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In protest of Mayor Giuliani's policies, police brutality, and other issues, coordinated protests across New York City took place, with two tunnels and two bridges being peacefully taken over. CAAAV helped organize the Manhattan Bridge action, which…

Two people hold a large banner stating "INS Tortures Wackenhut Hunger Strikes" outside of the Wackenhut Detention Center in Queens, NY. Prisoners began hunger strikes in protest of brutal prison conditions and to motivate the INS to review prisoner…

Produce stand in front of the Bank of East Asia in Chinatown.

On March 13, 1996, twelve demonstrators took over the office of Brooklyn D.A. Charles Hynes to demand justice for the police brutality cases involving Yong Xin Huong and Anibal Carrasquillo Jr. The sit-in called for Hynes to indict NYPD Officers…

In May 2008, the Women Workers Project (WWP) held a health fair in Woodside, Queens. In this photo, three CAAAV volunteers stand in front of a sign that reads "Free Health Screening Here."

On June 27, 1989, CAAAV and the New York Asian Women's Center collaborated on the coordination of a community forum discussing the verdict of the Dong Lu Chen case. The forum's goals were to extend continued support to battered Asian women in their…

On May 26, 1994, Saleem Osman, a community organizer and CAAAV advocate, was beaten and arrested by two plainclothes police officers after attempting to settle a conflict between a white truck driver and a Pakistani cab driver. CAAAV immediately…

Footage of a panel organized by NYU and CAAAV featuring Marilyn Young as the moderator, Risa Morimoto, Una Chaudhuri, Sudipto Chatterjee, Eric Tang (associated with CAAAV), and Cyrus Patel. Topic of panel was Asians in America. Each panelist speaks…

Footage of sitdown interview with two women, Christina and Lynne, about their experiences with SPAM while each grew up in the Philippines and Hawaii.

TV news segment in Chinese about a public hearing on police brutality organized by many New York City social justice organizations. Attendees interviewed in both Chinese and English. Among those interviewed is Hyun Lee of CAAAV.