Voter Outreach, Training, and Education (VOTE) Initiatives empower individuals to be active political participants, vote in elections, and share resources that educate API communities about elections. This includes information about in-language resources, voting processes, and insights on issues that impact the API community. CAUSE understands how critical culturally relevant resources are to promoting civic engagement in the API community. Efforts have included producing a comprehensive Los Angeles mayoral video interview series, compiling voter resource lists, and hosting events with elected leaders on important topics such as Stop Asian Hate. CAUSE will continue prioritizing access to information in our efforts.
CALIFORNIA API VOTER RESOURCE LIST
Stay up to date with important voter information and resources with the CAUSE the VOTE CA API Voter Resource List. The list is a collection of resources created for and/or by the API Community to increase engagement and education for the upcoming election.
The Resource List Contains:
General Voter Information
Voter guides created by or backed by APA organizations
Ways to Volunteer,
Voter Hotlines & Language accessibility help
and More!
This list will be continuously updated, please share with us any resources you want to see added through our form in the link below.
In the News
Improving the quality of translated voting materials, broadening government outreach to potential voters and increasing the number of in-person voting sites are key to boosting voter turnout among Asian Americans in Los Angeles, according to a newly published report from the UCLA Asian American Studies Center.
Asian-American community leaders and elected officials are coming together in support of a Los Angeles County proposal to give Asian Angeleños a voice when it comes to the county’s government while also cracking down on corruption.
A proposal to expand the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has garnered support from Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) elected officials, who say that doing so could lead to the creation of a special district for the community.
Some of L.A. County’s best-known Asian American leaders came out in strong support of a plan to expand the Board of Supervisors — and to get it before voters this fall.
Pasadena Star News coverage of Health Secretary Xavier Becerra amd Congresswoman Judy Chu’s roundtable with Monterey Park leaders.
CAUSE Board Chair, Charlie Woo, is interviewed by World Journal and shares the importance of multicultural collaboration in addressing anti-Asian hate.
The Sacramento Bee reporters Gillian Brassil, Jeong Park, Andrea Briseño coverage on the new Congressional redistricting maps and their impact on Latino, Asian, and Black communities. This article features an interview with Nancy Yap, CAUSE’s Executive Director.
World Journal coverage of the 2021 California Redistricting final maps.
The Washington Post reporter Colby Itkowitz coverage on the newly approved Congressional redistricting maps. Coverage includes quotes from an interview with Nancy Yap, Executive Director of CAUSE.
Redistricting maps are not final until the commission takes a vote on Dec. 27. But Asian American leaders expressed..
Researchers from USC and UCLA, Dr. Christian Grose and Dr. Natalie Masouka, respectively, share evidence and findings supporting the San Gabriel Valley Asian American community will vote together for shared interests, based off of 2018 and 2019 voting patterns.
A proposal before the state redistricting commission would redraw two congressional districts currently represented by Judy Chu and Young Kim. Critics say..
LAist’s Josie Huang talks with Nancy Yap, CAUSE Executive Director, and other local leaders about the CA 20221 Redistricting efforts and its impact on the SGV AAPI community.
NextShark coverage of CAUSE’s efforts in advocating for the AAPI community during the 2021 CA Redistricting process.
World Journal coverage and Chinese translation of the Joint Statement.
World Journal coverage of the 2021 California Redistricting efforts and its impact on the AAPI community in San Gabriel Valley.
World Journal coverage of the 2021 California Redistricting efforts and concerns from AAPI organizations and community leaders.
U.S. News Express coverage of CAUSE’s recent national awards.