021

Jan. 14-18, 2021: Cinematters-NY Social Justice Film Festival

Events October 01, 2020

10/1/2020 - AALDEF partners with Asian CineVision on 43rd Asian American International Film Festival

Events April 18, 2020

April 17: Virtual listening party for "Soft Power" cast album release to benefit AALDEF

Events February 18, 2020

William F. Lee and Viet Thanh Nguyen receive 2020 Justice in Action awards at AALDEF lunar new year gala

Events February 06, 2020

Feb. 6, 2020: William F. Lee and Viet Thanh Nguyen to receive AALDEF 2020 Justice in Action Awards

Events October 05, 2019

"Soft Power," NYC premiere and talkback with playwright David Henry Hwang - AALDEF theater party Oct. 5

Events August 28, 2019

"Felix Starro," Off-Broadway musical by Jessica Hagedorn - AALDEF theater party, Aug. 28, 2019

Events July 30, 2019

AALDEF co-sponsors Asian CineVision's 2019 Asian American International Film Festival

Events June 13, 2019

AALDEF summer party - June 25, 2019

Events April 20, 2019

AALDEF celebrates its 45th anniversary gala

Events April 19, 2019

Save the date: June 25, 2019 AALDEF Summer Party

Events February 27, 2019

2019 Justice in Action awards to be presented to Vanita Gupta and Michael C. Wu

Events September 09, 2018

Sept. 12, 2018 - AALDEF Legal Director Ken Kimerling receives NYCLA Award for Public Service

Events March 13, 2018

March 20, 2018: Film screening, “And Then They Came For Us”

Events February 20, 2018

2018 Lunar New Year Gala and Justice in Action Awards

Events September 29, 2017

Oct. 24: AALDEF theater party for David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly

Events July 19, 2017

July 26 – Aug. 5, 2017: Asian American International Film Festival

Events July 12, 2017

The Asian American Vote in 2016 – Presentations

Events July 10, 2017

The Asian American Vote 2016 – Philadelphia presentation

Events June 19, 2017

June 21, 22 and 27, 2017: Presentations on The Asian American Vote in 2016 in DC and NYC

Events May 04, 2017

May 23, 2017 – Screening of “Chinese Exclusion Act” and Q&A with filmmakers Ric Burns and Li-shin Yu

Events April 19, 2017

June 5, 2017: AALDEF Summer Cocktail Party

Events March 24, 2017

March 25 and 26, 2017: Immigrant rights clinics and Filipino Town Hall on Immigration

Events March 19, 2017

April 27, 2017 – Pacific Overtures theater party with George Takei

Events March 18, 2017

March 19, 2017: Voter Suppression Resistance Rally

Events October 17, 2016

Oct. 2-Nov. 27, 2016: Vietgone, a play by Qui Nguyen, at Manhattan Theatre Club

Events September 20, 2016

Sept. 29, 2016 – AMPLIFY(HER) zine launch at AAWW

Events September 18, 2016

Sept. 27, 2016: #MyAAPIVote Twitter Townhall–We’ve Never Been Silent

Events September 16, 2016

Oct. 4, 2016 – Racial profiling of Asian American scientists Joyce Xi

Events July 05, 2016

Aug. 19-22, 2016: The World’s Greatest, solo show by Judy Lei

Events July 05, 2016

July 21-30, 2016: Asian American International Film Festival 2016

Events May 09, 2016

June 20 – AALDEF summer party at Hudson Terrace

Events April 27, 2016

May 5 – Presentation on racial profiling of Chinese scientists

Events March 22, 2016

March 28 – Race Relations and Collaboration Between Asian American and African American Communities After the Peter Liang Case

Events March 13, 2016

March 15 – Panel on “Human Rights and Trafficking in Persons: Empowering Women to Address Poverty”

Events March 07, 2016

March 9 panel: Voting Rights in an Election Year for Communities of Color

Events February 22, 2016

Feb. 27: Legal rights workshop on immigration

Events September 14, 2015

Sept. 19, 2015 – Free Citizenship Application Assistance-National Citizenship Day

Events August 28, 2015

Sept. 24, 2015 – Book party with Ari Berman, “Give Us the Ballot”

Events July 31, 2015

Aug. 1, 2015 – Your Voice, Your Vote Workshop

Events July 21, 2015

Oct. 29, 2015 – Allegiance theater party, Q&A with George Takei

Events July 09, 2015

July 26, 2015 – Asian American International Film Festival, “The Surrender”

Events June 04, 2015

Baseball fundraisers for AALDEF

Events May 05, 2015

June 10, 2015 – Annual Summer Cocktail Party

Events October 15, 2014

Oct. 27, 2014 – AALDEF Young Professionals Committee Career Panel

Events September 05, 2014

Sept. 27, 2014 – Memorial Service for Yuri Kochiyama

Events July 08, 2014

August 13, 2014 – Letters from UndocuAsians, Barrow Street Theatre

Events July 01, 2014

July 10, 2014 — DACA Renewal Workshop

Events May 20, 2014

June 23, 2014 – AALDEF Summer Party at Hudson Terrace

Events February 04, 2014

February 12, 2014 — AALDEF Theater Party for David Henry Hwang’s Kung Fu!

Events January 14, 2014

January 22, 2014 — Young Professionals Committee MLK Happy Hour!

