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Two smiling demonstrators—both of whom carry drums— stand with a child in front of a poster-covered wall while attending a rally organized to demand justice for Kum Nam Kim, a Korean street vendor who was beaten and arrested by police on August 3,…

As Governor Pataki headed to an Asian-American Heritage Month celebration in midtown, 80 protesters gathered nearby to voice their concerns. Organized by the Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence (CAAAV), the protest highlighted the detrimental…

Demonstrators holding signs in English outside the Montefiore Family Health Clinic in the Bronx. The signs read, "Stop Discrimination" and "Translation Provides Language Skills, Assistance, Services, Good Health."

CAAAV's Youth Leadership Project…

Demonstrators holding signs in English and Khmer outside the Montefiore Family Health Clinic in the Bronx. The English signs read, "Health care is a human right" and "Protect our rights to equal health care."

CAAAV's Youth Leadership Project (YLP)…

A large group of protestors is pictured marching in front of the Criterion theater in Times Square. In the background there is a partial view of a CAAAV banner, and the theater promotes the film Rising Sun in large, capitalized letters.

The…

Multiple CAAAV protesters with orange vests stand in a line in a park. One of the vests has a "Free Palestine" sticker attached to it

This photograph from May 1994 shows participants in a demonstration for Saleem Osman. The main focus is on three men at the center of the image with some people visible in front and many people following behind. The participants are on the sidewalk…

In the center of the frame, two protestors march in a single file line while brandishing signs during a CAAAV demonstration organized in front of the 20th precinct to demand justice for Kum Nam Kim—a Korean street vendor on the Upper West Side who…

Young protesters holds a sign at a demonstration against the film "Rising Sun"; "[We De]mand [Better] Roles [for Asian] Actors"

Protest signs display the name and logo of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) and Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence (CAAAV).