Asian American Federation SOLD OUT 2026 Impact Awards Wednesday, April 22nd 6:30 PM

Presenting Sponsors Groombridge Wu Baughman & Stone Kim and Grace Lee Hard Rock Metropolitan Park Visionary Sponsors Fried Frank The Asian American Foundation Champion Sponsors Anonymous Jean Siao Siegel Family Endowment Amazon Chung Pak Local Development Corp PWC Emily Mathews Clearly Gottlieb Andrew and Evelyn Yang Leader Sponsors Tiger Baron Foundation The Walt Disney Company JP Morgan Chase & Co NYC Health + Hospitals Bellevue Deloitte

🥂 The AAF 2026 Impact Awards is now sold out! We're looking forward to an exciting evening on Wednesday, honoring the courage and leadership of Asian Americans who have made an impact on our lives and communities.

PBNYC - Cast Your Ballot Vote on local projects to improve your NYC neighborhood. Vote Week: March 29 - April 6.

You decide where the money goes.

Participatory Budgeting Vote Week is your opportunity to fund real projects in your neighborhood, from safer parks to better schools and improved public spaces.

Just 3 days left— make your vote count: https://rnd.council.nyc.gov/PB_Voting/

PBNYC - Cast Your Ballot Vote on local projects to improve your NYC neighborhood. Vote Week: March 29 - April 6.

Participatory Budgeting Vote Week is ending in a few days!

This is your chance to decide how NYC Council funds are spent in your community— from parks and schools to libraries and public spaces.

Vote online or in person: https://rnd.council.nyc.gov/PB_Voting/

Asian American Federation 2026 Impact Awards Wednesday, April 22nd Emcee Nina Pineda Award-winning journalist who has covered some of the defining stories of her generation and lead Eyewitness News' "7 On Your Side" team

We are excited to announce that Nina Pineda from @abc7ny.bsky.social will be our emcee for the 2026 AAF Impact Awards!

An award-winning broadcast journalist and the face of WABC-TV's "7 On Your Side", Nina has covered some of the defining moments of her generation from 9/11 to Obama's inauguration.

Today marks the five year anniversary of the deadly shooting at a FedEx ground facility in Indianapolis, Indiana.

On April 15, 2021, eight people—including four members of the local Sikh community—were murdered by a gunman.

Since H.R. 1 was enacted last July, 100,000 fewer New Yorkers are participating in SNAP. With 40% of eligible Asian households relying on SNAP and 40% of Asian elders living in or near poverty, these cuts are hitting our most vulnerable and leaving thousands hungry.

Map showing the percentage change in the number of SNAP participants between July 2025 and December 2025 in each state.

Last July, the Republican megabill (H.R. 1) enacted the deepest SNAP cuts in history. Today, we're releasing a tracker of how many people in each state are losing the SNAP benefits they need to afford groceries. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

All families deserve to be together, but cruel immigration policies are tearing families apart. Despite serving his sentence, Van Vu was still detained by ICE. This “double punishment” is re-traumatizing communities trying to heal. Read the article from @publicradiotulsa at the link in our bio.

Death of Vietnamese immigrant in Indiana facility is latest ICE detainee fatality A Vietnamese immigrant died in ICE custody last week, according to officials, marking the 46th detainee death during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

Tuan Van Bui — a Vietnamese man who's called the U.S. home since 1990 — died at an ICE facility in Indiana on April 1. This marks the 46th death — 11th of an Asian person — to occur in ICE's horrific concentration camps since Trump returned to the White House in 2025. 🧵⬇️

In the Birthright Citizenship Hearing, a Story of Asians Fighting for Rights

“The reason why there are so many cases involving Asian immigrants or the children of Asian immigrants is because immigration law in this country for a very long time was incredibly unreceptive to Asian immigration & naturalization,” Prof. Amanda L. Tyler tells @nytimes.com: https://nyti.ms/3NW3Koo

Asian immigrants are among the largest groups in removal proceedings in NY, yet the city's immigration legal services system is largely out of reach for them. Most intake hotlines don't offer a single Asian language. Outreach to Asian communities is rare.

