AALAC

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

AALAC In The News

05.03.13: Sam Yoon, former Boston City Councilman visits Atlanta and speaks at AALAC’s Duluth Municipal Elections Meeting - 지금이 ‘코리안 파워’ 키울 때

On May 2nd, 2013, the Juvenile Justice Reform bill was signed into law by Governor Deal. As part of the JUSTGeorgia Coalition, AALAC worked on the bill for two years to change the state’s oudated Juvenile Justice Code -

04.26.13: WABE – AALAC provides statement against Governor Deal’s expansion of SB 160 - Gov. Deal Signs Immigration Law Expansion; Both Sides Consider What’s Next

AALAC and KAAGA co- host a “Duluth City Council Races and How to Run for Local Office” PAAN meeting – the first meeting in our series of local civic engagement events, which are part of our Vote for our Future campaign:

AALAC Marches for Immigration Reform on April 10th, 2013

AALAC urges Governor Nathan Deal to veto Anti-Immigration SB 160

AALAC Hosts a Press Conference at an Immigration Town Hall meeting featuring Congressman Hank Johnson

03.15.13: Chosun Daily – Korean news coverage of bills affecting undocumented immigrant youth in Georgia 추방유예자는 운전도 공부도 안돼”…조지아주 ‘반이민법 개정안’ 또다시 논란

AALAC urges the Korean community to call their legislators

03.20.13: New American Media - Proof-of-Citizenship Laws ‘Disenfranchise’ Asian Americans

AALAC held its Second Annual Asian American Legislative Breakfast on Thursday, February 28, 2013, during which time speakers focused on many issues facing Asian Americans, including juvenile justice, cyberbullying, entrepreneurship, education, and more.

AALAC and Asian Americans Provide Testimony at a meeting held by the US Commission on Civil Rights

2.19.13: Chosun Atlanta – AALAC’s Policy Agenda & Initiative to Protect Children’s Rights for 2013 - 어린이 인권보호에 앞장선다

AALAC Discusses Comprehensive Immigration Reform at the Georgia State Capitol

01.14.13: Korean Daily – Report on Georgia’s Anti-Dream Bill - 조지아 주의회 안티 드림법안 꼭 저지하겠다

12.18.12:  Korean Daily – Report on an event held by the Korean Consulate General in Atlanta – ”The Night for Korean American Future Generation” in which Helen Kim Ho spoke on the importance of future generations to embrace their ethnicity as a strength to  make a difference for all future generations  – 차세대 한인 전문인 한자리에

12.10.12:  Daily Kos – AALAC’s Vote for Our Future Billboard highlighted in Daily Kos Article

11.8.12:  Atlanta Journal Constitution – AALAC Editorial in the AJC regarding the Gift of Voting – Registering Voters

AALAC raised concerns regarding hundreds of unprocessed or challenged voters to the attention of the Georgia Secretary of State.  AALAC tirelessly worked to ensure that every voter was allowed to vote, but many voters still faced obstacles at the polls.

AALAC’s Voting Gangnam Style PSA went Viral and was covered by countless news sources nationally and internationally!

10.12.12:  The Korea Daily Times Atlanta – Profile of Alice Kim, AALAC’s Civic Engagement Director and her voter registration work –  [특별인터뷰]아시안 아메리칸 법률자문센터(AALAC) 앨리스 김 변호사

10.9.12:  Korea Daily Coverage of AALAC’s Oct. 6th Voter Registration Blitz – 미국대선 한인 유권자 ’1000명’

10.5.12:  Gwinnett Daily Post Coverage of AALAC’s Gwinnett County Voter Registration Blitz – Advocacy group urging local Asian Americans to vote

AALAC participated with Nonprofit partners and Black Congressional Caucus at a Press Conference on the steps at the Georgia State Capital for National Voter Registration Day to encourage everyone to vote.

AALAC started a Vote for our Future Billboard Campaign using “Vote” in eight different languages urging Asian Americans to Vote!

