APICAW holds monthly general meetings and frequent educational forums and events.

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To contact us, please email: APICAW {at} yahoo {dot} com

OUR MISSION

Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition Against War is a coalition of organizations from Asian and Pacific Islander communities in the Bay Area. We believe that true peace and security can only come through global justice. Working in solidarity with other anti-war groups and community organizations, our mission is to represent and bring an API perspective to a growing anti-war and anti-interventionists movement in the U.S.

We believe in the sovereignty of oppressed peoples and human rights within the U.S. and abroad. We support the self-determination of nations and the right to stand up against U.S. occupation and other occupying forces. Mortgage calculator

We are united around the following five points:

1. We are dedicated to global peace and justice. We oppose the U.S. government's "war against terrorism". This includes sanctions, bombings, the deployment of ground troops, covert operations and any other violent reaction. The U.S. government has used the "war on terrorism" as a way to promote its own imperialist agenda. It has resulted in more violence and the loss of more innocent lives both in the U.S. and abroad. Our communities and those with whom we stand in solidarity are suffering the most because war has targeted Third World countries and because the U.S. armed forces are disproportionately composed of young and working class people of color.
   
2. We stand in solidarity with all targeted communities, including South and West Asians in the struggle against racism and immigrant scapegoating. Entire communities have been under attack, resulting in raids, mass detentions and deportations. Individuals have been harassed, violently attacked, and murdered. The "war on terrorism" should also not be used to strip immigrants of their rights or increase restrictions on immigration including deportation and prolonged detention.
   
3. We stand for our civil and political rights – and will fight to protect them against further erosion. We demand that our right to political expression be upheld, including the right to protest and organize. We oppose increased surveillance and harassment of organizations and individuals.
   
4. We believe in the need to build strong grassroots organizations that provide safe spaces for those willing to learn about, be aware of, and fight the many intersecting systems of oppression which hold us down. This includes recognizing and challenging oppression and privilege such as that based on ability, age, class, ethnicity, gender, immigration status, race, and sexuality. Strong organizations must be accountable to their communities in order to promote a united and empowered movement.
   
5. We promote the development of a broader geopolitical analysis of the "war on terrorism", and its integration into our local work. This analysis examines the role of Asia and the Pacific Islands in the context of international politics, and links the “war on terrorism” to the war at home on our communities.
   

APICAW Organizational Members: AAMovement / Ezine; Alliance of South Asians Taking Action (ASATA); American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) / Asian & Pacific American Community Program (APAC); Asian & Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy & Leadership (AYPAL); Asian Prisoner Support Committee (APSC); BAYAN-USA; Chinese Progressive Association (CPA); Chin Jurn Wor Ping, or Moving Forward For Peace (CJWP); Korean Americans United for Peace (KAUP); and VietUnity

• A Call for Global Unity & Struggle
  Against U.S. Imperialist War and Aggression buy dell laptop battery for your notebook : by VietUnity
  
• End U.S. War and Terror in Iraq and the Philippines
  Statement on 3 Year Anniversary of Iraq War: by BAYAN-USA
  
• Nothing Will Defeat The Spirit of This Land: Posters on the War in Viet Nam: APICAW, Asian Resource Gallery, and the All Of Us Or None (AOUON) Archive joint exhibition statement
  
• A Call For Peace in the Korean Peninsula: by Korean Americans United for Peace (KAUP)
  
• Statement in Solidarity with the People of Palestine.

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Justice * Anti-War * Anti-Hate Links

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Acting in Solidarity with Afghan People

Alliance of South Asians Taking Action (ASATA)/(Bay Area)- site includes anti-hate resources and downloadable brochures and posters.

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (AAADC)/(SF) - Volunteers from the Arab, Muslim, and South Asian community are urgently needed to help provide culturally sensitive community support for recent immigrants facing the brunt of the backlash against our communities. Help with translation, education and outreach, and special registration monitoring by calling the SF chapter of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee at 415 861-7444.

Artists Network of Refuse & Resist

Asian American Federation of New York has compiled 9/11 Resources for Asian Americans - a listing of health and human service providers who are assisting Asian Americans affected by the tragedy on September 11th.

DC Asians for Peace and Justice

Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM)/ (NYC) - Donate money to the Emergency Family and Legal Fund for immigrant detainees.

Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting - media watch on coverage of Sept 11th and responses.

Filipinos for Affirmative Action - organizing around justice for non-citizen airport screeners.

Iraq Peace Team/Voices in the Wilderness

National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

New Yorkers Say No To War

Nosei Network - socially conscious, progressive Japanese American and Japanese National youth and adults.

Not in Our Name

Sikh Mediawatch and Resource Task Force

Third World Within - Peace Action Coalition - 20 NYC-based organizations run by & for People of Color.

Town Hall Committee Against War And Hate

Tricity Peace Action - formed in response to the Gulf War over ten years ago by community members from Fremont, Newark, Union City, etc.

US Japan No War Network

War Times - A national newspaper dedicated to telling the truth about the "war on terrorism".

Previous APICAW Events

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* Dec 17 - APICAW presented an update on Oakland Screeners: On the Frontlines of Airport Security. Co-sponsored by Filipinos for Affirmative Action and the Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines. Call Kawal Ulanday for further information at (510) 465-9876 x301

* Oct 15 thru Dec 6 - In The Face of War: Asian Photographers View Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, Philippines & USA @ the Asian Resource Gallery, 310 - 8th Street, Oakland. Click here for full press release.

* Oct 1 - APICAW sponsored A Report Back from Palestine with allies Darlene Wallach and Lea Rages.

* July 16th meeting, the SPIN Project conducted a media training.

* Tuesday April 30 - Training for Trainers. Click here for additional information. NEW! the curriculum for the anti war trainings will be available soon.

*April 15 - Tax Day Awareness Action - APICAW participated in public education on where our taxes are really going! At West Oakland post office.

*April 16th - APICAW meeting with Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM-NYC), when co-founder Monami Maulik spoke about DRUM's organizing work with detainees, their families, and the South Asian community in NYC.

* Thursday Feb. 28 - APICAW co-hosted Sister Rise Up Event. Money raised will go to airport screeners' movement (independent petition online here). Special thanks to poets Ishle Yi Park and Shailja Patel for performing!

* Friday Dec 7th - "TOUR of SHAME" sponsored by APICAW, Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines, and U.S. / Japan No War Network. On the 60th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, we reject calls for revenge and instead call for peace. Click here for a Tour of Shame flyer with more details.