May is Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
5 月 20, 2022
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California is home to the largest Asian American and Pacific Islander population in the nation — approximately one third of Asian Americans live in California! This month is an opportunity to celebrate the history, culture, and accomplishments of AAPI individuals and communities.
One example of the incredible accomplishments of California’s AAPI community is the historic inauguration of our nation’s very first female AND very first Indian-American Vice President, Kamala Harris — who hails from right here in Oakland, California.
We also want to take a moment to recognize and celebrate the amazing AAPI employees in our food bank community — we couldn’t do this work without you.
While we celebrate, it is important to remember that the state of California’s historic treatment of AAPI communities has been far from peaceful. From Japanese internment camps of World War II, to the treatment of Chinese migrant Central Pacific Railroad workers, to the discrimination against Filipino farmworkers, the systemic and often fatal racism that AAPI Californians have been subject to is extensive. Over the past few years, the spike in violence against the AAPI community has given us a new focus as we work for peace, justice, and equity right here at home.
It is also important to note that, while the term “AAPI” has helped bring much-needed attention to the shared experiences of many Asian Americans, it can also create a falsely narrow and limiting perspective. For instance, upon first glance at the graph on our website 这里, it appears that food insecurity among Asian-American Californians is well below California’s overall average. However, this does not tell the full story. The “AAPI” label encompasses a vast, heterogenous community of different ethnic groups who speak dozens of languages.
As shown in one 2018 California study, when the category of “Asian-American” was disaggregated into six subgroups (Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Filipino, South Asian, and Japanese), there was found to be more than a 14% difference in food insecurity rates between Japanese-American Californians and Vietnamese-American Californians. As associate professor of psychology at New York University, Doris Chang, states, “It feeds into the popular idea that Asian-Americans don’t have problems and that translates into fewer dollars. There’s this vicious cycle of lack of data, misconceptions that this is a community that doesn’t have problems, and that contributes to the health disparity gap.” This is only one of many ways that the harmful “model minority” myth impacts the health and wellbeing of Asian Americans.
Statement on the Passage of the Federal Budget Reconciliation Bill
Joint Statement: California Stakeholders Condemn Senate Budget Bill’s Historic Threat to SNAP and California Families and Workers
Governor Newsom Signs 2025-26 Budget
#MemberMonday: Community Action of Napa Valley
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欢迎所有人参加:有目的的庆祝骄傲节
加州 SNAP 利益相关者谴责众议院 HR 1 投票,该投票对联邦食品援助进行了历史性削减
CalFood 的最终呼吁:必要的资金助力学生在高等教育中取得成功
团结起来,共创无饥饿加州:2025 年国会行动日精彩内容
州参议员 John Laird 和州众议员 Stephanie Nguyen 因倡导活动而荣获 CalFood Champion 称号
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