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Summer Spotlight: Iris Ma, Law Clerk with Impact Litigation
Summer Spotlight: Josh Tran, Law Clerk with Impact Litigation
Summer Spotlight: Sarah Rahimi, Law Clerk with Impact Litigation
Summer Spotlight: Chun Sun Baak, Intern with the SAFE Project
Summer Spotlight: Shiv Pandya, Intern with Impact Litigation
The Pro Bono Spotlight honors volunteers and the important work they do to help Asian Americans Advancing Justice-LA fulfill its mission of serving communities in need. In this edition, we recognize Angelique Nguyen-Le, who has been an amazing volunteer with the Litigation team since 2017. She has volunteered over 125 hours with the organization and is still currently volunteering. Angelique has a master’s degree from UCI and is currently working in Orange County.
In the coming months, millions of rising high school seniors will be visiting college campuses and hustling to get a head start on their application materials, just as I did twenty years ago.
In the upcoming weeks, the California Legislature will be deciding on the expansion of Medi-Cal to open up coverage to all Californians regardless of immigration status. Two proposals are on the table - one to cover the young adult population between 19 and 25 years old (AB 2965 - Arambula) and the other for the elder population of 65 years and older (SB 974 - Lara). Both these efforts are a step forward, bringing us closer to realizing the idea of health care as a human right.
As Asian Pacific American Heritage Month comes to an end, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles is proud to unveil our 2018 organizational platform and policy priorities that seek to protect immigrants and communities of color, resist the heartless and cruel policies emanating from the federal government, and advance proactive proposals at the state and local levels.
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Advancing Justice-LA Advancing Justice-LA's helplines prioritize assistance to low-income persons in the following areas of law: discrimination, family, immigration, public benefits, employment, housing, and civil rights.
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Our mission is to advocate for civil rights, provide legal services and education, and build coalitions to positively influence and impact Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders and to create a more equitable and harmonious society.