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OUR MISSION IS TO ADVANCE CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS

FOR ASIAN AMERICANS AND TO BUILD AND PROMOTE

A FAIR AND EQUITABLE SOCIETY FOR ALL

For the last 25 years, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC has been at the forefront of the Asian American and Pacific Islander civil rights movement. We have worked on issues related to immigration, anti-Asian violence prevention, race relations, census, voting rights, affirmative action, media diversity, language access and citizenship. Some of our issues–including access to broadband services–did not even exist when we opened our doors. Over the years, our expertise has been recognized in the media, by lawmakers at the very highest tiers of government and by the public. Our legal and policy advocacy has resulted in real positive changes for the Asian American and Pacific Islander community.

The last two years have been no different. Advancing Justice | AAJC played a key role that resulted in the unification of Filipino World War II veterans with their adult children in the United States. These efforts have allowed these veterans’ family members to wait for their visas in the United States.

Advancing Justice | AAJC has been a known and reputable voice in amicus briefs before the United States Supreme Court and other appellate courts. These briefs have touched on a wide variety of topics, including affirmative action, voting rights, access to the Internet, English proficiency, and immigration. Demonstrating the trust given to us, over 245 different organizations have joined our briefs in the last two years.

We continue to have a vibrant and dynamic community partners network. This network provides training and technical assistance to grass roots Asian American and Pacific Islander organizations in 32 states and the District of Columbia. It allows local voices to be lifted nationally. It also provides Advancing Justice | AAJC with first-hand information about the issues facing our diverse community.

As an affiliation, Asian Americans Advancing Justice–with our partners in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco–is getting stronger and more unified. Across all of our platforms, we are coordinating our work more than ever. Under one common name, our collective impact has and will increase significantly.

Notwithstanding the successes of Advancing Justice | AAJC, we know that the community’s needs are increasing–not diminishing. The 2016 election and the new Administration clearly present challenges to our community. Our organization needs to continue to grow, and be strategic about how we can use our experience and expertise to effect positive change. We must demonstrate leadership, focus and commitment at this critical time.

Our work could not be done without the generosity of friends and donors. We extend our deepest gratitude to all of you who have supported our work and look forward to your continuing support as we seek to advance the civil and human rights of Asian Americans, and to build and promote a fair and equitable society for all.

Thank you.

Advancing Justice | AAJC is founded as the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium.

Advancing Justice | AAJC successfully advocates for expansion and reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act.

First program areas include anti-Asian violence, voting rights and immigrant rights.

FOUNDING YEAR VOTING RIGHTS ACT FIRST PROGRAM AREAS

John C. YangPresident and Executive Director

Parkin LeeChair, Board of Directors

A MESSAGE FROM OUR LEADERS

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Advancing Justice | AAJC files its first amicus brief with the Supreme Court in the case Wisconsin v. Mitchell. In upholding that state’s hate-crime statute, the Supreme Court cites AAJC’s brief.

Advancing Justice | AAJC publishes the first Audit of Violence Against Asian Pacific Americans and helps to successfully pass the Hate Crimes Sentencing Enhancement Act.

FIRST AMICUS BRIEF AUDIT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS

IMMIGRATION AND IMMIGRANT RIGHTSSTRENGTHENING ROOTS

PROMOTING FAIR AND JUST IMMIGRATION POLICIESAdvancing Justice | AAJC is one of the nation’s leading authorities on immigration policy as it affects the Asian American community. We leverage our position as a leader in the Asian American and broader social justice community in order to promote fair and just immigration policies that protect family unity, provide access to immigration status and a pathway to citizenship, and prevent discrimination in enforcement.

OUR ADVOCACYThroughout the 114th Congress, we educated Congress and the public about the impacts of proposed anti-immigrant and anti-refugee policies on AAPI communities and promoted forward-looking legislation such as the Reuniting Families Act which was introduced in 2016 by Representative Michael Honda. With gridlock in Congress, we turned to administrative advocacy during the prior administration to fix our broken immigration system.

REUNIFICATION FOR FILIPINO WORLD WAR II VETERANS

The Filipino World War II Veterans Parole Program is illustrative of the meaningful victories we can achieve to reunite families - in this case, uniting Filipino World War II veterans with their adult children who can now wait for their visas in the U.S. instead of waiting for many years overseas. Advancing Justice | AAJC played a key role in the advocacy for the creation of the program throughout 2015 and worked closely with USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) and the White House in its implementation and outreach in 2016. USCIS began accepting applications for the program in early June 2016.

DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS (DACA)

Advancing Justice | AAJC continued its nationwide outreach and education to assist Asian Americans in accessing legal assistance and applying for relief under DACA. Our continued partnership with the AAPI DACA Collaborative allowed us to learn more about best practices and lessons learned from DACA-related outreach, which we were able to convey to policymakers in Washington, D.C.

