倡导与公民参与
Register for APIC's Democracy Summit: Sept. 27, 2024
This year's Democracy Summit will be held on Friday, September 27th, 2024 at the Tacoma Dome. Visit our Events page to register and be part of making sure our elected officials see, hear, and understand our culturally, linguistically, and geographically diverse AANHPI communities.
Your Voice Matters!
You can submit written or video testimony on bills!
Use the Legislative Hotline 1-800-562-6000 to send a message to legislators with one phone call.
You can also give testimony from the Legislature here. To sign in with your position on a bill, start here.
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Select the House or the Senate, the Committee, the date and time, then the bill number you would like to comment on. The most effective testimony is when you speak for yourself and explain your personal interest in the bill.
Learn more about the legislative processes with these guides:
2024 Asian American &
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Voter Maps
The Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs (CAPAA) partnered with KAYA Strategik to develop a density map on Asian American eligible voter populations in Washington State. Asians comprise 12% (888,309) of Washington's population and 9% (474,053) of the citizen voting age population in Washington.
Counties with the largest Asian AIC eligible voting populations: King County (254,657), Snohomish County (62,449), Pierce County (56,138), Clark County (20,594), Thurston County (14,875).
Largest Asian ethnic group of eligible voters in Washington: Filipinos (~114,000), Chinese, except Taiwanese (~98,000), Vietnamese (~63,000), Korean (~60,000), Japanese (~57,000).
The Secretary of State provides voter registration forms in 23 languages including العربية, Bengali, မြန်မာ , 中文, Farsi, Hindi, 日本語, អក្សរខ្មែរ, 한국어, ພາສາລາວ,Punjabi, Tagalog, and Tiếng Việt.
Census Updates
The U.S. Census Bureau has formally invited the public to share their input and ideas for an improved 2030 Census. The invitation comes in the form of a Federal Register Notice published on August 17, 2022.
You can find Frequently Asked Questions about the census here.
The new Census website can now be used to produce a quick report with the current census data from 2020. Explore your area.
2025 Legislative Day
API 立法周
APIC SPS 领导和朋友们参加了 2 月 2 日至 3 日的虚拟 API 立法周活动，并倡导 APIC WA 的许多立法优先事项。感谢您响应我们的参与号召！
Pew Research: When surveying small populations, some approaches are more inclusive than others
Survey researchers increasingly recognize that a single survey of the general public can rarely represent the views of small groups of Americans. Such surveys frequently have too few interviews with certain populations – such as smaller religious or racial or ethnic groups – for those voices to be heard.
Pew Research: The Asian American Experience
In the fall of 2021, Pew Research Center undertook the largest focus group study it had ever conducted to hear Asian Americans talk about their lived experiences in America.
重新划分更新
2021 年，我们加入了一个由 为华盛顿重新划分司法管辖区的联盟，我们共同努力确保部落边界和有色人种社区在我们的新区划线中得到体现。已经绘制了新的地区线。一些立法区可能有 改变了 并且您的代表/参议员可能已经改变了要检查谁在2022年代表您，请在此处找到您的选区。_cc781905-5cde- 3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_
RJWA 4 月更新：联盟已决定结束他们的 VRA 诉讼，请在此处详细了解为何做出此决定
有关更多信息，请查看华盛顿 (RJW) 重新划分司法管辖区。
Stay Updated on Legislation
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Once you select a bill, you can email a COMMENT to your legislator, or you can subscribe to email NOTIFICATIONS for updates.
与 AAPI 相关的 2021 年值得注意的立法活动包括：
加强保护区的重要立法跟踪清单
与为公立学校学生和教学人员采购和支持适当的计算机和设备有关
制定对和平官员使用的战术和设备的要求。
关于国家对治安官和惩戒官的监督和问责。
SB 5055 参议员阮集体谈判
关于执法人员集体谈判。
关于治安官的干预义务。
SB 5067 潜在弹劾披露 Dhingra & 同伴 bill HB 1088
关于潜在的弹劾披露。
SB 5069 调查合规审计 Dhingra & 同伴 bill HB 1089 Ramos/
关于对与治安人员和执法机构有关的要求的合规性审计。
2020 年人口普查
观看我们的视频（提供英文和中文版本），详细介绍人口普查的重要性。我们学习的数据将帮助我们获得应得的利益、资金和代表权。