EVENTS | MEDIA/STATEMENTS | RESOURCES

The National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA), founded in 1996, is a coalition of thirty national Asian Pacific American organizations around the country. Based in Washington D.C, NCAPA serves to represent the interests of the greater Asian American (AA) and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (NHPI) communities and to provide a national voice for AA and NHPI issues.

EVENTS

• NCAPA 2013 Policy Summit Agenda 

• NCAPA 2013 Navigation Guide

• List of APA Heritage Month Events for May 1 — May 10 

• NCAPA Presidential Appointments Project — Learn more and submit your resume for consideration.

MEDIA/STATEMENTS

For media inquiries, please contact:
Rachanee Srisavasdi
rsrisavasdi@veng-group.com
(949)892-0305

• NCAPA Endorses Nomination of Sri Srinivasan to U.S. Court of Appeals (May 15, 2013)

• President Obama Meets with Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Leaders: Meeting Focuses on Immigration Reform, Health Care Access (May 9, 2013)

• Chained CPI Detrimental to Economic Security of AA & NHPIs (April 25, 2013)

• Asian American Leaders Discuss Immigration Reform; New Senate Bill as a "Work in Progress" (April 18, 2013)

• Asian American Leaders Call for More Inclusive Immigration Bill: Senate legislation is step in right direction, but excludes needs of many immigrants (April 17, 2013)

• NCAPA Immigration Factsheet (April 17, 2013)

• NCAPA Urges Swift Confirmation of Perez for Labor Secretary (April 15, 2013)

• Asian Americans, legislators call for immigration policy reform: Immigrants share stories of being undocumented, separation, detention and abuse (April 10, 2013)

• Asian Americans demand immigration policy reform (April 8, 2013) 

• Asian American leaders available to comment on immigration policy reform (April 2, 2013)

• NCAPA Urges for Balanced Budget Approach to Help Vulnerable Americans: Sequester poses harm to Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders (February 28, 2013)

• NCAPA Leaders Support President Obama's Call for Immigration Reform (February 12, 2013)

• NCAPA Leaders Issue Comments Regarding House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Immigration (February 5, 2013)

• NCAPA Coalition Members Testimony at House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Immigration (February 5, 2013)

  • Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)

• NCAPA Encourages Passage of Immigration Policy Reform and Sets Forth Principles on Immigration (January 29, 2013)

• NCAPA Mourns the Passing of Senator Daniel K. Inouye (December 18, 2012)

• NCAPA Issues Statement on Fiscal Cliff (November 27, 2012)

• NCAPA Congratulates President Obama on His Re-election; Exit Polls: Asian American Voters Prefer Obama by Over 45-Point Margin (November 7, 2012)

• In recognition of National Coming Out Day, NCAPA issues Statement on LGBT Equality and Justice (October 11, 2012)

• NCAPA responds to Fisher v. UT Austin: NCAPA Full Support of Equal Opportunity Policies (October 11, 2012)

• Op-ed in Detroit Free Press: Hate Crimes in the U.S. need a national response by Deepa Iyer, Chair of NCAPA and Executive Director of SAALT, and Marc Morial, President of the National Urban League (October 1, 2012)

• AZ's SB1070: Court Blocks Part of AZ's Anti-Immigrant Law; Allows "Show me Your Papers" Provision to Stand: Civil Rights Coalition Will Continue to Fight Against Racial Profiling Law (September 5, 2012)

• NCAPA Response to Shooting at Sikh Temple of Wisconsin (August 6, 2012)

• NCAPA Joins Health, Equity and Civil Rights Organizations Standing in Solidarity with Sikh Americans (August 14, 2012)

• National Moment of Reflection for WI Shooting of Sikh Americans (August 9, 2012)

• Oak Creek Solidarity Statement (August 5, 2012)

• Asian American Groups Decry Gurudwara Attack, by Erwin deLeon of the Huffington Post (August 8, 2012)

• Additional statements regarding this incident from Coalition members and Allies

  • APALA and ASAAL stand in solidarity with the Sikh Community (August 6, 2012)

  • Asian American Center for Advancing Justice Condemns Wisconsin Shooting, Stands in Support of Sikh Community (August 6, 2012)

  • Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund Calls for Increased Awareness and Understanding about the AAPI Community (August 6, 2012)

  • CAPAC Reacts to Shooting at Sikh Temple in Wisconsin (August 6, 2012)

  • Hmong American Organizations Stand in Solidarity with Sikh Community (August 9, 2012)

  • LGBT Communities Statement on Violence in Oak Creek, WI and Joplin, MO (August 9, 2012)

  • SAALT Blog Post: Standing in Solidarity: Ways You Can Support the Families in Oak Creek (August 6, 2012)

  • SEARAC Statement of Solidarity with the Sikh American Community (August 9, 2012)

• NCAPA Response Regarding Supreme Court Decision on Affordable Care Act (June 28, 2012)

• NCAPA Statement on 30th Anniversary of Vincent Chin's Murder (June 22, 2012)

• Statement from National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) on Pew Research Center study on Asian Americans (June 19, 2012)

  • Asian Americans on the Rise, Deepa Iyer, NCAPA Chair on NPR (June 21, 2012)

  • Statement from NCAPA Member Organizations

    • AAJC (June 20, 2012)

    • AAPCHO (June 20, 2012)

    • APIASF (June 19, 2012)

    • LEAP (June 20, 2012)

    • NAPAWF (June 20, 2012)

    • OCA (June 19, 2012)

    • SEARAC (June 19, 2012)  

RESOURCES

• NCAPA 2012 Policy Platform

  

  • Endorse the NCAPA 2012 Policy Platform Here

• National Asian American Survey

• NCAPA 2012 Blue Print for Action: Our Communities. Our Priorities. Our Country

• NCAPA's Tool Kit for Community Mobilization on Department of Education RFI