NEW AMERICANS CAMPAIGN (NAC)In 2015, Advancing Justice | AAJC became the site leader for the New Americans Campaign in the Washington metropolitan area. In this role, we have been working to bring together local immigration service providers to pave a better road for citizenship. Advancing Justice | AAJC and the Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center (APALRC) have partnered with AAPI-serving community based organizations to hold numerous naturalization workshops to provide legal assistance to individuals applying to become U.S. citizens throughout the year.

LEFT: Citizenship Day 2016. On September 17, Advancing Justice | AAJC with the American Immigration Lawyers Association and our DC area NAC partners, organized nine workshops in DC, Maryland, and Virginia, through which we helped over 200 individuals apply for naturalization. RIGHT: Washington Post reporter David Nakamura tells the story of World War II veteran Art Caleda, a Philippines native who served our country, received citizenship under a 1990 immigration law, and continues to wait—now more than 20 years—to reunite with his children.

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Karen K. Narasaki is hired as executive director.

Advancing Justice | AAJC successfully leads efforts to defend family immigration against amendments that would have eliminated certain categories of family sponsorship.

NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR defends family immigration

CENSUSSTRENGTHENING ROOTS

ENSURING AN ACCURATE REFLECTION OF ASIAN AMERICANS IN THE CENSUS Advancing Justice | AAJC works to address barriers that have historically resulted in the undercounting and underreporting of AAPIs in federal data collection and analysis efforts. An accurate count of the AAPI community in the census is a must for government services to be provided to our people and for decision makers to understand the community’s importance. Our work has led to increasing census research on improving outreach to Asian Americans, particularly those who are limited English proficient—the people who stand to lose the most if they are not accurately represented.

Advancing Justice | AAJC serves in leadership roles as policy expert through our appointment to the Census Bureau’s National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations (NAC), as chair of the Census Bureau’s Language Working Group, as well as in our role as co-chair of the Leadership Conference Census Task Force.

We continue to provide education and technical assistance on census issues to the general public and our communities by highlighting the importance of the census. We are developing our Census 2020 Outreach and Education Campaign for the AAPI community, applying our experience from the Census 2010 Campaign to best reach our hard-to-count AAPI communities.

In November 2016, as chair of the Language Working Group for the NAC, Advancing Justice | AAJC led the development of a report focused on the Census Bureau language program for the 2020 Census. This led to a series of recommendations that included suggested criteria for which languages to cover, best practices for translations, and the types of materials to be translated.

INCREASING THE VISIBILITY OF ASIAN AMERICANS AS PART OF THE FABRIC OF AMERICAIn fall 2015, we published our demographic report on the West, the last report in our “Community of Contrasts” series based on 2010 Census data. We held launch events in each of the areas highlighted in the report: in Seattle with Asian Counseling and Reporting Services, in Portland with the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon, in Phoenix with Asian Pacific Community in Action, in Las Vegas at an event organized by community leaders, and in Honolulu with Papa Ola Lokahi. At each launch event, between 80-120 community

stakeholders attended—including community leaders, social service providers, business leaders, academics, funders, as well as legislators and administrative officials from local, state and federal government.

We have received enthusiastic and positive feedback on the report from many leaders who have expressed their gratitude for a tool that they have used to advance their advocacy agendas and to leverage greater resources for community needs. Further, we are increasing visibility and greater understanding of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities through ethnic and national press coverage.

Over 5,000 copies distributed

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Advancing Justice | AAJC advocates on issues related to Census 2000 by successfully fighting to keep Asian national origin categories on the short form.

Advancing Justice | AAJC launches the largest nationwide community-based education campaign targeting AAPIs to promote the 2000 census.

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LEGAL ADVOCACYPROMOTING EQUAL PROTECTION

ENSURING LEGAL PROTECTIONS FOR ASIAN AMERICANSThrough our legal advocacy program, Advancing Justice | AAJC participates in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal and administrative courts on key civil rights issues that have significant impact on AAPI and immigrant communities. We have engaged in cases at various stages of litigation, filing amicus curiae briefs and working with the broader racial and social justice movement, advancing equal protection for all Americans on a wide range of issues including voting rights, language access, education, immigrant rights, criminal justice, housing, healthcare access, and racial justice.

On March 14, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in King v. Burwell, a challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Advancing Justice | AAJC rallied in support of the ACA outside the high court alongside our partners. Advancing Justice | AAJC joined our partners and filed an amicus brief in the case.

FISHER V. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

MULTICULTURAL MEDIA V. FCC

KING V. BURWELL

BANK OF AMERICA CORP V. CITY OF MIAMI

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS V. NEWBY

LEE V. TAM

LEE V. UNITED STATES

In November 2015, Advancing Justice | AAJC, together with our affiliates Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles, Asian Law Caucus, and Chicago, submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the University of Texas at Austin’s affirmative action policy. June 23, 2016, the Supreme Court agreed with Advancing Justice | AAJC and upheld the University’s affirmative action program.