9.23.12:  Atlanta Journal Constitution Coverage of PBS documentary highlighting Clarkston, GA – the most diverse city in the US but some policy makers want to limit refugee resettlement – Clarkston, the refugee melting pot, is focal point of a PBS special

9.21.12: World Journal Coverage of AALAC’s 2012 Community Champions Banquet with Congressman John Lewis - 吳樾 獲社區冠軍終身成就獎

9.17.12:  Korea Daily Coverage of AALAC’s 2012 Community Champions Banquet with Congressman John Lewis and Vern Yip | Keish Kim undocumented youth honored – 길 안보여도 희망 잃지말자

8.22.12:  Korea Daily article on undocumented youth activist Keish Kim and being honored as an AALAC Community Champion – 불체로 대학입학 거부당한 한인학생의 ‘기적’

8.16.12: Atlanta168 Visual Coverage of AALAC’s Community Champions Banquet AALAC 晚宴录像照片-Community Champions Banquet

7.23.12:  Korea Daily Coverage of AALAC & KAAGA’s July Voters Registration Drive (H–Mart) – “미 대선 꼭 투표합시다”

7.16.12:  Korea Daily Coverage of AALAC & KAAGA’s  July Voters Registration Drive Press conference – 미국 대통령, 우리손으로 뽑자

5.10.12:  Atlanta Christianity Daily Coverage of AALAC’s upcoming May 24th Higher Education Seminar – AALAC, 꼭 필요한 대학 입학 팁 제공한다

5.6.12:  News.n.Post – Coverage of AALAC’s upcoming May 24th Higher Education Seminar

5.1.12:  Georgia Asian Times Names AALAC Executive Director Helen Ho one of 25 Most Influential Asian Americans in Georgia, 3rd year in a row! – GAT 25 Most Influential Asian Americans in Georgia

4.25.12:  WSB Coverage – Ga. leaders react to Supreme Court immigration law arguments

AALAC News | Save the Date | 2nd Annual EMBRACE Art and Auction Fundraiser | May 17th at Kai Lin Art

4.10.12:  Epoch Times coverage of AALAC/ Greenlaw AAPI Media lunch – linguistically isolated communities more likely victims of environmental injustice – Atlanta Report Finds 52 Pollution Hot Spots

SB 458 – Anti-DREAM Bill

3.2.12:  AALAC Executive Director named 2011 Unsung Hero Honorable Mention by Asian Pacific Americans for Progress (APAP) – APAP 2011 Unsung Hero Honorable Mention: Helen Kim Ho

2.27.12:  AALAC Call to Action | Call Your Legislator Now on Two Bills that Impact the Future of our You – Call Your Legislator Now on Two Bills that Impact the Future of our Youth!

AALAC First Annual Asian American Legislative Breakfast

2.10.12:  Advocating for freedom and human rights through culture and the arts: North Korean dissident Song Byeok has first US exhibition in Atlanta – Former North Korean propaganda artist Song Byeok takes to the canvas to speak out about a corrupt regime

AALAC brings up “slanty” eye racist incident at Starbucks in Alpharetta, GA – and the news goes international!

01.12:  AALAC’s Executive Director Helen Ho Named in “Notables” of Georgia Trend’s 2012 Most Influential Georgians – 2012 Notable Georgians

01.12:  AALAC Awarded Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Award – MLK Community Service Awards honor work for a just world

1.26.12:  AALAC Press Release – Bill to Modify Employer Use of faulty E–Verify System

1.11.12:  Epoch Times Article on Dosan Ho’s induction into Civil Rights Walk of Fame – MLK Civil Rights Walk of Fame Celebrates Altruism

1.12.12:  Epoch Times Article on Georgia Redistricting Fight | Discrimination | AALAC quoted – Georgia Redistricting Fight Just Starting

1.5.12:  AALAC Press Release – AALAC Applauds First Asian American Inductee to the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame

1.4.12:  newsnpost – Korean news coverage of AALAC’s 1.4.12 Legislative Strategy Session and Dinner (including Videos)

12.30.11:  AALAC Newsletter – Welcome the New Year with AALAC

12.2.11:  Huffington Post video and article re: Occupy Atlanta’s fight to stop a foreclosure; Board member Asim Alam represents and speaks out for homeowners – Occupy Y’all Street: Occupy Atlanta Fights Foreclosure, Fannie Mae Demands Protesters’ Emails

10.26.11:  Los Angeles Times quotes Executive Director Helen Ho on the South experiencing the highest growth rate in the US – “Asian Americans now country’s fastest growing racial group.”

