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Tenant Unions Calls Attention to Housing Hardships: Evicted Chinatown Renters Showed Up to Protest
On October 28th, the Citywide Tenants Coalition organized a demonstration in Harlem, demanding governmental agencies to recognize and remedy the citywide shortage of housing stock, unaffordability for low-income renters, and displacement of small…
Multiple Chinatown Groups Voiced Opposition to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq
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…
"Asians for Jericho" Banner at the 1998 Jericho March
The photo features protestors holding "Asians for Juricho" and a "Free All U.S. Political Prisoners/ Juricho '98" sign at the 1998 Juricho march. The march has assembled 5000 to 7000 demonstrators at Washington D.C. to demand amnesty and freedom for…
"Asians for Jericho" banner in Washington, DC
Taken at the Jericho demonstration on March 27, 1998, this photograph shows members and allies of CAAAV who joined the widely coalitional Washington, DC march to protest the incarceration of political prisoners and prisoners of war in the United…
"Asians for Racial Justice" at Racial Justice Day 1997
A group of people taking part in the 1997 Racial Justice Day demonstration, holding banners and signs. One sign reads "ASIANS / FOR / RACIAL / JUSTICE."
"Asians for Racial Justice" at Racial Justice Day 1997
A group of people at Racial Justice Day 1997, holding signs that read, "Asians for Racial Justice" and "_ Against Anti-Asian Violence."
"Asians for Racial Justice" at Racial Justice Day 1997
A group of people at a Racial Justice Day demonstration, with a man and a woman holding a partially obstructed banner that reads "ASIANS / RACIST JUSTICE" and several demonstrators holding signs with dates and descriptions of past injustices.
"Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence" banner held for press release
"Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence" banner is held for a press conference by National Network on Anti-Asian Violence, which included CAAAV
"Drivers Want Justice"
Main focus is on a white man on the sidewalk holding a sign stating, "Drivers Want Justice" as part of a Lease Drivers Coalition (LDC) initiative. Other non-white people are involved as well, but are partially blocked by the man in front.
"Drop all Charges" – Protestors at demonstration for Saleem Osman
On May 26, 1994, Saleem Osman, a coordinator with CAAAV's Lease Drivers Coalition, was beaten and arrested by police. This photo, dated May 27, 1994 shows demonstrators protesting his arrest and carrying signs in Korean and English. One sign reads…