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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…

CAAAV meeting on organizing community power in the community for better services in Chinatown.

The side of a building in Chinatown with graffiti in it. There is also a wooden wall with posters on it.

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

Anibal Carrasquillo Jr. was 21 years old when he was shot in the back by NYPD officer Marco Calderon on January 22, 1995, under the suspicion of looking into vehicles. [1]
Two months later, on March 25, 16-year-old Yong Xin Huang was shot in the…

A green highway sign reading "Exit 3, 8 Ave, 7 Ave, 1/2 Mile" is bolted to the side of a pedestrian bridge over a highway. A large handmade sign is hung from the chain link fence protecting the bridge beside it which reads, "Rights for All Workers."

Two people lean down on a table filling out paper on clipboards.

A group of people at a demonstration that show five women holding a sign that reads, "SISTA SISTA Freedom School 4 Young Women of Color."

A group of people at a demonstration against home care companies, with two unseen people holding signs, one mostly cut out and another that reads "SLAVERY EXITS IN NEW YORK! CHECK THE MOTHER of PERPETUAL HOME CARE!", and man holding a flier towards…

Image showing a sign that reads "sleep deprivation chamber" under a CAAAV seal. The signs appear to be taped to a window or door.