Campaigns
Explore our campaigns to see how we're driving year-round civic action to advance equity and oppose discrimination for Massachusetts' Asian and Pacific Islander American communities.
Current Campaigns
Data Disaggregation
Take Action Now To Support Data Equity
The Data Equity Bill (H.3115) is still in the MA Joint Committee on State Administration & Regulatory Oversight. The last day for bills to leave the MA Joint Committee is February 2nd.
We need your help to report H.3115 favorably out of committee! Help us by sending a pre-filled email to your state legislators. Just fill out the form with your name, email, and address. Send an email by 2/2/2022.
Asian and Pacific Islander Data Disaggregation
The Asian and Pacific Islander American community is the fastest growing group in the United States. It is estimated that the API population will double to over 47 million by 2060. Despite these numbers, our communities are among the most unheard and understudied racial and ethnic groups.
Data equity is a solution. Data equity increases our understanding of diverse populations and the particular challenges that various communities face.
The data equity bill (H.3115) in Massachusetts will allow state agencies to collect, organize, and assemble public data on major ethnic groups. For Asian Americans, this bill is a first step in combatting the harmful biases in data.
By breaking down data into subgroups for all racial groups, it creates more visibility for the diverse experiences within communities. Such visibility can develop and foster a deeper understanding of what each ethnic subgroup needs to work, live, and play.
Language Access CampaignTake Action Now To Support Data Equity
APIs CAN! has launched a coordinated statewide campaign in Massachusetts to increase language access for our communities.
APIs CAN! has launched a coordinated statewide campaign in Massachusetts to increase language access for our communities, because without equal access to the voting booth, human services, government offices, and public meetings, APIs can't!
We are targeting improvement of language access in five cities/towns where our member organizations are most heavily populated: Boston, Lowell, Malden, Quincy, and Worcester.
Boston
Community involvement in implementation and monitoring of Language and Communications Access Ordinance; Secure sufficient funding for professional interpreters.
Lowell
Work with City on community voting access through implementation of fully bilingual Khmer/English ballot; Increase bilingual poll workers; Continue Early Voting sites in Cambodian community; Work with City to hire community agencies for Khmer translation.
Malden
Community input into language access plan through creation of a working committee; Include bilingual Chinese/English signs in new City Hall; Expand contract for a multilingual telephone service; Hire Chinese-speaking liaison and interpreter to work in City Hall; Work with City on implementation of fully bilingual ballots and increase hiring of new bilingual poll workers.
Quincy
Hire two full-time interpreters/translators, one dedicated interpreter at City Hall and another for police department; Secure funding for language line contract.
Worcester
Involve community input into city's Language Access Plan; Increase City budget for interpretation/translation and prioritize community-based organizations for contracts/subcontracts.
Additional Resources
Immigrant Rights Resources >
Click here to download our KYR flyers, request trainings, or to access our immigration hotline. Support in select Asian languages is available, additional ones will be made available upon request.
Partner Organizations >
Connect with our coalition of AAPI and working class-serving organizations.