Do you know me? AAPI Leaders
Revolution & Resistance
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AAPI Community
Census 2020
100
Known for playing Sulu in the original Star Trek TV series and movies that followed. He is now famous for his social media presence, activism, and more. His contributions to society include raising two million dollars in support of gay marriage back in 2012. His most recent accomplishment was his starring role in the Broadway play Allegiance, which is about love in Japanese internment camps.
George Takei
100
Mauna Kea
100
Four mothers, four daughters, four families, whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's telling the stories. This well-known book came out in movies in 1993.
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
100
Non-profit, non-partisan, social justice advocacy organization dedicated to securing the rights of Asian Pacific Americans in the United States. A national organization dedicated to advancing the social, political, and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans.
OCA
100
When is/was Census Day?
April 1st, 2020
200
An American journalist. An anchor and reporter for the U.S. television news networks NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, and MSNBC. Her more famous interview subjects include Claus von Bülow and U.S. Representative Gary Condit, whom she interviewed first after the Chandra Levy disappearance, and basketball legend Magic Johnson after he went public about being HIV-positive.
Connie Chung
200
In 1963, under the rule of Ngo Dinh Diem, South Vietnam largely advanced the agenda of the country's Catholic minority and discriminated against Buddhist monks. A monk, by the name of Thich Quang Duc, used this extreme form of protest.
Self-Immolation
200
This well-known comedian wrote Dear Girls, heartfelt and hilarious letters to her daughters (the two she put to work while they were still in utero) cover everything they need to know in life, like the unpleasant details of dating, how to be a working mom in a male-dominated profession, and how she trapped their dad.
Ali Wong
200
a 501c(3) that implements an ecosystem of programs to develop the capacity of the Muslim voter to ensure that our narrative is part of the American fabric.
Emgage
200
Women, Men, Children, and ____. Are counted in the household.
Babies.
300
The first non-white woman to serve in Congress, this Japanese American became a passionate and tireless advocate on behalf of women and disadvantaged minorites. She led the push for passage of Title IX in 1972 to ensure that girls have the same athletic opportunities as boys.
Patsy Mink
300
Fifty years ago, students at San Francisco State embarked on a campus strike that lasted five months – the longest student strike in U.S. history. Led by ____ and _____the strike was a high point of student struggle in the revolutionary year of 1968.
Black Student Union and Third World Liberation Front
300
The book describes the experiences of Jeanne Wakatsuki and her family before, during and following their imprisonment at the Manzanar concentration camp due to the United States government's internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Farewell to Manzanar by James D. Houston and Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
300
non-profit that educates, empowers, and connects the Pilipino American community by providing a platform for dialogue and growth. We unite Pilipino Americans through collaborative action, leadership development, and advocacy.
UniPro (Pilipino American Unity for Progress)
300
You can complete the census online or by phone in how many different languages?
13 different languages! English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Russian, Arabic, Tagalog, Polish, French, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, and Japanese.
400
American academic who worked on documenting the history of Filipino Americans. She was born in Stockton, and earned her doctoral degree from Stanford University; she later taught at San Francisco State University. She passed unexpectedly in 2018.
Dr. Dawn Mabalon
400
This labor strike was organized by the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC), a predominantly Filipino and AFL-CIO-sponsored labor organization, against table grape growers in Delano, California to fight against the exploitation of farm workers. This resulted in the Mexican National Farmworkers Association (NFWA) joined the cause. In August 1966, the AWOC and the NFWA merged to create the United Farm Workers (UFW) Organizing Committee.
Delano Grape Strike
400
Made into a motion picture in 2018, this story involves New Yorker Rachel Chu and her boyfriend, Nicholas Young. She envisions a humble family home and quality time with the man she hopes to marry. But Nick has failed to give his girlfriend a few key details. One, that his childhood home looks like a palace; two, that he grew up riding in more private planes than cars; and three, that he just happens to be the country’s most eligible bachelor.
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
400
The only organization focused on building power with AAPI women and girls to influence critical decisions that affect our lives, our families and our communities. Using a reproductive justice framework, we elevate AAPI women and girls to impact policy and drive systemic change in the United States.
NAPAWF - National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum
400
These are the questions the census _____ ask you:
- Your Social Security number.
- Money or donations.
- Anything on behalf of a political party.
- Your bank or credit card account numbers.
- no citizenship question on the 2020 Census.
Will NOT
500
A civil rights activist. Known for her friendship with Malcolm X. There is an iconic picture in which she is trying to help Malcolm X right after he was shot by the assassins. She lived in New York City in a community that housed a lot of minorities, with mostly black and Puerto Rican neighbors. She often hosted open houses in her apartment with the Freedom riders, a group of civil rights activists that rode buses across the country into segregated areas, and offered a place to sleep to community activists. This person and her husband, William Kochiyama played a role in getting government reparations for the Japanese-Americans who were interned.
Yuri Kochiyama
500
This case has been cited by some Asian Americans to support the idea that they are seen as not fully citizens or "perpetual foreigners" compared to "real" Americans. In 2010 the city of Ferndale, Michigan erected a legal milestone marker at Woodward and 9-mile commemorating the murder to ensure that his story is not forgotten
Vincent Chin Case
500
A Filipino children's book in both English and Tagalog. The title is based on the timeless motor skills and memory game taught to Filipino babies. An adult says to the baby, "______!" Based on memory, a baby will open and closer his/her eyes, batting them for all to see!
Beautiful Eyes by Gayle Romasanta
500
Advocates for an America in which all Americans can benefit equally from, and contribute to, the American dream. Our mission is to advance the civil and human rights for Asian Americans and to build and promote a fair and equitable society for all. A national 501 (c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1991 in Washington, D.C.
Asian American Advancing Justice (AAJC)
500
The Census Bureau is bound by the _______ to keep your information confidential.
Title 13 of the U.S. Code