ABOUT US
TOGETHER, WE CAN BUILD AN AAPI FORCE FOR CALIFORNIA.
In 2016, AAPI FORCE-EF was founded by a group of AAPI grassroots organizations to develop a statewide infrastructure to fight for AND WIN political power for working-class communities of color in California.
Our organization is rooted in decades of grassroots organizing in AAPI communities. We believe in the power of the people to lead and transform our government into one that values communities over corporations.
DEMOCRACY SHOULD BE POWERED BY THE PEOPLE.
Right now, our democracy is not working for the people. The wealthy few have too much power to determine how our government operates.
For democracy to work for the people, the people must be involved in how our government works and hold government accountable to our communities.
It is only through community-driven power—power from the people most impacted by racial, economic, and environmental inequality—that we win the systemic changes we need to make life better for all.
OUR NETWORK
The organizations in our network organize youth, elders, and workers locally to demand justice in cities and counties across the state. AAPI FORCE-EF organizes at the state level to build collective governing power from inside and outside of our state’s political systems. We can build a political FORCE to fight for working-class communities of color and create a government that works for us.
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Environmental Network
for Justice
Youth Changemakers
Environmental Network
in Action
STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
APEN is an environmental justice organization with deep roots in California’s Asian immigrant and refugee communities. Since 1993, APEN has fought and won campaigns to make our communities healthier places.
Founded in 1972, CPA educates, organizes and empowers the low income and working class immigrant Chinese community in San Francisco to demand better living and working conditions and justice for all people.
FAJ builds a strong and empowered Filipino community by organizing constituents, developing leaders, providing services, and advocating for policies that promote social and economic justice and equity.
HIP strengthens the political power of Hmong and disenfranchised communities through innovative civic engagement and strategic grassroots mobilization.
KGA is a community-based organization whose mission is to build a progressive and sustainable Long Beach community that works for gender, racial and economic justice led by Southeast Asian young women.
PWC organizes Pilipino communities in Southern California to demand better living and working conditions. PWC provides support for trafficking survivors, immigration legal services, affordable housing, and workforce development.
NETWORK MEMBERS
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Orange County
AHRI Center challenges the broken system and creates new pathways for our community so that no one lives in fear of deportation, and everyone has access to education, healthcare, affordable housing, and a healthy work environment.
San Diego County
ASC is a grassroots movement and power-building organization activating Asian American communities and moving them into action to create profound radical, sustainable and fundamental change in the world.
Statewide
CA Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative is a statewide grassroots organization that addresses health, environmental, reproductive justice, and other social issues.
Statewide
EPIC was established in 2009 by a group of Pacific Islander leaders who recognized the urgency to address the growing needs of PI families.
Statewide
Jakara is a grassroots community-building organization working to empower, educate, and organize Punjabi Sikhs, and other marginalized communities.
Orange County
OCAPICA is dedicated to enhancing the health, and social and economic well-being of AAPIs in Orange County through service, education, advocacy, organizing and research.
Santa Clara County
SBYC builds Asian American youth power in the South Bay by developing young leaders who organize for a more just and sustainable society.