In October 2016, Advancing Justice | AAJC led a multiethnic coalition of 26 civil rights, immigrant rights, and language access advocacy organizations in submitting an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Our brief in support of multi-language emergency alert broadcasts highlighted the life and death impact on the ground for non-English speakers caught up in natural disasters and other emergencies.

In October 2016, we led a multiethnic coalition of 32 civil rights organizations to file an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the ability of cities to sue banks under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) to challenge discriminatory lending practices that harm minority homeowners and loan applicants. Our position saw victory on May 1, 2017.

In July 2016, we submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on behalf of 17 civil rights groups in a high-profile and extremely expedited appeal challenging imposition of proof-of-citizenship requirements for federal voter registration. Our position saw victory on September 9, thereby blocking states from adding proof-of-citizenship requirements for federal voter registration.

In November 2016, Advancing Justice | AAJC led a coalition of 12 AAPI organizations to file an amicus brief to warn the Supreme Court about the dangers of opening the federal trademark program to racial slurs and other disparaging trademarks. One of Advancing Justice | AAJC’s primary goals in filing the amicus brief was to lead public education and media messaging, particularly to Asian American youth.

In Fall 2016, Advancing Justice | AAJC filed a cert-stage amicus brief, leading a coalition of 15 Asian American, civil rights, and immigrant rights organizations in support of a petition for Supreme Court review by an immigrant facing deportation. In December 2016, the Supreme Court granted review. We led a merits stage brief in 2017, and our position saw victory on June 23, 2017.

EDUCATION CAMPAIGN LAUNCH

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VOTING RIGHTSBUILDING POLITICAL POWER

INCREASING VOTING POWER AND PROTECTING EQUAL ACCESS TO THE BALLOT BOX FOR ASIAN AMERICANS As a nationally recognized expert on voting rights, Advancing Justice | AAJC works to increase participation of Asian Americans in the political process by eliminating barriers to participation and promoting policies that increase access. We promote compliance with voting rights laws and increased access to the ballot, fight voter intimidation and suppression, produce reports on voting rights issues, and conduct voter surveys to increase understanding about the voting behavior and attitudes of our community. We also file amicus briefs on voting rights to ensure Asian American and other disenfranchised communities’ needs are known and on the record. We provide training to our Community Partners and local community based organizations on a wide range of issues, including enforcement of the language assistance provisions of the Voting Rights Act and election administration issues.

ELECTION PROTECTION AND LANGUAGE ACCESS

Ensuring language access during elections remains a top priority for Advancing Justice | AAJC.

FACT SHEETSFor the 2016 elections, Advancing Justice | AAJC published in-language factsheets on Sections 203 and 208 of the Voting Rights Act, identifying jurisdictions providing language assistance and explaining a voter’s right to assistance of choice, respectively. These languages included: Bengali/Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Tagalog, Thai, and Vietnamese.

PALM CARDSAdvancing Justice | AAJC designed a business-sized palm card that included state specific information, general voting information and rights, and advertisement of the hotline number and the languages supported. Over 6,500 palm cards were distributed to 24 partner organizations in 12 states (AZ, FL, GA, MN, NM, OH, PA, TX, VA, DC, MD and NC), which were utilized by our partners at their Get Out The Vote (GOTV) events and outreach leading up to the election.

VOTER GUIDEIn 2016, Advancing Justice | AAJC published the Presidential Voter Guide: A Resource for the Asian American Electorate for the general election, detailing the leading presidential candidates’

positions on several key issues. The Voter Guide was published for first-time voters who may not be as familiar with the voting process and included information on how to register to vote and cast a ballot, as well as voting information for all 50 states.

VOTER HOTLINEAdvancing Justice | AAJC and Asian Pacific Islander American Vote (APIA Vote) run the 888-API-VOTE Asian Language Election Hotline, a year-round, national, Asian-language voter protection/information hotline with bilingual assistance available to voters in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Vietnamese, Hindi, Bengali, Tagalog, and Urdu. We help voters who have questions about voting, need help understanding the voting process and those who experience problems voting. We host the hotline live at a call center all-day on Election Day. For the 2016 election cycle, calls were also answered live remotely by volunteers starting early October leading into November 8.

We had over 550 callers before Election Day. On Election Day we had nearly 250 calls addressed by volunteers. This call volume more than doubles the call volume in 2014, including five times more in-language calls.

Advancing Justice | AAJC launches the Asian Pacific American Media Coalition, which promotes inclusion of AAPIs in programming and operations of network television.

Advancing Justice | AAJC completes a handbook entitled, “Census 2000 Asian Population Demographic Data Handbook.” It includes Census 2000 population data on the AANHPIs.

