Advancing Leadership & Civic Engagement | | |
Congratulations to the hundreds of APAPA student interns across the country, including the 27 interns currently hosted by legislators at the CA State Capitol. We appreciate the 250+ public officials across the country who have hosted our interns through the years!
We are grateful for the support of our Spring 2025 CA Hosting Legislators:
Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis, State Treasurer Fiona Ma, Asm. Anamarie Avila Farias, Asm. Carl DeMaio, Asm. Darshana Patel, Asm. Gail Pellerin, Asm. Greg Wallis, Asm. Gregg Hart, Asm. Jeff Gonzalez, Asm. Jeff Gonzalez, Asm. Jessica Caloza, Asm. John Harabedian, Asm. Josh Hoover, Asm. Lori Wilson, Asm. Mark Gonzalez, Asm. Mike Gipson, Asm. Phillip Chen, Asm. Stephanie Nguyen, Asm. Tom Lackey, Asm. Tri Ta, Senator Catherine Blakespear, and Sacramento Vice Mayor Karina Talamantes.
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Celebration of AAPI Women Elected Officials
March 25, 2025 | Sacramento, CA
| | APAPA leaders participated in the celebration of AAPI Women State Officials. It was inspiring to hear stories from APILC Members Dr. Jasmeet Bains, Dr. Aisha Wahab, Dr. Darshana Patel, Jessica Caloza, Stephanie Nguyen, and State Treasurer Fiona Ma. Thank you to our AAPI Women State Officials for your dedication and service to our communities! | | |
Stop AAPI Hate Reception
March 12, 2025 | Sacramento, CA
| | APAPA National Board Chair Joe Johal, APAPA National Board Vice-Chair Paul Hsu, APAPA COO Marilyn Cachola Lucey, and chapter leaders attended to support. We are excited for Stop AAPI Hate co-founder Andy Wong to lead our CA AANHPI Advocacy Day training on April 28th! | | |
APAPA Elk Grove Chapter - New Board Installation
March 28, 2025
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Congratulations to the APAPA Elk Grove Chapter for hosting their Cherry Blossom Soiree! This special evening brought together community leaders and elected officials to celebrate the new chapter.
Thank you Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen for installing our new board!
| | Legislative Advocacy - AB 1186 (Patel) | | APAPA CEO Mary Yin Liu and National Programs Director Isa Whalen met with Assemblymember Dr. Darshana Patel (AD-76) at the CA State Capitol! Assemblymember Patel is championing AB 1186, creating more precise race and ethnicity subcategories in state agency demographic data collection, to ensure the state can recognize and efficiently addresses the needs of diverse populations across CA. | | |
January 14-16, 2025
APAPA DC leaders visited Representative Young Kim's office.
January 20, 2025
APAPA DC Ambassadors Stephen DeGuzman and Jay Kansara attended 2025 Rally4Vets Inaugural Ball.
January 29, 2025
APAPA HQ hosted a legislative reception for the Sacramento County Women and Girls Commission.
January 30, 2025
APAPA DC leaders attended the Celebration of Light, honoring MSNBC/NBC News Anchor Richard Lui.
February 19, 2025
APAPA Bay Area Leaders celebrated Pinole Mayor Cameron Sasai’s Inauguration.
February 20, 2025
APAPA HQ team joined the City Year Sacramento’s Women Empowering Women Breakfast.
February 21, 2025
APAPA supported the 2025 AAPI Leadership Summit in Burbank hosted by the CA AAPILC and CA APIAA Commission.
| | Welcome APAPA HQ Interns! | | APAPA SF Chapter joined nearly a thousand community leaders to congratulate Mayor Daniel Lurie—the first mayoral inauguration in Chinatown! | | |
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Event
January 20, 2025 | San Ramon, CA
| The APAPA Tri-Valley Chapter celebrated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Open Mic Celebration held at the San Ramon City Hall. | | APAPA Rochester Chapter held a candlelight vigil honoring the lives lost in the devastating crash of flight 2216. | | APAPA Buffalo-Niagara Chapter held an Eid Celebration in the History Museum. | | April 28, 2025 | Sacramento, CA | | The 2025 California AANHPI Advocacy Day brings together community leaders from 75+ partnering organizations across the state. We are proud to advocate for the needs of our communities. Join us! | | April 28, 2025 | Sacramento, CA | | We are excited to celebrate a kick-off to Asian Heritage Month to recognize our 2025 Spring California Capitol Interns and Community Partners! Email events@apapa.org to join us! | | Our APAPA Chapters in New York look forward to partnering with the New York API Legislative Caucus to host their 2025 Summit and Legislative Reception. We will join advocacy efforts to pass Assembly Bill A4638 (Lee), and its Senate version S3334 (Liu). | | APAPA will participate as a panelist at the upcoming APAICS Legislative Summit & Gala | | |
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