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The photo shows two banners behind two protesters during a Filipino American demonstration in New York City.
One partially obscured banner appears to include the name “Damayan” and the phrase “Slavery Exists in N.Y.!,” suggesting a critique of…

Protesters stood outside the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building at 26 Federal Plaza holding a banner that read “INS Tortures Wackenhut Hungerstrikers” while a line of police officers guarded the building in the background, openly condemning the…

Six CAAAV protestors held immigration rights posters during the 2006 protest Day Without An Immigrant March in response to the anti-immigrant Sensenbrenner Bill. Posters read: "No Deportation," "No one is illegal," and "legalize all immigrants" in…

The photo displays 3 young people by a free health screening booth at a Pakistan Day Parade. Since one person's shirt read "Taxi Power," the booth was likely connected to CAAAV’s Taxi and Limousine Commission-related organizing to connect with South…

Report by Gigi Stone of NY1. Footage of the CAAAV Demonstration at the Wackenhut Detention Center, a private immigration detention facility in Queens. CAAAV member Jane Bai is interviewed, who speaks out against the inhumane treatment of the…

A Black demonstrator speaks at the protest for Freedom for INS detainees and holds a microphone. One person stands beside the speaker, and two other individuals are in frame. They are surrounded by apartment and office buildings. The demonstration…

A man holds a sign with two slogans; on the left, the sign says “Freedom for INS Detainees!” and, on the right, it says “Human Rights for INS Detainees!” The demonstrator takes part in a rally for Freedom for INS Detainees, in front of the Federal…

In the case of the murder of Jian Wan Chen at the hands of her husband, Dong Lu Chen, the latter was sentenced to five years' probation, setting a new precedent of so-called cultural defense. In this photo, Monona Yin of CAAAV speaks at a forum to…