Founded in 1974, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) is a national organization that protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans. By combining litigation, advocacy, education, and organizing, AALDEF works with Asian American communities across the country to secure human rights for all. AALDEF focuses on critical issues affecting Asian Americans, including immigrant rights, civic participation and voting rights, economic justice for workers, language access to services, educational equity, housing and environmental justice, and the elimination of anti-Asian violence, police misconduct, and human trafficking.
Connect:
NCSD Contact: Kenneth Kimerling, kkimerling@aaldef.org
Website: http://www.aaldef.org
Social Media: Facebook – Twitter
Related Resources:
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“Aim for Diverse Schools, But Don’t Leave it Up to Charters” by David Tipson and Khin Mai Aung (Next City, February 28, 2013)
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Press Release: New Federal Educational Diversity Guidance Will Benefit Asian American Students (December 5, 2011)
- Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) and Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) amicus briefs in the United States Supreme Court in support of voluntary racial integration in the cases of Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education, et al., and Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 (October 2006)