Mundo Hispanico’s coverage of Korean Media’s HB 87 Fundraising Campaign to benefit AALAC

News.n.Post – HB 87 저지에한인교회지도자들나서주세요

AALAC’s 2011 Newsletter Issue III – May and June Highlights – celebrating our first anniversary!

AALAC — HB87

4.29.11:  AALAC Press Release – Georgia Becomes 2nd Fastest Growing State for Asian–American Businesses

4.22.11:  Korea Daily article on reality of Korean American voter engagement and power in Georgia – 불체단속법 추진 하원의원들 “우린 한인 표 신경 안쓴다

4.16.11:  AALAC Newsletter Issue II – March and April Highlights and pictures from EMBRACE

2.11:  AALAC Newsletter – January and February 2011 Highlights

3.4.11: Emory University Student Paper Covers 3.1.11 AALAC Dialogue with University Students

2.21.11:  AALAC Media Advisory – Latin American Association and Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Endorse Value Georgia

HB72 – English Only Bill:  AALAC helped defeat HB 72 which would eliminate already existing in language materials and force Georgia residents to take the driver’s test in English.

1.03.11:  AALAC quoted in AJC article on Georgia legislature’s consideration of state legislation to support repeal of birthright citizenship – States seek to tackle birthright citizenship, illegal immigration

12.30.11:  AALAC quoted in National Immigration Forum report on Arizona–style legislation – In The States What Will They Do Now

11.10:  Georgia Asian Times, Nov. 2010 – AALAC’s Opinion Piece on the Rule of Law – The Rule of Law and the immigration debate

11.17.10:  Atlanta Journal Constitution article covering GA Immigration Committee Hearing and consideration of Arizona law – Legislators eye Arizona-style ideas on immigration

11.18.10:  Korea Daily’s (JoongAng Ilbo Atlanta) coverage of AALAC’s testimony at GA Immigration Committee Hearing – 조지아도 애리조나처럼? …주 의회 이민개혁위, 애리조나식 불체단속법 초안 공개

11.17.11:  Video of AALAC’s testimony at Nov. 17th GA Immigration Committee Hearing (Link no longer there)

11.17.11:  Video of select Q&A after testimony from Committee members (Link no longer there)

11.12.10:  DeKalb Champion Free Press Piece on AALAC – With Successes Achieved, Asian American Group legal group prepares for rocky 2011

12.15.10: Georgia Asian Times Coverage of Gwinnett Crematory Plan

Fox News Coverage of Gwinnett Commissioner’s Rejection of Tucker Crematory Plan

WABE/ PBS radio coverage of rejection of Gwinnett Crematory Plan in Asian American community in Tucker

AJC coverage of Gwinnett County Commissioner rejection of Crematory in Tucker

Chinese press coverage of 9500 Liberty Screening

11.5.10:  AALAC in the news: AALAC co–sponsors national multilingual exit poll for 2010 midterm elections

AALAC’s November Georgia Asian Times Column:  How to make our Vote Count!

AALAC speech re: Asian American women power as part of Women in Power Multicultural Forum

Telemundo coverage of our AZ Townhall Forum

9.26.10:  Chinese news coverage of AALAC’s absentee voting campaign Tackling Voter Apathy – 选举在即，現在就登記去投票!——投票步骤

9.3.10:  AALAC quoted in AJC article on decline of immigration flow – Study: Flow of illegal immigrants to U.S. declines

8.27.10: World Journal Coverage of AALAC Tackling Voter Apathy 期中選民登記 10月4日截止

8.13.10:  Korean press coverage of AALAC’s August community forum – 공약이 뭔지도 모르는데 11월 투표 어떻게?

8.4.10:  Opinion piece on economic impact of Arizona law in Georgia in AJC – Pro & Con: Should Georgia adopt an Arizona–style immigration law?

7.29.10:  AALAC and other groups intervene in Georgia Voter Rights Case – Asian Americans Intervene in Georgia Voting Rights Lawsuit

7.9.10:  Ethnic press coverage on launch of AALAC –  美东南第一个非盈利的亚裔法律服务中心正式成立

Georgia Asian Times – Changing Face of Georgia and launch of AALAC

 

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