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More than 50 percent of AAPI voters said they have not been contacted by either party in the past year, said Juliet K. Choi, President and CEO of Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum. Despite this, nearly 75 percent of registered AAPI voters are motivated to vote. Health care is the No. 1 priority for the AAPI community, with nearly 90 percent of respondents identifying it as top of mind. Health care included access to women’s health care and abortion rights. Inflation and the economy ranked second and crime third for AAPI Gen Z voters. But the conversation around crime is nuance ..read more

"The 2020 election showed us that [Asian American] and [Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander] voters have an outsized national impact, especially in those places where the margin of victory is very fragile," said Juliet Choi, president and CEO of Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum. "We've been saying this for years and unfortunately, I do believe our voices are not heard loudly enough ..read more

APIAHF president & CEO Juliet K. Choi quoted in Bloomberg Law on vaccination outreach efforts with communities of color ..read more

Democratize our data. The challenge of accurately diagnosing which areas require the most relief and vaccine focus is twofold: First, we must address the underreporting of certain racial groups when collecting data. Second, we must standardize our data collection effort across government agencies, including how we categorize demographic data. Incompleteness and lagging uniformity exacerbate a vicious cycle that directs resources inaccurately, driving up resource needs in certain communities, and foments distrust. We have an opportunity now to stop the cycle ..read more

The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum is set to use its $1.8 million dollar award to address the "digital divide" in Asian American communities and offer additional simplified vaccination instructions in less broadly spoken but critical languages like Samoan, Marshallese and Chuukese, said CEO Juliet K. Choi. Choi also said online messaging about vaccines would be prominent on popular communication platforms like WeChat, WhatsApp, and KaKao ..read more

The everyday lives of Black, Latino, Asian-American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native communities are shaped by generations of systemic racism. The U.S. government played a significant role in setting these conditions. It only stands to reason that the same government has a responsibility to dismantle these systems, which have prevented our nation from being the truly free, truly equal land it hopes to be. A White House office dedicated to racial equity would be able to coordinate the full range of federal agency efforts to advance racial equity, centered on ..read more

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