APIs CAN Advocacy Day @ MA State House
📣 Calling all AAPI & immigrant rights advocates in MA 📣
Join APIs CAN on May 1 for our Advocacy Day at the Massachusetts State House. Meet members of the Massachusetts House AAPI Caucus, the AAPI Commission, and other state leaders.
During the first half of this issue advocacy day, participants will hear from our speaker bureau graduates, state law makers, AAPI leaders, and our core advocacy issues. The second half will give attendees the opportunity to meet with their representatives to discuss critical issues impacting working class, AAPI communities here in MA, including immigration justice, language access, education, housing, data equity, and more.
Interpretation for AAPI languages will be provided.
RSVP required:
Protecting Our Organizations: 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Compliance Virtual Training
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Know Your Rights: Immigrant Rights
📣 Calling all AAPI & immigrant rights advocates in MA 📣
Join APIs CAN, Asian American Legal Defense Fund, and the Asian Outreach Center at GBLS for a Know Your Rights training geared towards AAPI and immigrant justice advocates on Tuesday, February 4 at 4:00pm via zoom ✊🏽⚡
In this training, you will:
🚨 Learn the changes in the immigration legal landscape under Trump 2.0
📚 Be updated on local and state policies
💪🏽 Understand your rights as community organizations with law enforcement
Registration required: https://bit.ly/aapikyr_feb4
Speaker Bureau Cohort Application Deadline
Apply to participate in APIs CAN’s first ever Speaker Bureau Cohort!
Deadline to apply: February 28, 2025
Through the Speaker Bureau, participants will learn to engage effectively with mainstream media sources and include their lived experiences in public narratives around AAPI safety and racial wealth equity as evidenced by an increase in the number of speaking engagements and earned media placements secured for working class AAPI community members by APIs CAN and its coalition members.
You should apply for this program if you want to:
Deepen your legislative advocacy skills
Improve your public speaking
Build and activate your own organizing campaign
Learn how to leverage strategies and tactics for meaningful change
Email us at info@massapiscan.org if you have any questions!