Our Mission
Fighting for security, justice, and equity
In 1972, Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus was founded as the nation's first legal and civil rights organization serving low-income, immigrant, and underserved Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. Fifty years later, we are still hard at work dismantling barriers to justice and equity.
In the past few years, we had to quickly ramp up our anti-deportation strategies, support communities torn apart by the Muslim & African Bans, expand our outreach and clinics to more immigrant tenants and workers and help them fight back, address COVID-19 impacts on our communities, including anti-AAPI hate violence, and attacks on our democracy. In these fights, our vision to empower the most marginalized in our communities through community lawyering has been our guide to victories and continues to be our north star.
Just the world we want to build is on the horizon but it will take all of us. In fact, it will take more of us - and we will build power together in ways that spread abundant, collective action. Thank you for being with us. We need you.
From Our Executive Team
Read a letter from our executive team reflecting on our 50th anniversary, as well as key lessons and priorities in 2022.
Highlights from 2022
Learn about our work with community members and partners to advance economic security, immigrant justice, and a stronger democracy.
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Check out our Media Highlights section for more examples of local, state, and national news coverage.
WatchFrom Direct Legal Services to Impact Litigation
Read about our work representing clients in major cases and class action lawsuits across the country.
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2022
We welcomed home our client Sophea Phea after she was deported to Cambodia and separated from her community and family for 11 year.
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2022
After a year-long investigation, ALC, ACLU of Northern California, and Siskiyou County residents filed a class action lawsuit against county officials for threatening and targeting Hmong American and other Asian American community members.
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2022
With San Francisco Chinatown tenants, Legal Assistance to the Elderly and pro bono law firm Ropes & Gray, we won an important settlement against Valstock Management to end harassment and discrimination against low-income and Chinese immigrant elders.
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2022
Alongside workers’ rights and language justice partners across the state, we achieved a landmark settlement to dramatically expand language access in the CA Employment Development Department’s unemployment insurance program.
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2022
We quickly mobilized Asian American and civil rights groups across the country to defeat discriminatory Congressional amendments that would have established a dangerous expansion of surveillance targeting Asian, Arab, Middle Eastern, Black, and Muslim communities.
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Explore the Report
Letter from Our Executive Team
Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus' executive team reflects on 2022.
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Programs
Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus' six programs work together and with partners across the country to advance economic security, immigrant justice, and a stronger democracy for our communities.
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ALC Turns 50
Our 50th Anniversary Celebration, themed “Tomorrow’s World is Ours to Build,” took inspiration from Yuri Kochiyama’s powerful call to action to commemorate this milestone year of ALC’s history.
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Yuri Kochiyama Fellowship
Since 2016, four Yuri Kochiyama fellows have joined ALC, and today they are leading organizations and campaigns and organizing communities to take action together.
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Media Highlights
Read stories and news coverage about Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus' and our partners' work in 2022.
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Litigation Highlights
Read litigation highlights from Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus' work in 2022 with community and legal aid partners in California and other states.
Learn MorePolicy Agenda
In 2022, Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus advocated for local and state policy change with community members and partners throughout California, as well as several key federal bills.
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National Partnerships
With Asian Americans Advancing Justice, the Asian American Leaders Table, and national coalitions, we organize and elevate national campaigns, litigation strategies, and community outreach programs.
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Community-Centered Response to Anti-Asian Violence
Our teams center healing and community safety as we address the root causes of anti-Asian racism and violence and the unconscionable lack of safety in underserved communities.
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Our Funders
We are grateful for the generous support of many foundations, government entities, law firms, companies, and institutional funders who make our work possible.
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Find Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus' financial information for Fiscal Year 2021-2022.
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National Partnerships
While at Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus, we are well known in the Bay Area and across California, our team also makes a national impact through our affiliation Asian Americans Advancing Justice, the Asian American Leaders Table, and coalitions like Value Our Families and No Muslim Ban Ever. These spaces are also forging deeper multi-racial, multi-ethnic relationships to help us move in solidarity within the Asian American political identity and with Black, Indigenous, Latine, and other communities of color.