Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote (APIA Vote)
Mission
APIAVote is a national coalition of non-partisan nonprofit organizations that encourages civic participation and promotes a better understanding of public policy and the electoral process among the Asian and Pacific Islander American community.
Achievements
With sparse resources, the APIA Vote coalition registered over 45,000 new APIA voters and ran an impressive “Get-Out-The-Vote” campaign that tipped the electoral scales in states like Minnesota, Nevada, and Washington. The APIA Voter Education Project developed and used language specific materials and resources for the APIA community to empower themselves with the knowledge and understanding of how important voting is and how it impacts their daily lives.
Get-Out-The-Vote efforts in 2004 recruited 5,700 volunteers and turned out a record number of APIA voters, increasing organizing and participation among APIA community-based organizations from coast to coast. The APIA Vote website and listserv provided a portal of information, linking community activists and volunteers throughout the campaign.
Critical to the campaign, multiple measures aimed at protecting the APIA vote and ensuring APIA voters their right to cast ballots on November 2. In the midst of all the activity lies the revolutionary story of APIA youth and movement-building work.
Infrastructure Building
- As a follow-up to the community’s hard work and innovation, APIA Vote convened a national debrief of the election with national and local APIA community groups.
- With the APIA population growing at an exponential rate, APIA voters will play a much larger role in future elections.
- Armed with great energy and experience, APIA Vote is ready to overcome the barriers and challenges to building a national institution devoted to APIA civic engagement work.
- The APIA Vote effort not only aims to encourage our community to register and vote, but to convey a message to the public at large that a new APIA generation is serious about being a part of the American democracy by becoming a visible voting constituency.
Goals
- Empower APIA community through training and education
- Ensure continual increase in naturalization and voter registration rates
- Heighten public awareness of APIA voters
- Serve as a national clearinghouse on APIA voters
- Create comprehensive national APIA voter files
Contact Information
Janelle Hu
National Director,
Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote (APIA Vote)
1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 601,
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-223-9170
Fax: 202-296-0540
Email: info@apiavote.org
Website: www.apiavote.org |