LAUNCHES MEDIA COALITION COMPLETES DEMOGRAPHIC HANDBOOK

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTBUILDING POLITICAL POWER

ENGAGING WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO ADVANCE AND PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF ASIAN AMERICANSCOMMUNITY PARTNERS NETWORK

Established in 1995, this program has accumulated more than 20 years of experience in coalition-building as well as providing training and technical assistance to local groups on campaign efforts. With 156 community-based organizations and local allies in 32 states and the District of Columbia, we work closely with members of the network to develop regional and local capacity to elevate community voices across the nation. In turn, the network provides us first-hand information about the issues facing our diverse community.

EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE

In 2014, Advancing Justice | AAJC launched the Empowering Communities Initiative, formerly known as the Emerging Constituencies Initiative (ECI), which strives to provide support and build capacity of local organizations and leaders to advocate on behalf of their communities so that Asian Americans may more effectively participate in democratic processes at the local, state, and national levels.

In 2015, we convened 12 local AAPI organizations in Houston, TX for the ECI, creating the first AAPI-focused advocacy collaborative in the city and state. We provided technical assistance, including development training, which resulted in a successful $200,000 multi-year grant for the Houston ECI collaborative to support AAPI outreach and civic engagement. The ECI Leadership Committee established a structure and plan of action to utilize the grant both to increase AAPI engagement in Election 2016, as well as to establish a foundation for their policy efforts in 2017 and beyond.

YOUTH LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

Advancing Justice | AAJC’s Youth Leadership Summit is a three-day leadership development program for college students. The Summit provides a unique opportunity for young advocates from across the country to gain hands-on experience from interactive workshops and activities with policy advocates and legislative staff of Members of Congress on Capitol Hill. Advancing Justice | AAJC provided scholarships for 17 students in 2015 and 21 students in 2016.

" We talked more about comprehensive immigration reform, as well as the successes and challenges [Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders] face at the federal level. We learned that it was more than policy. Rather, it was an entire movement fueled by community advocacy. These women were at the forefront fighting for our rights. Fortunately, we were able to network with them after the session. The summit not only taught us about policy, and how to advocate for it, but also gave us the space to practice our new skills."

– LOUIE VITAL, Youth Leadership Summit 2016

NAPALC is renamed the Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) to more accurately reflect the group’s mission.

Advancing Justice | AAJC and APALC release “A Community of Contrasts,” a national demographic report that highlights AAPI communities and their social and economic diversity.

RENAMED AAJC A COMMUNITY OF CONTRASTS

“ The Youth Summit really taught me the skills I need to be an effective community advocate and leader. I’m grateful to Advancing Justice | AAJC for the opportunity to learn from today’s leaders in the civil rights movement, especially Mee Moua, and her staff. Every day, you are moving us further ahead in the fight for equal rights for all. Keep up the great work and thank you for inspiring a new generation of advocates to carry the torch.”

– DEVIN TRAN, Youth Leadership Summit 2015

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OUR IMPACT

Advancing Justice | AAJC strengthens its alliance with its affiliates–APALC, ALC and AAI–under the newly launched Asian American Center for Advancing Justice.

Mee Moua is hired as third president and executive director of Advancing Justice | AAJC.

STRENGTHENS ALLIANCE NEW PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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website visits a monthdifferent organizations and civil rights groups’ diverse and powerful voices were heard through the 7 Supreme Court amicus briefs Advancing Justice | AAJC authored or co-authored.

of volunteer assistance at our Citizenship Workshops where we collectively offered assistance in 8 different languages (Arabic, Cantonese, Hindi, Korean, Mandarin, Spanish, Urdu, and Vietnamese).

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LOS ANGELES 2016ADVANCING JUSTICE CONFERENCE

EMPOWERING ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES 2016 AND BEYONDThe Advancing Justice Conference (AJC) is the largest national conference in the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community focusing on civil rights and social justice. Every year, AAPIs from across the U.S. come together to address issues facing our fastest growing population. Last year’s Advancing Justice Conference theme, “Empowering Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities 2016 and Beyond,” focused on civic engagement and building our electoral and social power in support of economic and racial justice. Conference attendees participated in two days of panel discussions, caucus sessions, skills and capacity building, trainings, and networking receptions. Nearly 950 AAPI community leaders from across the country traveled to Los Angeles, California for the conference.

TOP: Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27), United States House of Representatives, Chair, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC)Opening Remarks:  What’s at Stake in the 2016 Elections? LEFT: Speaker Sue Van, President & CEO, Wallace H. Coulter FoundationPlenary: Why Do AAPI Voters Matter? RIGHT: Zahra Billo, Executive Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations – San Francisco Bay Area and Rep. Ted Lieu (CA-33) United States House of Representatives The Perpetual Sinister Foreigner: How Race, Religion and National Security Collide

Advancing Justice | AAJC successfully advocates for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy.

Advancing Justice | AAJC strongly supports AAPI federal judicial nominees, leading to two federal appellate court confirmations that year.

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AMERICAN COURAGE AWARDS

25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

The American Courage Awards is an annual event hosted by Advancing Justice | AAJC, honoring individuals, groups, and corporations in recognition of their extraordinary courage or commitment to the cause of AAPI civil rights. Generous support of the American Courage Awards serves to ensure the quality, continuance, and reach of our highly valuable programs to promote justice.

