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Reports
- UC AAPI Policy MRP Annual Report 2008 - 2009
A review of the accomplishments in 2008 - 2009. Click here for the report.
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Asian American Justice Center Report
"Equal Access: Unlocking Government Doors for Asian American Businesses: Public Contracting Laws and Policies"
The Asian American Contractor Empowerment Project (AACEP), funded by the Ford Foundation and administered by the Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), seeks to support objective empirical research that can better inform Asian American stakeholders, decision makers and the general public about issues and concerns relevant to Asian Americans, equal opportunity and governmental contracting. AAJC partnered with the Asian American Institute to analyze how Asian Americans are situated within governmental contracting, specifically with respect to race-conscious strategies used to redress the under-representation of minority-owned enterprises. One such strategy is minority set-aside contracting, a type of affirmative action and broad race-based and outcome-oriented approach designed to reduce racial disparities. Minority set-aside contracting establishes a ceiling on the preferential treatment Asian American firms can receive in order to counteract past and current discrimination in the business arena.
This report explores the present status of Asian American-owned businesses, particularly their participation in government contracting. An examination of minority set-aside contracting programs makes clear the need for increased research regarding Asian American business owners in order to ensure their future inclusion in such programs.
Click here for the Full Report.
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California API Joint Legislative Caucus - State of AA/NH/PI Health in California Report (April 2009)
In collaboration with the MRP, the California Asian Pacific Islander Joint Legislative Caucus commissioned this report to provide a more accurate picture of the context and health status of AANHPIs in relation to other
racial groups in California, as well as in relation to the many AANHPI subgroups. Also, the report hopes to help result in (1) legislation that requires disaggregated data on AANHPIs (2) increase funding for research that are marginalized (3) more effective health and mental health education for these communities and (4) debunk the "model minority" myth that covers the health needs of the AANHPI communities.
After the release of the report, the API Joint Legislative Caucus will conduct
hearings to discuss the report and develop recommendations for implementation.
Click here for the full report.
- Haselhoff, K. and P. Ong. (September 1, 2008). Are They Welcome?: Understanding Public Opinion on Immigrants in Southern California. UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies and UC AAPI Policy MRP. Los Angeles.
Click here for the PDF.
This report focuses on public opinion in Southern California, a region with one of the largest immigration populations in the country, in comparison to other regions and whether or not it changed over time. Additionally, it analyzes the determinants of attitudes towards immigration in the region. Findings include that Californians are generally more accepting of immigrants in comparison to other regions, and they have become generally more tolerant than in the past. The report recommends that immigration policy reform take into consideration the complexity of public opinions about immigration (e.g. support for one policy does not guarantee support for another), and that policies should be devised after a discussion about the costs and benefits of immigration since policy is already very cost-based so as to maintain objectivity.
- LEAP's Fifth Public Policy Report
The State of Asian America: Trajectory of Civic and Political Engagement
Preface
Introduction & Appendices
"Political Participation and Civic Voluntarism"
"Political and Civic Engagement of Immigrants"
"Asian American College Students and Civic Engagement"
"Engaging Online"
"Asian American Panethnicity: Challenges and Possibilities"
"The Usual Subjects: Asian Americans as Conditional Citizens"
"Civic Engagement as a Pathway to Partisanship Acquisition for Asian Americans"
- Ong, P. (July 22, 2008). Asian American and Pacific Islander workforce. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Presentation. Washington, DC.
Click here for the PDF.
- Poon, O. A, Tran, L., and Ong, P. (February 2009). The State of Asian American Businesses. As an extension of the Ford project on asset-building in the AAPI community, this report was created with the help of the Asian American Justice Center about API Businesses Owners. Click here for the PDF.
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