Asian American Action Fund

Asian American Action Fund

Formation	1999
Legal status	501(c)(4)
Purpose	Asian American political participation
Headquarters	Washington, D.C.
Location	707 H St NW Ste 200, Washington, DC 20001
Main organ	board of directors
Affiliations	Hyphen Magazine, National Filipino American PAC, Indian American Leadership Initiative, Asian Pacific Americans for Progress
Staff	1
Volunteers	100+
Slogan	Electing Our Leaders, Empowering Our Community
Website	www.aaa-fund.org

The Asian American Action Fund (AAAF) is an American Democratic political action committee and 501(c)(4) non-profit organization founded in 1999. AAAF's goal is to increase the voice of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) in every level of local, state and federal government in the United States. Specifically, the AAAF addresses the under-representation of AAPIs by organizing campaign volunteers, campaign contributions, technical support, and logistics for both endorsed and un-endorsed candidates running for political office. The AAAF has endorsed candidates across the country. AAAF's officers, board of directors, advisory board, and honorary board are entirely volunteer efforts. AAAF has regional chapters in Northern California, Southern California, Chicago, Northern Virginia, and New York City as well as a Young professionals chapter.

AAAF has one paid staff and over 100 volunteers. AAAF receives financial support from foundations, corporations, individuals, and fundraisers. AAAF receives no government funds.

History

In October 2007, AAAF member Caroline Fan started its blog. Its content leans progressive as does its parent organization.

On May 31, 2008, the DNC awarded the AAAF blogteam press credentials,^[13] one of only two Asian American blogs along with Sepia Mutiny to receive the such.

On June 10, 2008, Kelly Hu was the emcee of the AAAF's annual fundraiser.^[14][15][16]

On August 8, 2008, the Library of Congress recognized the AAAF Blog as an outstanding source of information on the internet during the 2008 Presidential election^[17] and added the AAAF Blog to its Election 2008 Web Archive Collection.^[18]

On May 5, 2010, the AAAF and Hyphen Magazine announced a cross-posting partnership.^[19]

On November 17, 2011, the Philadelphia chapter held its inaugural event.^[20]

Asian American Action Fund of Greater Chicago

The Asian American Action Fund of Greater Chicago's (AAAF-GC) mission is to encourage APA Democrats to participate in the political process, empower the APA community, and to increase APA representation in Chicago political life. In Chicago, APAs make up 5% of the total population but neither the City of Chicago nor its State and Federal agencies had any APA elected officials as of the 2011 election year. The AAAF-GC also supports non-APA candidates who support issues of concern to the APA community, identifies qualified Democratic candidates, gives financial and technical assistance, and builds a local network of activists, funders, and supporters. In 2011, AAAF-GC endorsed

• Rahm Emanuel for Mayor of the City of Chicago
• Will Burns for Chicago City Council Ward 04
• Emily Stewart for Chicago City Council Ward 46
• Ameya Pawar for Chicago City Council Ward 47
• Harry Osterman for Chicago City Council Ward 48

External links

• Official website
• Official website
• Asian American Action Fund on Facebook
• Asian American Action Fund on Twitter
• Asian American Action Fund of Greater Chicago on Twitter

References

Asian Americans1, 2 Central Asian3 Mongolian Uzbek East Asian Chinese Hong Kong Taiwanese Tibetan4 Japanese Korean South Asian5 Bangladeshi Bhutanese Indian Indo-Caribbean Bengali Punjabi Tamil Nepalese Pakistani Sri Lankan Tamil Southeast Asian Burmese Cambodian Filipino Hmong Indonesian Laotian Malaysian Mien Singaporean Thai Vietnamese Other Afro-Asian Amerasian Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans Eurasian Multiracial American Punjabi Mexican History General Immigration Military Topics Arts and Entertainment Demographics Politics Stereotypes Religion Buddhists Christians Catholics Protestants, etc. Hindus Jainism Muslims Sikhs Notes  1 The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent. 2 The United States Government classified Kalmyks as Asian until 1951, when Kalmyk Americans were reclassified as White Americans. 3 The U.S. Census Bureau considers Mongolians and Uzbeks as Central Asians, but a specific Central Asian American group similar to Middle Eastern American does not yet exist. 4 The U.S. Census Bureau reclassifies anyone identifying as "Tibetan American" as "Chinese American". 5 Bengali Americans may be classified as Bangladeshi or Indian. Punjabi Americans may be classified as Indian or Pakistani. Tamil Americans may be classified as Indian or Sri Lankan.