 1969: Community activists and students establish Chinese for Affirmative Action to advocate on behalf of Chinese Americans who are systematically denied equal opportunities in many sectors of society.  1970: CAA assists in preparing the landmark US Supreme Court case Lau v. Nichols, which results in bilingual education provisions for growing numbers of Chinese- and Spanish-speaking public school students in San Francisco.  : CAA plays a lead role in coordinating opposition to California Proposition 209, the anti-affirmative action initiative and Proposition 227’s attack on bilingual education.

 : CAA launches the Visitacion Valley Parents Association, a community organizing project for limited-English proficient public school parents, focused on leadership development to improve public education. CAA releases Lost Without Translation, a survey report on language barriers faced by LEP parents with children in the San Francisco Unified School District. Visitacion Valley Parents AssociationLost Without Translation  2007: CAA leads over 100 community groups in the historic community mobilization to win approval for a permanent City College Campus in San Francisco Chinatown to provide generations of immigrant students with equal access to educational opportunities.  2010: CAA leads the San Francisco Yes We Count Coalition, a historic multiracial and multicultural collaborative of grassroots organizations, to conduct canvassing in support of the 2010 Census. As a result of the Yes We Count’s work, traditionally undercounted San Francisco neighborhoods achieve major gains in Census participation compared to 2000.San Francisco Yes We Count Coalition  : CAA launches Move City College Forward campaign to protect access to higher education, garnering support from more than 10,000 individuals; successfully advocated California state legislators and Governor’s office to allocate $20+million to address declined City College of San Francisco student enrollment caused by accreditation body.

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