Since 1996, APIAVote has been at the forefront of a rising movement to ensure AAPIs are represented and heard, leading to historic voter turnout and advancing equity for AAPI communities.
2008
2012
2014
2016
2017
APIAVote launches its Youth Ambassador program to increase the electoral participation and civic engagement of young Asian American and Pacific Islanders, who have the lowest level of voter participation among all age groups.
The 2017 APIAVote Ambassador Summit is held for three days in mid-September and included 90 student ambassadors, 23 states, and 40 campuses coming together to cultivate their electoral organizing skills.
2018
NYMLI trainings are conducted in multiple cities across key states, ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, including Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington
2018 Youth Leadership Summit is held for high school leaders in Washington DC, Virginia and Maryland area to reflect on the significance of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander (AAPI) history, share emerging trends in AAPI communities, and develop concrete strategies to promote civic engagement.
APIAVote, in partnership with AAPI Data, releases the 2018 Asian American Voter Survey, revealing voting insights of the fastest-growing racial group in the United States, including their voting plans for House and Senate races in 2018, and various issue priorities such as education, health care, and the state of the economy.
2019
2021
A total of $180,000 in subgrants are given to 11 community partners to offset the cost of building program infrastructure to engage with the redistricting process in their respective states.
Translated mailers are distributed to 21,589 households and 2.5 weeks of text and phone banking are conducted to do voter education and GOTV for the local and state-wide races.
APIAVote implements COVID public health campaign, reaching over 1,500,000 Asian Americans in 46 states via phone and text banking, with support from TD+W and HHS, to promote vaccine and COVID public health messaging.
Disinformation and Misinformation Monitoring is launched to analyze disinformation trends as they pertain to voting rights, elections, democracy, anti-Asian hate, and other potential narratives about our communities.
Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote) is the nation’s leading nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to engaging, educating, and empowering Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities to strengthen their voices and create impact. For over 15 years, APIAVote has been at the forefront of a rising movement to ensure AAPIs are represented and heard, leading to historic voter turnout and advancing equity for AAPI communities.
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