The American Courage Awards offers a meaningful opportunity for corporations, foundations, law firms, and community organizations to come together and show their support for strengthening the civil and human rights of the AAPI community.

2015 American Courage AwardLeft to Right: Bridge Builder Award Honoree Google Accepted by: Katherine Oyama, Sr. Policy Counsel, Google, American Courage Award Presenter U.S. Senator Al Franken, U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono, Mee Moua President and Executive Director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, American Courage Award Honoree The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr. Former Attorney General of the United States, Distinguished Service Award Honoree Dr. Prabhjot Singh, Physician Professor and Community Leader

LEFT: 2016 American Courage Awards Honorees, Left to Right: American Courage Award Honoree Vanita Gupta, Former Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, President’s Award Honoree Khizr Khan, Gold Star parent, Changemaker Award Honoree Jimmy Ferguson, Owner/Operator, J-C’s McDonald’s Ltd.BOTTOM: Parkin Lee Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC Board Chair

Successfully advocated for program to allow Filipino American WWII Veterans to reunite with their families in the U.S.

Advancing Justice | AAJC successfully co-led effort for rescision of anti-muslim Federal registry system (NSEERS).

FILIPINO VETERANS ADVOCACY RESCIND NSEERS

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2015 DONORSAdvancing Justice | AAJC gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the following supporters. If there is an error or omission, please call (202) 296-2300 ext. 0121.

Defender ($10,000–$24,999) Jeffrey HsiThe David and Katherine Moore Family Foundation Gina ShishimaJacinta Titialii-Abbott

Advocate ($5,000–$9,999) Anne ChowPaul Lee

Parkin Lee and Doris Ng George Willy

Protector ($2,500–$4,999) Mark FordhamDeanna Lee Raymond LinSona Pancholy Rogene Pendleton

Benefactor ($1,000–$2,499)Jennifer AhmedMichael Isaku BegertTed Childs LLC Pamela Cordova Johnnie Giles Ben Huh Marlene M. JohnsonIrene and Kenzo KawanabeMichael Kim

Yoon Young Lee Derek Miller and Sumee Jo Taron Kato Murakami Ron and Fujie Ohata Gita N. Pancholy Skip W. Rhodes Pamela SmithLinda Mar Weidman and Scott Weidman

Leaders ($500–$999) Debo Adegbile Francis ChinRichard Dolan & Marilyn Dolan Go Kevin FongMichael FungKenie Ho Bill HouKaren Korematsu Nancy LeeSunil MansukhaniWarren MaruyamaDoris MatsuiRobert MoffittMaulik Pancholy and Ryan CorvaiaNimesh PatelRobert RabenRoselyne C. Swig

Partners ($100–$499) Irwin BacuitaPriya Bathija Harry BudisidhartaRogene CalvertJeff ChanWarren ChanLisa ChangTejpal Chawla Ming ChenMichael Choi

Elayne ChowKelvin ChuKevin ChuBhumika DaveDeborah Dunlop & Donald Hayashi Dayna S FellowsEdwin Fichter Ivan FongAnkur GoelGraphek Mark Grisby Daniel B. HessJayanne HinoCheryl Hirata-DulasJames HoPaul and Louann IgasakiLois IngramDeeana Jang Derrick JohnsonRodney KawakamiEllen KimKimi KondoIrving KuoJason LagriaCarol LeeKatherine LeeJudith Lichtman Marcia LimAndrew LinJulie LuElla Mae Matsumura

Daniel MayedaThomas MigakiMark Morodomi Raymond S. MurakamiVasu MuthyalaPeggy NagaeLillian NakagawaJadine NielsenHirotoshi and Sumie NishikawaFrank OceanKristina ParkAli PashaLeslie ProllAmy SandraRukku Singla James Slaughter Una Song Antonio Taguba Michele TamMustafa TameezRichard T. Ting Willard Tom & Natalie LichtensteinElaine TungPaul Uyehara Stanley Young and Hyun- Sook ParkAustin WangMartha WatanabeJimmie and Margaret Wing

Louis WooFrank WuGrant WuSue YanJenny Yang Margaret Chow Yung

Friends ($1–$99) Binoy Agarwal Lynn BoikoIrene BuenoYee ChangViveka ChenKelly ChengJK Choi Kuge Chosei and FrancesSuman DhanireddyMichelle EsperanzaElaine J. FongRodney FongJenigh GarrettBenjamin De GuzmanHeat C. Leao Sharmaine Heng Holly HolstJaime KawanabeKanji KawanabeThomas KometaniAsako Kubota F.L. KugeRichard KumiyukiAbe Lai

Jim LarsonLorraine LeeParkin Lee Andrew L. LeongMichael LiebermanQuinnie Lin Dick LocastroTina Matsuoka Joe MooreBrian MunshiNanay CEDC Phi Nguyen Robert NishinakaImtiaz NooraniFranklin OdoElena OngDavid K. ParkChristopher PunongbayanAmeesha Sampat Monteiro SilvaKristen StehlingA.J. SuttonJaseem TameezAndrew ThompsonKenji and Mary TomitaKaren TsengKelly Williams Lena WongSimone Wu Ivy YanDebrework Zewdie

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLEWe gratefully acknowledge the following individuals who are members of the President’s Circle. The President’s Circle is a premier support group of Advancing Justice | AAJC.

FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS

FOUNDATIONS Annie E. Casey Foundation | The Boston Foundation | Children Count Foundation | Fannie Mae Foundation | The Ford Foundation l Four Freedoms Fund | Open Society Foundation | Rockefeller Brothers Foundation | Sierra Health Foundation | The Tides Center | W.K. Kellogg Foundation | Wallace H. Coulter Foundation

CORPORATE ALLIANCE AT&T | Comcast NBC Universal | Facebook | Google | interTrend Communications, Inc. | McDonald’s Corporation | National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) | Nielsen | Northrop Grumman | State Farm Insurance Companies | The Rockefeller Group | Time Warner Cable | Verizon | Walmart

OTHER CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT3M | AARP | Abercrombie & Associates, LLC | Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP | All State l Amazon Smiles | Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund | Bank of America Charitable Foundation | CBS Corporation | Center for Public Interest Research | Covington & Burling LLP | Crowell & Moring LLP | Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP | First Capitol Consulting | Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman | The George Washington University School of Law | GRAPHEK, Inc. | Gray, Plant & Mooty | Hogan Lovells US LLP | Imprenta Communications Group | IW Group | King and Spalding | Lim, Ruger & Kim, LLP | Locke Lord LLP | Marriott International |Minami Tamaki LLP | NAACP Legal Defense Fund | NAFSA: Association of International Educators | NANAY, Inc.| National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum | National Association of Broadcasters | National Education Association | NVG, LLC | National Asian Pacific Center on Aging | National Immigration Forum | National Partnership for Women & Families | OCA | People for the American Way | The Pew Charitable Trusts | PhRMA | Planned Parenthood | Project Vote | Qualcomm | The Raben Group, LLC | Ropes & Gray LLP | Service Employees International Union (SEIU) | Seyfarth Shaw LLP | Shen Consulting Inc. | Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett LLP | Starbucks Coffee Company | Ted Childs, LLC | United Food and Commercial Workers Int’l Union AFL-CIO, CLC | US. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation | The Walt Disney Company | Wilmer Hale, LLP | Woodbury Plastic Surgery

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2016 DONORS

Defender ($10,000–$24,999) Jeffrey HsiParkin LeeGina Shishima and Ernest David Sosa Jacinta Titialli-Abbott

Advocate ($5,000–$9,999) Bill ImadaJimmy and Cindy Ferguson Yoon Young Lee

Anne H. Chow and Robert W. MooreGeorge Willy

Protector ($2,500–$4,999) Debo AdegbileJoan HarataniDon LiuTaron Kato MurakamiNimesh PatelLinda Mar Weidman and Scott Weidman

Benefactor ($1,000–$2,499) Warren Chan Jennifer ChenWai-Ling EngJeffrey FergusMichael and Debbie FungBrenda HibbelnPaul and Louann IgasakiKenzo Kawanabe Fair Kim

Karen KorematsuAndy LiuDoris MatsuiDerek MillerTuan NguyenSandra PaikGordon and Sylvia Quan Skip W. RhodesAngelo Oh and Ming Tu

Leaders ($500–$999) Maulik Pancholy and Ryan CorvaiaSusan Jin DavisMichael IsakuNancy LeeChristopher Kang and Elizabeth LiuSunil MansukhaniWarren MaruyamaJ. Zach Rosenblatt John Paul Schnapper- CasterasYe ShangSachiko TakayasuKim TranAustin Wang

Partners ($100–$499) Kevin BradleyTonia BuiSanket BulsaraJeff ChanElaine Chang-Baxter Tejpal ChawlaMing ChenKathy Ko ChinFrancis ChinYunup ChongRose ChuArlo CutrightNelson Dong

Daniel and Cheryl Hirata DulasPraveen Fernandes Edwin FichterMark FlemingKevin FongElaine FongRodney FongClifford GawAlbert GiangJayanne HinoJames HoNeil HorikoshiKyla HsiaKatharine HsiaoZachary HueyLois IngramJeanne IslerRandall Lee and Stella Jeong Les Jin Jasjit KalraAngie KarnaMichael KerkmanAndrew KimSara KlineAnahaita KotvalKamren KubeshIrving KuoAbe LaiEugene LaoCarol LeeKo Lee

