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OPAWL Statement on Divisive Concept Bills
Today, certain Ohio Republican lawmakers are doing the bidding of a national network of extremist groups and corporate-backed lobbyists by manufacturing a controversy meant to erase our history, censor our teachers, and take resources from our public schools. The...
Job Posting: Transformative Justice Organizer
OPAWL is a grassroots membership-based community that organizes for social justice and elevates the voices, visibility, and progressive leadership of Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women and nonbinary people in Ohio. By co-creating an organized and...
Cleveland woman shares her immigration story in campaign
Spectrum News, Dec 26, 2021 Excerpt from the story: Jenika Gonzales said she didn’t initially understand the bigger picture behind her family’s immigration story. “I think our immigration story started, at least for me, when I was 8 years old. This was is in 1998,...
‘Love Has No Borders’ campaign spotlights Ohio immigrants’ stories and seeks to change the system
ideastream, Nov 29, 2021 Excerpt from the article: By sharing these stories, OPAWL Co-Director Tessa Xuan hopes to uplift stories of Midwest immigrants. “We do want more Americans to wake up to the reality that our immigration system doesn’t work the way they think it...
‘An insult’: Labor, civil-rights groups denounce Ohio Republicans’ revised congressional redistricting maps
Cleveland.com, Nov 16, 2021 Excerpt from the article: Similar thoughts were expressed by others representing members of the Equal Districts Coalition, which consists of more than 30 labor, advocacy, and civil-rights organizations. They asserted that a truly fair map...
In “Love Has No Borders,” Ohio Asian American women share stories of immigration
ideastream's The Sound of Ideas, Nov 4, 2021 Excerpt: For most Americans, you can look back at our lineages and find that our families and ancestors came here from somewhere else. Most of us are decendants of immigrants. OPAWL, the Ohio Progressive Asian Women's...
Response to Joint Solidarity Statement from AJC Cleveland, ADL Cleveland, and the Jewish Federation of Cleveland
It has been brought to our attention that a Stop Asian Hate event co-sponsored by OPAWL earlier this year received a joint solidarity statement from the American Jewish Committee (AJC Cleveland), the Anti-Defamation League (ADL Cleveland), and the Jewish Federation of...
Asian American group launches campaign to highlight Midwestern immigration experience
The Columbus Dispatch, Oct 22, 2021 Yilun Cheng Eunice Uhm has always lived with the burden of a family secret: Her father was undocumented. Born in South Korea, Uhm, now 30, moved to the United States with her parents and two sisters when she was a teenager. They did...
Letter to VP Harris: Pass a Pathway to Citizenship
September 30, 2021 Vice President Kamala Harris The White House Office of the Vice President 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20050 Dear Vice President Harris: You have a unique historic opportunity to help enact legislation that creates a...
Press Release: OPAWL and MAAIN on Senate Parliamentarian’s Recommendation on Path to Citizenship
Contacts: Jona Hilario, OPAWL | Columbus, OH 614-787-2979, jona.hilario@opawl.org Kevin Hsia, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago, IL 773-271-0899 x258, khsia@advancingjustice-chicago.org Montha Chum, MN8 | St. Paul, MN Montha@releasemn8.org Jasmine Rivera,...