Press and Media Coverage
Media Coverage
“Report puts data to experience of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Mass.”
WBUR
June 6, 2025
"‘No longer invisible’: Mass. AAPI survey debunks myths, captures diversity of state’s fastest-growing group
Commonwealth Beacon
June 3, 2025
"‘No longer invisible’: Mass. AAPI survey debunks myths, captures diversity of state’s fastest-growing group
The Boston Globe
June 3, 2025
Groundbreaking report highlights concerns of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Mass.
GBH News
June 3, 2025
APIs CAN Advocacy Day
GBH News
May 1, 2025
APIs CAN Advocacy at the State House to kick of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month featuring Jaya Savita, Director of APIs CAN
The Video of Rumeysa Ozturk Being Detained by ICE Was Publicized By a Community Defense Network
Teen Vogue
April 30, 2025
The Video of Rumeysa Ozturk Being Detained in Somerville by ICE Was Publicized By LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of Massachusetts - a group of community defense organizations, including APIs CAN, who are setting up emergency hotlines and holding know-your-rights trainings.
“Our coalition is rooted in the idea that we refuse to leave anyone behind because of their marginalized identity,” shares Jaya Savita, director of the Asian Pacific Islanders Civic Action Network and a member of the LUCE Network. “The hotline and ICE Watch resource is one of many ways we are empowering allies and impacted community members. We recognize that in order to build people power, we need to train, empower, and equip our communities and allies.”
Malden Celebrates Passage of Transliteration Law
Sampan
December 23, 2022
Officials, voters, and community groups celebrated passage of Malden transliteration law on December 15, 2022. It marked a significant step towards ensuring full access to the ballot box for Chinese-speaking voters with low English proficiency. According to a 2021 American Community Survey, 22% of Malden households speak an Asian or Pacific Island language at home. About 40% of these households are considered to have limited-English speaking proficiency.
Activists gather in solidarity with Asian American community
The Bay State Banner
March 29, 2021
...“Angie Liou, the executive director of Boston’s Asian Community Development Corporation and a member of APIs CAN, spoke to America’s history of racism that goes beyond Georgia.
Liou cited the 1880 Chinese Exclusion Act that banned Chinese immigration to the U.S., the internment camps created by the U.S. to imprison Japanese American citizens and hate crimes against Muslims in the aftermath of 9/11. Hate crimes against Asians spiked in 2020, and President Trump’s use of the phrase “China Virus” was widely seen as contributing to negative attitudes against Asians.”....
'Racist Bill'? Chinese Immigrants Protest Effort To Collect More Asian-American Data
NPR
August 5, 2017
On Monday, two dozen member organizations and supporters of the Asian Pacific Islanders Civic Action Network released a statement in support of the Massachusetts bill. The groups included the Chinese Progressive Association and the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, the Boston area's largest social service provider for Asian families.
Press Statements
First Comprehensive, Community-Driven Survey Elevates Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) Voices Across Massachusetts
June 3, 2025
APIA community leaders from across the Commonwealth release a new report offering unprecedented insight into the political behavior and policy-related attitudes of amplifying the diverse voices of APIA residents here in Massachusetts. APIs CAN was a proud partner of this years-long initiative.
APIs CAN Hosts AAPI Heritage Month Advocacy Day at Massachusetts State House to Advance Equity for AAPI Communities
May 1, 2025
The Asian Pacific Islanders Civic Action Network (APIs CAN) of Massachusetts convened nearly 100 advocates, community leaders, and elected officials for a powerful, first annual, Advocacy Day at the Massachusetts State House, and sponsored by the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Commission. The event highlighted recently released 2025/26 Advocacy Agenda, and convened commnuity members, state leaders, and APIs CAN Steering Committy members.
APIs CAN Releases Inaugural 2025/2026 Advocacy Agenda to Advance Immigrant, Racial, and Economic Justice Across Massachusetts
April 23, 2025
The Asian Pacific Islanders Civic Action Network (APIs CAN) of Massachusetts announced the release of its inaugural 2025/26 Advocacy Agenda, a policy platform shaped by a broad network of grassroots organizations working toward a more just and equitable Massachusetts. For the first time, APIs CAN worked to idenitfy an agenda endorsed by its coalition members, that prioritizes policies that invest in working-class communities and uphold the rights of immigrants, tenants, students, and families.
APIs CAN and LUCE Immigrant Justice Network Join "Hands Off!" Protest to Defend Democracy and Marginalized Communities in Massachusetts
April 7, 2025
On Saturday, April 5, APIs CAN and the LUCE Immigrant Justice Network, joined more than 60 partner organizations and hundreds of advocates at the Hands Off! peaceful protest on Boston Common — part of a nationwide movement of rallies. APIs CAN Executive Director, Jaya Savita, shared her deeply personal story as the daughter of Indian immigrants, amplifying the voices of Asian and Pacific Islander American communities and immigrant communities more broadly.
Coalition of Massachusetts and National Groups Call on President Biden for Action to Protect Impacted Communities Ahead of New Trump Administration
December 4, 2024
The Asian Pacific Islanders Civic Action Network of Massachusetts has just released a letter signed by nearly 40 organizations across the Commonwealth and U.S. demanding President Biden and his administration take necessary precautions through policy implementation to protect marginalized and impacted communities ahead of the incoming Trump Administration. The demands issued by the coalition focus on immigration justice, economic justice, Palestine, and corporate accountability:
Immigration justice;
Economic justice;
Protecting global peace;
Rein in corporate power.