Supreme Court’s Birthright Decision Could Deal a Heavy Blow to Asians

For generations, Asian Americans came to the U.S. on visas to work for U.S. companies and study at U.S. universities. They contributed to our communities and economy while trying to get citizenship.

Birthright citizenship protects the rights of their children to grow up as equal members of society.

A photograph of Deputy Mayor Julie Su speaking before a room of Asian community-based organizations.

A photograph of the room of attendees meeting Deputy Mayor Julie Su.

A group photo of participants and Deputy Mayor Julie Su.

It was our honor to host a conversation between Deputy Mayor @juliesulabor.bsky.social and nearly 40 of AAF's member & partner organizations where we discussed the administration's economic justice agenda and how NYC's economic policies can be informed by the lived experience of Asian New Yorkers.

Supreme Court’s Birthright Decision Could Deal a Heavy Blow to Asians

"Relative to the small size of the undocumented Asian population, we would see very high numbers of Asian children born in the U.S. without citizenship. We would be creating an undocumented population of Asians out of thin air.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/u...

A Profoundly Tragic Refugee Death in Buffalo Adds to a Grim Border Patrol Toll in 2026 Nurul Amin Shah Alam crossed the world to flee profound persecution.

"...And this captured what I felt when I learned about the death of 56-year-old, nearly blind Rohingya refugee Nurul Amin Shah Alam in Buffalo, New York, after he was abandoned by U.S. Border Patrol agents."
Read the full op-ed in Slate Magazine by Me Me Khant, an exiled Burmese poet and advocate.

📊55% of Asians expressed regularly experiencing assumptions of being foreign and 54% of Asians share that they’ve experienced at least one form of everyday discrimination.

That’s what NORC and the Committee of 100 found after recently polling 2,021 people nationwide.

How $154.62 in Gift Card Fraud Led to a Man’s Death in ICE Detention - Documented Chaofeng Ge was found dead in ICE custody last year, hanging in a shower stall with his hands and feet bound behind his back. His family wants answers.

Chaofeng Ge was found dead in ICE custody last year, hanging in a shower stall with his hands and feet bound behind his back. His family wants answers.

Asian American Federation 2026 Impact Awards Wednesday, April 22nd Leadership Awardee Hae-Lin Choi Co-Founder of Hands Off NYC

Introducing our 2026 AAF Impact Awards Leadership Honoree: Hae-Lin Choi, co-founder of @handsoffnyc.bsky.social—a citywide network uniting neighbors, unions, faith leaders & civil rights groups.

Join us in celebrating her and all the leaders of our communities! givebutter.com/c/y324Z5

Asian American Federation 2026 Impact Awards Wednesday, April 22nd Courage Awardee Justin Go Father of Michelle Go and Advocate

Asian American Federation 2026 Impact Awards Wednesday, April 22nd Courage Awardee Marilyn Go First Asian American woman to serve as a federal judge (ret.) and founder of the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY)

Asian American Federation 2026 Impact Awards Wednesday, April 22nd Courage Awardee Lawrence G. Wee Partner in the New York office of Milbank LLP

Asian American Federation 2026 Impact Awards Wednesday, April 22nd Courage Awardee Jennifer H. Wu Founding Partner, Groombridge, Wu and Stone LLP

Introducing the 2026 AAF Impact Awards Courage Honorees: Justin Go and his pro bono legal team of Marilyn Go, Lawrence G. Wee, Jennifer H. and Wu. We honor them for their bravery in the face of anti-Asian violence and their pursuit of justice.

Join us in celebrating them at givebutter.com/c/y324Z5

Mayor Mamdani Appoints Richard Lee as Commissioner of the Department of Finance

Congratulations Richard Lee for this well-deserved appointment as Commissioner of @nycfinance.bsky.social!
www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...

Eid Mubarak from Team AAF

Eid Mubarak from the AAF team! Wishing all who celebrate a joyful holiday!

