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AAFE Teams Up With Elected Officials, City to Help Community Apply For Affordable Housing
It's definitely not a quiet summer at Asian Americans for Equality! The City of New York opened a housing lottery June 28 for 231 affordable apartments at One Flushing, our exciting multi-generational project in Downtown Flushing. In the past few weeks, we have been...
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AAFE’s Co-Executive Directors Making the Rounds, Sharing a Vision For the Future
Thomas Yu and Jennifer Sun, AAFE's newly appointed co-executive directors, have been making the rounds, visiting program offices throughout New York City. Recently they stopped by the AAFECare Center for Seniors on Norfolk Street in Manhattan, where participants in...
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Changes to 2020 Census Institutionalize Fear
Earlier this year, the U.S. Commerce Department made the decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. AAFE is part of a broad-based coalition advocating against this misguided directive, which if implemented, would undermine the accuracy of...
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New Co-Executive Directors Sun and Yu Bring Fresh Ideas and Spirit of Collaboration to AAFE
Photo: Jennifer Sun and Thomas Yu (center) with AAFE Board Member John Leo (left) and Board President Lydia Tom (right). AAFE's new co-executive directors, Jennifer Sun and Thomas Yu, say they're excited about leading one of New York's pre-eminent...
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Jennifer Sun and Thomas Yu Named Co-Executive Directors of Asian Americans for Equality
JENNIFER SUN AND THOMAS YU NAMED CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF ASIAN AMERICANS FOR EQUALITY AAFE Board taps the next generation of leaders to build on AAFE’s accomplishments June 15, 2018 – Jennifer Sun and Thomas Yu will become Co-Executive...
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Two AAFE Staff Members Honored For Their Community Service
(Left: Thomas Yu with Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer; Right: Gabriel Hisugan) Two members of the AAFE family received honors during the past month for their dedication to our community. On Tuesday, May 29, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer...
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A Conversation With Seema Agnani of National CAPACD
In observance of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, we have been taking some time to acknowledge our communities' shared histories and to celebrate some of our dynamic leaders. It is in this spirit that we recently spoke with Seema Agnani, executive...
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44 Years Ago Today, We Made a Stand
Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month is an opportunity to look back on our collective history and culture and today signifies an especially meaningful anniversary for us at Asian Americans for Equality. It was on this day — May 16, 1974 — that...
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Youth Participate in AAFE’s 7th Annual Flushing Career Conference
AAFE strongly believes in providing young people with the tools they need to succeed in high school, gain admittance to college and to thrive in their adult lives. Through our comprehensive youth program based in Flushing, Queens, we recently...
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AAFE Hosts Council Member Menchaca in Participatory Budgeting Initiative
AAFE was pleased to host City Council member Carlos Menchaca in our Sunset Park, Brooklyn office April 13, 2018. For the second year in a row, AAFE served as a polling site for the Council Member’s Participatory Budgeting Initiative....
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AAFE Celebates 44th Annual Lunar New Year Banquet
On March 29, 2018, Asian Americans for Equality celebrated the accomplishments of the past year and looked ahead to new challenges at our 44th Annual Lunar New Year Banquet. At the banquet, we saw AAFE’s impact on the individual level and...
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One Flushing Progress Report: New Affordable Housing, Retail, Community Spaces In-the-Works
One Flushing, our new inter-generational housing and retail project, has reached its full height on the way to completion in early 2019. AAFE is developing the exciting new community at 133-45 41st Avenue in Queens along with HANAC and Monadnock...
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