WILL THEY SUPPORT THE UNITY MAP OR STATUS QUO FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS?
WHAT: Virtual Press Conference by APA VOICE Redistricting Task Force, largest APA coalition of civic engagement groups involved in the 2020 Redistricting Cycle in New York City
WHY: The Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) ...
NEW YORK — Last Thursday, the Senate parliamentarian, an unelected staff attorney who works for the Judiciary Committee, issued yet another negative decision on the immigration provision that Democrats sought to include in the Build Back Better bill. Her opinion clearly indicates that she has no int...
NEW YORK — Today, the Census Bureau released its updated list of jurisdictions that are required by the federal Voting Rights Act to provide translated ballots, voting materials, and bilingual poll workers for specific language minority groups. The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AA...
AALDEF, CLSJ, and LatinoJustice of the Unity Map Coalition Complete UNITY Map Redistricting Plan
New York, NY — On Tuesday, November 23, 2021, the UNITY MAP COALITION, an alliance of the leading legal voting rights advocacy organizations representing people of color in New York City, released its p...
The next RAISE and AALDEF virtual immigration clinic will take place on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at 6 pm ET. An AALDEF attorney and RAISE’s community organizer will share the latest immigration proposal in the Build Back Better bill, conduct Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) eligibilit...
MEDIA ALERT: VIRTUAL PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING TEXAS REDISTRICTING LAWSUIT
Fair Maps Texas Action Committee v. Abbott
Attorneys from Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ), ACLU of Texas, and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), will host a virtual media event with...
Austin, T.X. (November 16, 2021) — Civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday, Fair Maps Texas Action Committee v. Abbott, challenging new Texas state legislative and Congressional district plans as unconstitutional racial gerrymanders violating both the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Const...
Nearly 1 in 5 Asian American voters reported experiencing anti-Asian harassment or violence
MA | MI | NJ | NY | VA
New York, NY — The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) released new data from its nonpartisan, multilingual exit poll of 2,726 Asian American voters in the Novemb...
AALDEF, CLSJ, and LatinoJustice of the Unity Map Coalition Propose Redistricting Plan
NEW YORK — The UNITY MAP COALITION, a coalition of the leading legal voting rights advocacy organizations representing people of color in New York City, unveiled its proposed redistricting plan for New York City e...
Asian American voters strongly supported Democratic candidates in close races
MA | MI | NJ | NY | VA
New York, NY — Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) released preliminary results of its nonpartisan, multilingual exit poll of more than 2500 Asian American voters in...
Dear Community Members and Partners,
The New York Voting Rights Consortium, a group of leading local and national voting-rights advocates,[1] issues this statement in support of New York State ballot proposals 1, 3 and 4. In doing so, we recognize the critical opportunity these measures present in ...
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2021
Unity Map Coalition Unveils Redistricting Plan for New York City
AALDEF, CLSJ, and LatinoJustice Propose “Unity” Redistricting Map
NEW YORK - The UNITY MAP COALITION, a coalition of the leading legal voting rights advocacy organizations representing p...
New York, NY – The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), a New York-based, national, civil rights organization, will dispatch close to 257 attorneys and volunteers to document voter problems and the availability of language assistance on Election Day (Tuesday, November 2), and al...
The next RAISE and AALDEF virtual immigration clinic will take place on Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 6 pm ET. AALDEF attorneys will share latest updates on immigration bills, conduct initial Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) eligibility screenings, provide counseling to current DACA rec...
The 2020 Census data release has made the scale of demographic change in the United States crystal clear. More than ever before, communities of color are fueling the country’s population growth. It is imperative that the communities leading this growth be front and center as states and local governm...
NEW YORK, New York — Today, the New York State Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) released two sets of draft redistricting maps that have the potential to drastically shift power for voters in New York. The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) is concerned that the IRC’s ...
NEW YORK, New York — The UNITY MAP COALITION, a consortium of three leading legal voting rights advocacy organizations fighting for equitable electoral districts for over three decades, continues our historic watchdog role over New York State’s redistricting map with preliminary comments on the draf...
“SB 1 is an extremist anti-voter bill that raises even more barriers to voting and specifically targets vulnerable communities.”
AUSTIN, Texas — Civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit today challenging anti-voter Senate Bill 1 (SB 1).
The lawsuit was brought on behalf of the League of Women Vo...
As people in the United States and around the world watch scenes of chaos and tragedy unfold in Afghanistan, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) calls on the Biden administration to keep its commitment to evacuate broad categories of Afghans seeking protection. These categor...
Peter D. Lederer died on August 8 at the age 91 at his home in Connecticut. He was an AALDEF board member from 1987 to 2017 and supported many other organizations in the Asian American community, including Japanese American Social Services, Inc. (JASSI) in NYC.
(Peter Lederer, left, with AALDEF bo...