Asian American Federation 2026 Impact Awards Wednesday, April 22nd 6:30PM For more information please contact Maddie Legg at gala@aafederation.org

Please join us on April 22nd at 6:30 PM in celebrating the contributions of leaders who are uplifting our communities and making an impact for Asian Americans, New Yorkers, and our immigrant neighbors and families.
🎟️Tickets: givebutter.com/c/y324Z5

Asian American Federation 2026 Impact Awards Wednesday, April 22nd Honoring Hae-Lin Choi Co-Founder of Hands Off NYC Justin Go Father of Michelle Go and Advocate and his Pro Bono Legal Team Marilyn Go, Larry G. Wee, and Jennifer H. Wu

We are thrilled to announce our two honorees for this year’s AAF Impact Awards on April 22nd—Justin Go, father of Michelle Go and advocate for mental healthcare, and his pro-bono legal team & @haelinchoi.bsky.social, co-founder of @handsoffnyc.bsky.social!
🎟️Tickets: givebutter.com/c/y324Z5

JFREJ members and partners stand on the steps of City Hall, holding signs that say “fund hate violence prevention”

We’re at City Hall with our partners to unveil #NYCAgainstHateViolence: a comprehensive policy proposal that addresses the crisis of hate violence in our city. We’re calling on our reps to invest $26-30 million in non-carceral hate violence prevention to keep all New Yorkers safe.

Daphne Thammasila speaks on the steps of city hall

“We keep us safe is a call to action” says Daphne Thammasila of our partner @aafederation.bsky.social

Many people and organizations came together to make this initiative possible, and we are so grateful to the Language Justice Collaborative, community partners who helped with recruitment, elected officials who advocate for language access, and the co-op members themselves!

A group photo of community leaders, elected officials, and co-op members that created the United in Speech Co-op NY.

United in Speech Cooperative Request interpretive services in Arabic, Bangla, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Korean! Free for community partners bit.ly/United-in-Speech-Request

We are proud to announce the launch of United in Speech Co-op NY! This is the first worker co-op in the country for Asian language interpreters, and they are now accepting requests in Arabic, Bangla, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Korean from community partners! bit.ly/United-in-Speech-Request

🚨BREAKING: New York Mayors Call on Albany to Pass New York for All to protect immigrant New Yorkers from ICE

Visit nyic.me/ny4all to join the fight!

#NY4All #passny4all #iceoutofny #iceoutofnewyork

Keeping Count | A/PI adults feel the impact of ICE as arrests quadruple under Trump - Stop AAPI Hate Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda is having far-reaching effects on Asian and Pacific Islander (A/PI) communities. ICE arrests of people from A/PI countries under Trump are almost four times what they wer...

👀 Read more about our survey with NORC at the University of Chicago, and learn how A/PI communities are taking action to resist Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda. ⬇️

Press Statement March 16, 2026 Five years ago, Asian Americans were being told that we didn’t belong here in the places we call home and we were to blame for the problems our country faced. None of this was new. This bigotry was part of a long history of racial injustice stretching back from the Yellow Peril of the 1800s to Japanese internment in World War II to Islamophobia in the wake of 9/11. In this history we find not just discrimination against Asian Americans but a common thread of racism and violence against all communities of color and marginalized groups. Today, racist rhetoric is again being deployed by government officials to attack immigrant communities. In this assault on immigrants and their loved ones, we see the same forces that led to the murder of six Asian women and we see the same injustices that we must collectively fight back against. aafederation.org 3/4

Press Statement March 16, 2026 Anti-Asian hate has not gone away. It has evolved. From pandemic scapegoating to Islamophobic violence to anti-South Asian harassment to xenophobic deportations, an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. Five years ago, Asian New Yorkers showed up in force to defend our loved ones, demanding an end to the hate. In each other, we found the resilience and strength we needed. We learned that our power is in our community, our unity. We must continue showing up today for our families and neighbors and fighting for a New York where all are welcome and where everyone can live in safety and dignity. aafederation.org 4/4

Today, racist rhetoric is again being deployed by government officials to attack immigrant communities. In this assault on immigrants and their loved ones, we see the same forces that led to the murder of six Asian women and we see the same injustices that we must collectively fight back against.