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Interracial, political demonstration protesting police brutality and violence against Black and Asian individuals.

Individual holding a sign stating, "Stop Killing Our Black Sons-End Racial Profiling." Likely part of a larger interracial protest for racial justice.

A group of people at the 1997 Racial Justice Day demonstration for racial justice and against police brutality, holding banners and signs that read "Asians for Racial Justice." The people being shown are mostly cut out of the picture, and only one…

Asian members of CAAAV and Black New Yorkers march in protest past the now-demolished Sun Sing Theatre, under the Manhattan Bridge in Manhattan's Chinatown. Protestors hold signs calling for racial justice and an end to police brutality. One sign…

In 2000, CAAAV’s Youth Leadership Project (YLP) produced a short documentary entitled Eating Welfare: Asians and Welfare in New York City. Created in the wake of the aggressive welfare reform of the 1990s, the film explores the lives of Southeast…

A large yellow flag bears the words, “CAAAV ORGANIZING ASIAN COMMUNITIES NEW YORK CITY,” in painted red, black, and green letters. The flag billows in the wind during an outdoors demonstration.

Women of color hold signs decrying poor treatment of domestic workers in NYC during a demonstration near the headquarters of the United Nations. Some demonstrators wear t-shirts listing the names of CAAAV and two other social justice organizations:…

At the center of a thick crowd of pro-Palestine protesters, a Black woman holds a tall yellow banner painted with a Black Power fist and the text, “Third World Within NYC.” Behind her, the demonstrators wave signs and Palestinian flags.

A Black man stands at the microphone to speak to a crowd of pro-Palestine demonstrators. The speaker, and some of the individuals in the background, wear buttons bearing the text, “Third World Within” in the colors of the Palestine flag.

Cambodian residents of New York City gather behind a long table to pose for a photo. The table is crowded with textiles and other goods, including purses, pillowcases, and hand-made clothing.