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CAAAV joined Fukien Benevolent Association of America and City Councilmember John (Chun Yah) Liu in calling on the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to provide direct Chinese language services. This modification would allow…

This poster begins by describing the sit-ins for migrant workers’ rights in South Korea and how seven migrant workers were driven to suicide because of the government crackdown on “illegals” through man hunts and forceful deportations. It details how…

This pamphlet explains the origins, objectives, and successes of the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC, Committee for the Co-ordination of Women), an organization that advocates for the rights of sex workers in east India. It details the…

Taken from the World Social Forum (WSF) 2004, the poster reads at the top “Health for All is Possible / Another World is possible,” the latter being the slogan for the WSF. A menacing figure representing large globalizing forces such as the World…

This pamphlet details the work of the Centre for Development and Women’s Studies (CDaWS), an organization dedicated to the empowerment of marginalized groups, with a focus on women within those groups. Their goal is to empower women holistically…

This booklet contains a set of political cartoons criticizing the World Social Forum (WSF), likely obtained from Mumbai Resistance 2004, a forum established counter to the WSF. It accuses the WSF of being imperialist, asserting that the only true…

The article documents Manhattan Chinatown community members’ anti-war response after the U.S. military launched bombing campaigns on Baghdad. About 20 CAAAV members gathered in front of the Confucius statue in the pouring rain, calling on the Bush…

The news report describes CAAAV’s first Mid-Autumn celebration, which featured martial arts, folk music and dance, and songs performed in both English and Mandarin. To facilitate cultural exchange among different Asian immigrant communities, the…

This pamphlet provides a description of the work of Social Action for Rural and Tribal in-Habitants of India, or SARTHI. SARTHI is an organization that supports rural Indian impoverished communities in the management of resources. It places…

This name tag is from Mumbai Resistance (MR) 2004. MR 2004 was an alternative socialist forum to and highly critical of the World Social Forum. While CAAAV and Domestic Workers United members were delegates to the World Social Forum, they also took…