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AAFE Youth Take Part in Annual Flushing Career Conference
More than 120 youth and many professionals from a wide variety of fields participated in AAFE's annual Career Conference at Flushing High School April 13, 2019. It was a day filled with informational and inspirational speeches and lively breakout sessions....
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AAFE Opens Jackson Heights Office; Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Joins Ribbon Cutting Celebration
AAFE) opened a new Community Services Center in Jackson Heights, Queens April 16, with U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joining other elected officials and community leaders in a ribbon cutting ceremony. The office will offer expanded housing,...
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Scenes from AAFE’s 45th Annual Lunar New Year Banquet
On Thursday, March 21, 2019 AAFE celebrated our 45th Annual Lunar New Year Banquet with close to 1,000 friends and supporters in Manhattan's Chinatown. We honored four outstanding individuals with AAFE's Dream of Equality awards. They included: Gregg...
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AAFE Opens New Community Services Office in Jackson Heights
AAFE just opened a new and improved office for our community services in Jackson Heights.Beginning March 18, 2019 our Community Services Center is located at 37-61 84th St., between Roosevelt Avenue and 84th St. The new office is ADA-accessible and on...
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State Attorney General Joins Queens Tenants to Fight Zara Realty
Years of organizing and activism are finally starting to make a difference for tenants of Zara Realty's buildings in Queens. On March 1, State Attorney General Letitia James and Gov. Cuomo announced a lawsuit against the notorious landlord for violating...
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AAFE Opens “One Flushing,” Bringing 231 Affordable Apartments, Robust Community Services to Queens
It's a new era for AAFE in Queens! A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Feb. 21 at our new building, One Flushing, the largest affordable housing project to come to Flushing in decades.The state-of-the-art multigenerational project at 133-45 41st Avenue...
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Renaissance Offers Spanish-Language Entrepreneurship Courses in Jackson Heights
AAFE affiliate, Renaissance Economic Development Corporation (REDC), has announced a new small business education program tailored for Spanish-speaking entrepreneurs in Jackson Heights and surrounding neighborhoods in northern Queens. The series (taking...
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Job Fair for Multiple Positions at One Flushing Project Jan. 25
Job seekers are invited to apply for several open positions at One Flushing, a new residential/commercial complex opening in the heart of Downtown Flushing in a few weeks. A job fair will be held Friday, Jan. 25 at 35-34 Union St. (across from Flushing...
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AAFE Accomplished a Lot in 2018. Help Us make an Even Bigger Impact in 2019
From the whole AAFE family, we want to wish you a Happy New Year. Thanks to your support, Asian Americans for Equality made a big impact in our communities during the past year: We have been introducing you to some of the people who received help from our...
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AAFE Helps Make the Dream of Citizenship Come True in Jackson Heights and Throughout New York City
In the last days of 2018, we have been profiling some of the people helped by AAFE programs in the past year. Today we head to Jackson Heights, Queens to meet Sara Mencho Lopez (pictured with husband Joab Romero, her daughter Daritza and Jessica...
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AAFE Submits Statement on Proposed “Public Charge” Changes
Asian Americans for Equality submitted a comment to the Federal Registrar Dec. 7, 2018 in strong opposition to the Trump administration's proposed "public charge" rule change. If the rules goes into effect, millions of immigrants could be denied green cards if they...
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AAFE in the Community: Fall 2018
The fall of 2018 has been a busy one for AAFE. Before the year slips away, let's take a look at some of our community and advocacy events in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn in the past several weeks. In keeping with our longstanding tradition, we hosted...
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