Lisa LeeCynthia LeeLucy LeeKaren LeungJeffrey LewisMichael LiebermanDavid LongtinDaniel MayedaWilliam McLucasLeslie Moe-KaiserFloyd MoriLillian NakagawaJadine NielsenAngela NorthPatrice O’Day Cindy Ok Erin OshiroJoshua PackmanBede RamcharanArchana SahgalNaznin SaifiJames SlaughterDavid SmythK. Dane SnowdenBrenda Abdelall and Tamer SolimAntonio TagubaMichele TamGary TanigawaNatalie Lichenstein & Willard K. Tom Ying Ming TuVallay Varro

Val WanMartha WatanabeSeth Waxman and Katherine WhitleyJonathan WilliamsJimmie and Margaret WingTed Gong and Mohkeed Wong Eunice YangJohn C. YangKim Young

Friends ($1–$99) Anisa AliCynthia BaleMatthew BeehrPatrick BologneseGale BonkerScott BusinskyEarl CamposCelina ChanFanilla ChengMoon ChoiArthur GeeBecky GeorgeBrian GrayKevin HoganCaron IkedaCharles IngramDennis JingDavid KaiserJune KaoJon KatzRika Kido

Andrea KwonChristy KwonJason LangriaRenee LaiJames LardnerDuabhav LeeRebecca LeeDorothy LewDavid McCordAlok MoharirDhrupad NagJustine Ly NguyenElena OngPrashant RameshGreg SetoUdeitha SrimushnamAndrew StaneckiGray TangElizabeth TaylorMary ThextonMichael TienKenji and Mary TomitaJohn M. TranBrian TsaiGay WilkinsLena WongFrank WuAngela WuWeidong XiaGerald Yamada Ivy YanLaura YooAlison Zhao

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLEWe gratefully acknowledge the following individuals who are members of the President’s Circle. The President’s Circle is a premier support group of Advancing Justice | AAJC.

FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS

FOUNDATIONS Annie E. Casey Foundation | Boston Foundation | Four Freedoms Fund | Hiram Leung and Ellyn Lo Fong Foundation | NEO l Open Society Foundation | The David and Katherine Moore Family Foundation | The Ford Foundation | W.K. Kellogg Foundation | Wallace H. Coulter Foundation

CORPORATE ALLIANCE AT&T | CBS Corporation | Charter Communications | Comcast NBC Universal | Facebook | Google | McDonald’s Corporation | National Association of Broadcasters | National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) | Nielsen | Northrop Grumman | Nueva Vista Group, LLC | PhRMA | The Rockefeller Group | SalesForce | Starbucks Coffee Company | State Farm | The Walt Disney Company | Time Warner Cable | Verizon | Walmart

OTHER CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT3M | 50CAN Great Schools Change Everything | AARP | Abercrombie & Associates, LLC | ACCESS | Amazon Smile | AMOA | Asian American Bar Association | Asian American Bar Association of Houston | Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies | Asian Pacific Islander American Scholarship Foundation | BB&T | Chin & Curtis, LLP | Crowell & Moring LLP | Davis Graham & Stubbs, LLP | First Capitol Consulting | Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman | Hogan Lovells US LLP | IW Group | K&L Gates LLP | Law Offices of William C. Hou | Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | Leadership Conference | Lim, Ruger & Kim LLP | Marriott International, Inc. | Mei & Mark, LLP | NAFSA: Association of International Educators | NQAPIA | OCA | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP | Outten & Golden LLP | Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Inc. | Service Employees International Union | The George Washington University Law School | The Javade Chaudhri and Gail Kee Fund | The Raben Group, LLC | Unite Here | United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, CIO | Wilmer Hale, LLP | Your Cause, LLC

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STAFFMee Moua President and Executive Director

Lucy M. Lee Vice President, Finance and Operations

Jiny Kim Vice President, Policy and Programs

Michelle Boykins Director, Strategic Communications

Lisa Campbell-Thornton Director, Human Resources and Administration

Cecelia Chang Director, Litigation

Eugene Chay Senior Staff Attorney,

Megan Horn Essaheb Assistant Director, Immigration and Immigrants’ Rights Litigation

Marita Etcubañez Director, Strategic Initiatives

Jessica Hamlett Office Manager

K.B. Jenny Kim Development Associate

Terry Ao Minnis Director, Census and Voting Programs

Steven Montoya Director, National Campaign

Sameen Piracha Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations

Ameesha Sampat Manager, Digital and Online Communications

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Parkin Lee, Chair The Rockefeller Group

Anne H. Chow, Vice Chair AT&T

Taron Murakami, Secretary Mark Fordham, Treasurer Starbucks Coffee Company

Jeffrey D. Hsi Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Kenzo S. Kawanabe Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP

Karen Korematsu Fred T. Korematsu Institute

Stewart KwohAsian Americans Advancing Justice | LA

Deanna Lee Carnegie Corporation of New York

Yoon-Young Lee Wilmer Hale

Andy Liu Social Security Administration

Sona Pancholy Venable LLP

Nimesh Patel Wilmer Hale

Gina N. Shishima Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

Jacinta Titialii - Abbott Attorney and Business Consultant

Kim Tran Microsoft Corporation

George R. WillyWilly, Nanayakkara, Rivera & Goins

NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCILLinda Mar Weidman, Chair Marriott International, Inc.

