The DREAM Act provides an opportunity for undocumented youth to become eligible for legal status by pursuing higher education and/or military service. Read NAPAWF’s statement on the DREAM Act here. Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, has introduced the DREAM Act as a stand-alone bill during the Lame Duck session, and it is being voted on [...]

Tomorrow, on November 18th, 2010, Senators will hear from expert witnesses on the importance of U.S. ratification of the Convention for Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) as essential to strengthening the U.S.’s global leadership in promoting the well-being of women and girls around the world. For the first time in eight [...]

NAPAWF is proud to be one of the endorsers of the National Youth Advocacy Coalition’s 2nd annual LGBTQ Awareness Week. This week’s activities are an opportunity to celebrate, uplift, and embrace queer youth. NAPAWF stands with and supports the assertion that LGBTQ youth are not simply beneficiaries of change, but can and must be the [...]

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care act has been under attack since it was signed by President Obama on March 23, 2010. In the courtrooms, the law is being challenged because of the individual mandate. This mandate, which requires that most individuals have minimum health insurance or pay a penalty, is crucial to the viability [...]

NAPAWF signed onto an amicus brief filed by Legal Momentum to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal on September 30th.  The amicus brief stated that the decision by the District Court of Arizona to prohibit the most egregious provisions from going into effect should stand. If not enjoined, SB 1070 will cut off immigrant women [...]

Written by Juliane Nguyen The California Young Women’s Collaborative (CYWC), NAPAWF’s flagship youth-led research and activism project, made its way down to Southern California in Fall 2009. CSU Fullerton’s Asian American Studies program was excited to sponsor the CYWC project last year, where 11 students led community-based participatory research regarding women’s reproductive and sexual health. [...]

Written by Jenny Huang In August, hundreds of friends, family, and colleagues gathered on both the East and West Coasts to celebrate the life of Joannie Chang. Among her many accomplishments, Joannie was a NAPAWF Founding Sister who helped to build the platform for NAPAWF soon after graduating from law school. Joannie touched the lives [...]

The California Young Women’s Collaborative (CYWC), NAPAWF’s sexual health program for college-aged Asian American women, was recently featured in a Hyphen magazine article. CYWC is one of the first projects in the country that focuses on women’s health issues among Asian and Pacific Islanders, combining research and social justice activism to empower young API women [...]

Six months ago today, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) into law. Many significant changes start to take effect which will have a positive impact on the API community. Read more…

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid recently announced plans to include the DREAM Act as an amendment to the Department of Defense authorization bill. The DREAM Act provides an opportunity for undocumented youth to become eligible for legal status, pursue higher education, and continue to make valuable contributions to our society. In order to be eligible [...]