CAAAV’s 3rd annual Dance-A-Thon! Saturday, May 18th, 10:30PM PMT Dance Studio (69 West 14th St., 3rd Fl) Show your love for CAAAV and support our work in low-income Asian communities in NYC by forming a team, fundraising, and/or donating! Check out CAAAV’s dance moves in our trailer video here! CAAAV builds the leadership of low-income[.....]

Monday, April 1st. 9AM at 500 Pearl St. to Pack the Courts, 1PM at Foley Square for a Press Conference: Be part of the historic fight to end stop-and-frisk in New York City! Floyd v. City of New York is a federal class-action lawsuit filed against the NYPD that challenges the NYPD’s practices of racial[.....]

Sunday, March 31st, 12PM noon at 81 Bowery: Support 81 Bowery tenants’ right to return to their homes! Three weeks ago, the tenants were forced out of their apartments and told to pack up their belongings and leave immediately. They were given only three days of emergency shelter from the Red Cross and many had[.....]

Sunday, March 24th, 12-3PM @Project Reach (39 Eldridge St, 4th Fl) Lunch – Documentary Screening – Know Your Rights Training! Attend for a chance to win a FREE $50 Amazon gift card! On March 24, 1995, an innocent teenager, Yong Xin Huang, was killed by the NYPD. On the anniversary of this unjust and tragic[.....]

Statement on 81 Bowery Eviction March 9, 2013 On March 7th, about 50 residents were forced out of their homes at 81 Bowery by the Fire Department of NY (FDNY).  A vacate order had been issued earlier that day, citing safety reasons.  Personnel from the FDNY showed up in the middle of the day, when[.....]

  Sunday, February 24, 1pm @ Long Xin Restaurant (50 Eldridge Street) Come celebrate the year of the snake at our annual Lunar New Year Banquet! We will feast, feature some great folks, and welcome a new year of community development for and by the community.  Tickets are $30 and available at the office (vegetarian option[.....]

Saturday, February 2/23, 1:15PM-2:30PM @ Columbia University CAAAV’s youth program Asian Youth in Action will be leading a Know Your Rights training and screening our youth-produced documentary “No Justice, No Peace! No Biased Police!” at the East Coast Asian American Student Union Conference. Register at ecaasu2013.org to access the training as well as other workshops,[.....]

Sunday, February 17th, 12pm @ CAAAV Office (46 Hester Street) Come march with us and the Lunar New Year for All contingent in the Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade! We’re meeting up at the office at 12pm and heading over together. Four years ago, Lunar New Year for All, led by members of the lesbian,[.....]

As a member of the Alliance for a Just Rebuilding, CAAAV is working for equitable and sustainable rebuilding after Hurricane Sandy. Below is CAAAV and other alliance members’ response to Bloomberg’s announcement of federal grants for Sandy relief.  We demand democratic planning, transparency and accountability from the Bloomberg administration to ensure that members of the[.....]

Did you spend money buying flashlights, batteries, cleaning materials and other supplies before, during, and immediately after the storm? Were you unable to work because of the storm? Do you need to file a claim with FEMA? Do you need help filing an insurance claim? CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities will be holding free Sandy Relief[.....]