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SDAAFE Endorses Hon. John Chiang For Governor

San Diego Asian Americans for Equality endorses state Treasurer and former Controller John Chiang for California Governor. “John Chiang is committed to making investment in education a top priority as governor, and has always supported in breaking the political ceiling” said Steve Hsieh, Vice President of San Diego Asian Americans for Equality. “Being a child of immigrants, John has sought to help Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders […]

SDAAFE 2018 Annual Meeting

SDAAFE 2018 annual meeting was held on January 13, 2018 at Holy Gao restaurant. Former district attorney Bonnie Dumanis, former state representative Tom Hom couple，former Republican congress candidate Denise Gitsham were among the invited guests that attended the meeting. The meeting elected a new board of directors, with total 12 board members, including Frank Xu, […]

SDAAFE endorses Bob Huff for Congress

“We are pleased to announce our endorsement of Bob Huff for congress. We have known Mr. Huff since 2014, he is a true believer in leveling playing field such that everybody has equal opportunities to compete, which is in line with what SDAAFE advocates.”, said Frank Xu, co-founder and board member of SDAAFE. Mr. Huff […]

SDAAFE endorses Bonnie Dumanis for San Diego County Supervisor

San Diego Asian Americans for Equality (SDAAFE) decides to endorse Bonnie Dumanis for San Diego County Supervisor. “We are pleased to announce our endorsement of Bonnie Dumanis for the board of supervisors. Based on her excellent  local public service record,  SDAAFE believes that Mrs. Dumanis will be an effective leader on the Board of Supervisors on […]

SDAAFE endorse Hon. Chris Cate for San Diego City Council District 6

San Diego Asian Americans for Equality (SDAAFE) decides to endorse Hon. Chris Cate for San Diego City Council District 6. “It is our immense pleasure to endorse Council member Chris Cate for his re-election for San Diego City Council, District 6. Chris’s vision of getting the community politically and civically involved and his emphasis of […]

SDAAFE condemns all political violence

San Diego Asian Americans For Equality (SDAAFE), a local non-partisan organization advocating equality for Asian Americans and all Americans, condemns in the strongest possible terms all political violence. On August 12, 2017, during a violent clash of a group of white supremacists and Antifa counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, one person was killed and 19 others […]

SDAAFE Statement on SDUSD litigation

STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF SAN DIEGO ASIAN AMERICANS FOR EQUALITY   Good morning. My name is Frank Xu, and I am the President of San Diego Asian Americans for Equality Foundation (SDAAFE).   SDAAFE is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering Asian Americans to win equal opportunity and justice through active participation in civic and […]

SDAAFE calls for a #FryUnited campaign

Contact: Frank Xu, President of San Diego Asian Americans for Equality, 8582151162, On April 9th, a 69-year-old doctor, David Dao, was physically assaulted and dragged out by Chicago Security Officers from United Express Flight 3411 at O’Hare International Airport, after the airline targeted him for removal to insert UA employees into a fully booked flight. […]

What is Affirmative Action? Do you support it?

Affirmative Action (AA) is a highly-loaded phrase that carries diametrically opposite meaning to different people. No thoughtful debate can be engaged without clearly identify which one of the four common versions is being discussed: 1) The Lyndon Johnson definition vs. the current practice 2) Race-based AA vs. socioeconomic-based AA The phrase AA was originated in […]