AAPI Language Lines a newsletter on aapi and language access resources FEBRUARY 2015 FEATURE OAPIA'S LANGUAGE ACCESS COMMEMORATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH South Asians and African Americans have been standing up for each other for over a century. These are the histories we were never taught. By Anirvan Chatterjee of the Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour. (Want to go deeper? ReadNico Slate's Colored Cosmopolitanism and Vijay Prashad's Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting.) BLACK DESI SECRET HISTORY Language Access Articles Reports, articles, resources on Language Access Below is a list of articles on language and language access related issues and programs from across the country. These articles can serve as references for you to help develop your Agency's language access programs. Language Access Program at OAPIA Providing Technical Assistance to all District agencies
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5/4/2015 [OAPIA] AAPI Language Lines February 2015
AAPI Language Linesa newsletter on aapi and language access resources FEBRUARY 2015
FEATUREOAPIA'S LANGUAGE ACCESS COMMEMORATES BLACKHISTORY MONTHSouth Asians and African Americans have been standing up foreach other for over a century. These are the histories we werenever taught. By Anirvan Chatterjee of the Berkeley South AsianRadical History Walking Tour. (Want to go deeper? ReadNicoSlate's Colored Cosmopolitanism and Vijay Prashad's EverybodyWas Kung Fu Fighting.)
BLACK DESI SECRET HISTORY
Language Access ArticlesReports, articles, resources on Language AccessBelow is a list of articles on languageand language access related issuesand programs from across the country.These articles can serve as referencesfor you to help develop your Agency'slanguage access programs.
LanguageAccess Programat OAPIAProviding Technical Assistanceto all District agencies
New generation of Somali women is on the rise inMinnesota
Asian American and Pacific IslanderArticlesReports, articles, resources on Asian Americans and PacificIslandersBelow is a list of articles on AsianAmerican and Pacific Islander issuesand programs from across the country.These articles can serve as referencesfor you to help develop your Agency'sprograms and services.
Report Exposes Health Coverage Gap Across AsianAmerican Seniors
The day Japanese Americans lost their rights
Taking Care of Our Seniors
Asian immigrants less likely to seek deportationprotection, data show
The Office on Asian and PacificIslander Affairs' Language AccessProgram is working towardsbuilding a global city where Districtprograms and government servicesare delivered at a high level. Themission of OAPIA's LanguageAccess Program is to help ensureDistrict Agencies provide programsand services to DC's limited andnonEnglish proficient (LEP/NEP)Asian American and PacificIslander (AAPI) residents andmerchants at a high level throughtechnical assistance, policyguidance, and education.
ASIANAMERICAN FACTLearn about Todd Endo, aJapanese American who marchedin Selma when the Asian Americanpopulation was 0.5%
For more information aboutOAPIA's Language AccessProgram please visithttp://apia.dc.gov/service/aapilanguageaccess or contact NeelSaxena at [email protected]
