Hirono co-introduces immigration reform bill
U.S. Sens Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, and Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., introduced a multi-pronged bill on Wednesday aimed at keeping families together through the immigration process.
Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
U.S. Sens Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, and Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., introduced a multi-pronged bill on Wednesday aimed at keeping families together through the immigration process.
This talk examines the intersection of law, policy, and community activism, focusing on how legal frameworks impact Asian American populations. It offers insights into how legal advocacy and community organizing can address issues of justice, equity, and civil rights within these communities.
While these education organizing groups had similar goals and worked in the same political context, they frequently employed divergent political strategies in their campaigns. My talk will draw upon 18 months of ethnographic research I conducted with four education organizing groups in the South Bronx. It will focus on the ways in which the groups’ organizational toolkits made a difference, and how grassroots organizations can work more effectively towards substantive social change.