AALAC

Asian American Legal Advocacy Center, Inc. (AALAC) of Georgia

Coalitions / PAAN

“There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.”
– Woodrow Wilson

AALAC believes in the power of community organizing, and in the positive changes that result when groups and individuals mobilize around issues that impact us all.  AALAC is a part of several local and regional coalitions.  AALAC strives to build not only consensus within our diverse Asian American communities but also with other interest groups. 

In 2009, AALAC’s staff formed a pioneering coalition of mostly Asian and Pacific Islander grassroots community organizations, business associations, student and faith-based groups that were interested in local advocacy work.  The group, now called the Pan Asian Action Network, is committed to promoting and protecting the health, civil and human rights of Asian Pacific Islander American citizens and residents of Georgia

PAAN members mobilized in 2009 and 2010 to successfully defeat an English-only driver license bill that violated federal law and would have deprived tens of thousands of limited English proficient immigrant citizens and legal residents from obtaining their permanent driver licenses.  The driver license campaign catalyzed a disparate and diverse group of mostly cultural and professional Asian organizations to speak out in concert for Asian Americans and other immigrants in Georgia.  PAAN’s efforts were instrumental in defeating this bill, and helped educate many Asian Americans on civil rights law and the power of organizing work.

Below is a current list of our PAAN members.  If you are a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization that is interested in joining PAAN, please contact Helen at helen@aalegal.org. 

 

  1. American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia
  2. Asian American Legal Advocacy Center, Inc. (AALAC) of Georgia
  3. Association of Chinese Professionals (ACP)
  4. Asian Cultural Experience / nonprofit team (ACE)
  5. Asian Pacific American Council of Georgia (APAC)
  6. Boat People SOS (BPSOS) Atlanta
  7. Chinese-American Lions Club of Atlanta
  8. Chinese Business Ass’n of Atlanta (CBAA)
  9. Chinese Community Federation of Atlanta
  10. Culture Connect Inc.
  11. Feminist Women’s Health Center
  12. Filipino-American Association of Atlanta (Fil-Am)
  13. GALEO
  14. Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council (GMSDC)
  15. Georgia Rural Urban Summit (GRUS)
  16. Good Shepherd Services
  17. Indonesian Chamber of Commerce
  18. Indonesian Community Heritage Fdn (ICHF)
  19. International Center Atlanta
  20. Kollaboration Atlanta
  21. Korean American Association of Greater Atlanta (KAAGA)
  22. Korean American Coalition (KAC), Atlanta Chapter
  23. Korean American Democratic National Organization (KADNO)
  24. Korean American Foundation
  25. KOWIN Atlanta (Korean Women’s International Network)
  26. Laotian American National Alliance (LANA)
  27. Laotian American Society Georgia (LAS)
  28. Malaysian Association of GA (MAG)
  29. Myanmar Buddhist Association (MBA)
  30. Nepalese Ass’n in Southeast American (NASEA)
  31. OCA-GA
  32. Phillipine American Chamber of Commerce GA
  33. Raksha, Inc.
  34. Refugee Family Services
  35. Refugee Women’s Network, Inc. (RWN)
  36. Southeastern Taiwanese American Ass’n
  37. Thai American Chamber of Commerce
  38. Thai Association World Center USA
  39. Vietnamese American Community of Georgia (VAC-GA)

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