Kevin Bradley The Boeing Company

Irene Bueno Nueva Vista Group LLC

Jonathan M. Cohen Gilbert Randolph LLP

Johnnie Giles Comcast Corporation

Ankur Goel McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Joan M. Haratani Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Bill Ong Hing University of San Francisco School of Law

Neil Horikoshi Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund

Douglas Jackson Magnus, LLC

Mark Keam Independent Consultant

Joseph K. Kim O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Yul Kwon Facebook

Bill Lann Lee Civil Rights Education andEnforcement Center

Paul Lee Goodwin Procter

Ginger Lew Three Oaks Investments LLC

Raymond Lin Latham & Watkins LLP

Sunil Mansukhani The Raben Group

Warren H. Maruyama Hogan Lovells US LLP

Mari Matsuda University of Hawaii School of Law

Sylvester Mendoza, Jr. Northrop Grumman Corporation

Dale Minami Minami Tamaki LLP

Leslie Moe-Kaiser, Ph.D. OCA National

Harsha Murthy Consummate Capital LLC

Angela E. Oh CA Dept. of Fair Employment and Housing

Skip Rhodes Skip Rhodes and Associates, LLC

Robert S. Sheen First Capitol Consulting, Inc.

Robert K. Woo, Jr. King & Spalding LLP

Frank H. Wu University of CaliforniaHastings College of the Law

Jeff Yang Factor, Inc.

PRO BONO Caldwell Leslie & Proctor, PC | Covington & Burling | Gilbert LLP | Goodwin Proctor LLP | Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP | Crowell & Moring | Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP | Hogan Lovells LLP | Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP | Wilmer Hale LLP

2015–2016 // 13

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

83%GRANTS & CONTRIBUTIONS

2%OTHER INCOME

11%FUNDRAISING

15%SPECIAL EVENTS

6%MANAGEMENT & GENERAL

83%PROGRAM

EXPENSES 2016 REVENUE 2016

ASSETSCash and cash equivalents 1,950,844 2,701,724

Investments 827,599 1,039,993

Grants and pledges receivable 3,112,728 2,216,029

Prepaid expenses and deposits 56,560 171,580

Property and equipment, net 25,744 30,626

TOTAL ASSETS 5,973,475 6,159,952

NET ASSETSUnrestricted 870,985 1,019,792

Temporarily restricted 3,854,359 4,309,615

Permanently restricted 532,315 532,315

TOTAL NET ASSETS 5,257,659 5,861,722

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

5,973,475 6,159,952

LIABILITIES

Accounts payable and accrued expenses 401,449 207,333

Deferred rent 314,367 90,897

TOTAL LIABILITIES 715,816 298,230

2016 2015

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

REVENUE UNRESTRICTED TEMPORARILYRESTRICTED

PERMANENTLYRESTRICTED

2016TOTAL

2015TOTAL

Grants and contributions $ 94,901 $ 2,651,329 $ – $ 2,746,230 $ 2,008,468

In-kind gifts 40,000 – – 40,000 –

Investment income (loss) 15,655 40,412 – 56,067 (8,920)

Special event 515,126 – – 515,126 393,522

Rental income – – – – 27,027

Other income 7,829 – – 7,829 17,836

Net assets released from donor restrictions 3,146,997 (3,146,997) – – –

TOTAL REVENUE 3,820,508 (455,256) – 3,365,252 2,437,933

OTHER ITEMSDe-obligations – – – – (68,500)

Changes in net assets after other items (148,807) (455,256) – (604,063) (960,959)

Net assets at beginning of year 1,019,792 4,309,615 532,315 5,861,722 6,822,681

NET ASSETS AT END OF YEAR

$ 870,985 $ 3,854,359 $ 532,315 $ 5,257,659 $ 5,861,722

EXPENSES

PROGRAM SERVICES

Broadband – – – – 842

Census 144,359 – – 144,359 179,037

Community Partners 2,003,084 – – 2,003,084 1,181,983

Immigration and Immigrant Rights 276,621 – – 276,621 529,449

Litigation 567,300 – – 567,300 458,522

Lobbying 4,756 – – 4,756 3,574

Strategic Planning 5,045 – – 5,045 22,609

Voting Rights 299,060 – – 299,060 296,886

TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES 3,300,225 – – 3,300,225 2,672,902

SUPPORTING SERVICES

Management and General 216,229 – – 216,229 247,091

Fundraising 452,861 – – 452,861 410,399

TOTAL SUPPORTING SERVICES 669,090 669,090 657,490

TOTAL EXPENSES 3,969,315 3,969,315 3,330,392

CHANGES IN NET ASSETS BEFORE OTHER ITEMS (148,807) (455,256) (604,063) (892,459)

2016 2015

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