Today is Chinese New Year, the most important holiday for Chinese across the globe. As my family celebrates this year’s Chinese New Year, I am saddened by how we, Chinese Americans, have been mistreated this past year. We fought a very tough fight last year to protect a fundamental American principle – Equality for All. … Read more
On January 20th, 2020, WA Asians For Equality and American Coalition For Equality filed joint complaint against Senator Patty Kuderer. During the January 17th Senate Housing Stability & Affordability Committee meeting, Senator Kuderer used known racist words “Chinese Fire Drill”. Senator Kuderer has the reputation of treating Chinese Americans in her district without respect. In … Read more
This is a response to Ms. Ng’s blog on NW Asian Weekly. Although not surprised, it is definitely disappointing that NW Asian Weekly added another biased assaulting piece towards Asian Americans who refused to obey and follow the state’s Asian political establishment. Ms. Ng’s opinion piece was both biased and misleading. Political differences aside, Reject … Read more
National Association of Scholars (NAS) has been a strong supporter of Reject R-88 campaign. Not only they worked to bring national attention to the fight to protect equality for all in Washington, but also they called on their members to provide much needed financial support in October. We are grateful to have such a national … Read more
Crosscut published Glenn Nelson’s racist op-ed towards Chinese Americans on October 8th, 2019. Glenn’s op-ed was crazy and insulting. After our protest through social media and email, Mason Bryan of Crosscut offered below: “I also want to offer you the opportunity to share your own thoughts on the affirmative action debate, either in our comment … Read more
On Wednesday, August 7th, the Secretary of State certified Referendum Measure 88 (R-88) for the November general election. “We set a record for number of signatures backing a referendum measure,” said Linda Yang, head of Washington Asians for Equality. “And this is the first time in Washington State’s history and in this country’s history that … Read more
If you have collected signatures for R-88, please provide your feedbacks. It is very important that we capture as many feedbacks as possible. So please also share with people you know that helped collect R-88 signatures. Thank you!
Let People Vote campaign submitted 215,765 signatures to the Secretary of State by July 27th, the last day to turn in R-88 signatures. “We set a record for number of signatures backing a referendum measure.” Said Linda Yang, head of Washington Asians for Equality. “And this is also the first time in Washington State’s, or … Read more
Donate to Let People Vote – Reject R-88 Campaign! The secretary of state certified Referendum Measure 88 (R-88) for the November ballot on August 7, 2019, after finding through a random sample verification that R-88 sponsors had submitted 184,239 valid signatures. To qualify for the ballot, 129,811 valid signatures were required. R-88, the vote on … Read more
A Guest Post by a Member and past Chair of Washington State Veterans Bar Association (WSVBA) The passage of Initiative 1000 is a slap in the face to Veterans, their survivors and partners because it eliminates veterans preference in public employment that has been provided in Washington State since 1895. See RCW 41.04.010 and 73.16.010. … Read more