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The Asian American Federation is a nonprofit organization working to advance the civic voice of Asian Americans in the New York metropolitan area. Established in 1989, the Asian American Federation of NY supports and collaborates with 70 member and partner agencies to improve quality of life and support philanthropy in the Asian American community.
Tensions between African American and Korean American communities in major U.S. cities gained national attention in the 1980s and 1990s, marked by events such as the 1992 Los Angeles riots and the Family Red Apple boycott in New York. In response, organizations such as the Black–Korean Alliance emerged to alleviate tension and improve ...
New York contains the highest total Asian population of any U.S. city proper. [16] 6.0% of New York City residents were of Chinese ethnicity, about two-fifths of whom lived in Queens. Koreans made up 1.2% of the city's population, and Japanese 0.3%. Filipinos were the largest southeast Asian ethnic group (0.8%), followed by Vietnamese (0.2%).
The Chinese Staff and Worker's Association (CSWA) (traditional Chinese: 華人職工會; simplified Chinese: 华人职工会; pinyin: Huárén Zhí Gōnghuì; Jyutping: Waa4jan4 Zik1 Gung1wui6) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan workers' rights organization based in New York City which educates and organizes workers in the United States so that they may improve their working conditions.
SALGA NYC was founded in 1991, [1] with the name replacing an earlier version of the group, the South Asian Gay Association (SAGA). [2]In 1995, SALGA NYC was awarded the Community Service Award from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force [3] and the Community Leadership Award from Queens Pride, Inc. in 2015.
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The Asia Society is a 501(c)(3) organization that focuses on educating the world about Asia. [2] It has several centers in the United States (Manhattan, Washington, D.C., Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle) and around the world (Hong Kong, Manila, Mumbai, Seoul, Melbourne, Sydney, Tokyo [3], Mumbai, Delhi [4], Paris and Zurich).
OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates (previously known as the Organization of Chinese Americans) is a non-profit organization founded in 1973, whose stated mission is to advance the social, political, and economic well-being of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) in the United States.