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AAJC Spring Youth Leadership Summit - April 2025: Applications Open

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Applications Open: Spring 2025 Youth Leadership Summit This 3-day leadership development program for undergraduate students will feature interactive workshops, hands-on trainings, and discussions with Capitol Hill leaders. Participants will build advocacy and communications skills while learning how to impact policy decisions. The deadline to apply is Monday, February 17 - please share this opportunity with your student networks! Spring Youth Leadership Summit - April 2025 Thank you for your interest in Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC's (Advancing Justice - AAJC) Youth Leadership Summit (YLS), a multi-day leadership development program for college students who are dedicated to addressing issues impacting Asian American communities. YLS is open to both 2-year college/university students (i.e. community college students) and 4-year college/university students from a variety of academic disciplines. The Youth Leadership Summit will take place in-person in Washington, DC. The ...
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2024 American Electorate Poll and Asian American Voters

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  Dear Qunbin,    Tomorrow at 4:00pm ET,  Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC) and The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) will join pollsters in hosting a virtual briefing to unpack how and why Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Americans voted in the 2024 election and what this means moving forward.   We hope you'll join us for an in-depth analysis of the  specific policy concerns shared by AAPI voters  and outline the  current projects and resources  from Advancing Justice – AAJC and TAAF.   These findings are informed by critical oversamples of AAPI voters nationally and in key states with significant AAPI populations that paint a more complete picture of their vote choices and motivations in this election–and what that means for 2025 and beyond.   REGISTER NOW This briefing is based on data from the 2024 American Electorate Voter Poll conducted by the African American Research Collaborative a...
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Trump's China People

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  Trump's China People What Trump’s current cabinet picks mean for U.S.-China relations in their own words Miranda ,  Nick Zeller , and  The Monitor Nov 23   READ IN APP   L to R: Michael Waltz, Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, Elon Musk, & Elise Stefanik Trump’s Cabinet and Staff nominations so far promise a more hostile approach towards China and a more pro-war position than those who voted for Trump as  a peace  candidate might like. Between a Secretary of State who might not be allowed into the country and a U.N. Ambassador who signals extreme distrust towards the Chinese Communist Party, U.S.-China relations will most likely continue their course of decline. Trump has  threatened  to put a 60% tariff on all goods imported to the United States from China, potentially harming China’s economy and raising prices for American consumers. In 2022, the United States  imported  over $530 billion in goods from China. Such a tariff policy c...
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