Events October 01, 2013

October 9, 2013 Briefing — New Study Shows East Coast Chinatowns Gutted by Gentrification

Events August 27, 2013

September 12, 2013 — AALDEF & Kaye Scholer Book Party with Helen Wan, author of The Partner Track

Events July 09, 2013

July 25 — Join us at the Asian American Film Festival for Lil Tokyo Reporter

Events May 07, 2013

May 20 — #UndocuAsians: A New Film & Theater Performance by Undocumented Asian Youth

Events April 25, 2013

June 25 — AALDEF 2013 Annual Summer Cocktail Party!

Events April 22, 2013

May 8 — Join us for an APA Heritage Month Screening of Patsy Mink: Ahead Of The Majority

Events April 03, 2013

April 8 — Telebriefing: Asian Voters & Immigration Reform

Events February 14, 2013

Feb. 19 — AALDEF 2013 Justice in Action Silent Auction

Events January 17, 2013

Jan. 23 — Young Professionals Committee MLK Happy Hour!

Events January 03, 2013

February 19 — 2013 Justice in Action Awards Honoring Congressman John Lewis, Jose Antonio Vargas, and Simone Wu

Events October 19, 2012

Election Day 2012: AALDEF YPC Viewing Party!

Events October 11, 2012

October 22 — AALDEF Theater Party for “Hold These Truths”

Events August 28, 2012

September 5 — AALDEF Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Pro Bono Training

Events July 31, 2012

August 1 — Special Offer for Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Events July 03, 2012

July 26 — Join Us at the Asian American Film Festival for ‘Mr. Cao Goes to Washington’

Events May 09, 2012

June 18 — AALDEF 2012 Annual Summer Cocktail Party

Events May 07, 2012

May 24: AALDEF YPC Screening of Harry Belafonte documentary Sing Your Song

Events May 07, 2012

May 12: AALDEF at the AAPI Heritage Festival in NYC!

Events April 06, 2012

April 28-29: National Summit for Asian American Youth Advocates

Events February 17, 2012

March 6 — Join AALDEF at the UN for a Women’s History Month Presentation “Women’s Economic Opportunity: A Solution for Trafficking in Persons”

Events January 05, 2012

January 18 — Young Professionals Committee’s 2012 Kick-Off MLK Happy Hour

Events November 14, 2011

February 8 — Fareed Zakaria, Parkin Lee of The Rockefeller Group, and Yale Law Professor Jean Koh Peters To Receive 2012 Justice in Action Awards

Events October 27, 2011

October 29 — AALDEF at the White House AAPI Initiative’s Bullying Prevention Summit

Events September 22, 2011

AALDEF Special Benefit Preview of ‘Chinglish,’ David Henry Hwang’s New Broadway Play!

Events August 30, 2011

September 8 – 2nd annual 9/11 vigil: standing together 10 years later

Events August 29, 2011

September 7 – Roundtable on 9/11: The New York Perspective 10 Years Later

Events August 11, 2011

August 24 – AALDEF Forum on Post 9/11 Issues and the Muslim American Community

Events July 20, 2011

August 14 – Asian American International Film Festival: Resident Aliens Premiere

Events July 19, 2011

July 30 – South Asians in New Jersey: Ten Years After 9/11

Events June 20, 2011

June 25 – Asian Pacifically New York – Photography by Corky Lee Opening Reception

Events April 29, 2011

June 20 – AALDEF annual summer cocktail party

Events April 29, 2011

May 11 – AALDEF YPC/AABANY Networking Event: NEW VENUE

Events April 12, 2011

April 21 – AALDEF YPC Special Film Screening, “Children of Invention”

Events February 11, 2011

Feb. 25 – Anti-Trafficking Efforts: Race, Gender, and Class in the 21st Century

Events February 08, 2011

Feb. 8 – AALDEF Young Professionals Committee After-Party

Events January 06, 2011

January 19 – AALDEF Young Professional Committee’s 2011 Kick Off Happy Hour

Events October 13, 2010

Oct. 13 – AALDEF Young Professionals Committee: Employment Law Career Panel

Events July 13, 2010

August 12 – APALA-NJ Golf Classic and Dinner To Benefit AALDEF

Events July 07, 2010

July 17-Asian American International Film Festival Comes to NYC

Events May 22, 2010

June 7: AALDEF Summer Party at Amnesia, New York City

Events January 15, 2010

AALDEF Young Professionals Committee Celebrates MLK Day

Events September 24, 2009

Screening of “Vincent Who?”

Events July 25, 2009

Asian American International Film Festival screenings in NYC and AALDEF happy hour

Events June 02, 2009

Annual Summer Party to Benefit the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund

Events March 26, 2009

Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Sandra Leung and Dale Minami to Receive 2009 Justice in Action Awards at AALDEF 35th Anniversary Celebration

Events February 25, 2009

AALDEF Hosts a Reading of the Novel _Chambermaid_

Events October 23, 2008

Please join us for AALDEF’s 1st Young Professionals Happy Hour

Events July 10, 2007

AALDEF Hosts a Reading of the Novel "Chambermaid"

Events June 14, 2007

June 23, 2007: “Remembering Vincent Chin 25 Years Later”

Events January 01, 0001

2017 Justice in Action Awards Gala

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