To end Black History Month, we’re featuring our Policy Director Richa Poudyal and three things she’s learned about South Asian solidarity with Black liberation.
I’m reflecting on my own role in Black liberation as a young, class and caste privileged, first generation Nepali-American in the United States. Here are 3 things I’ve […]
Change your neighborhood. Run for your local school board.
APANO will be making candidate endorsements and focusing our efforts in the following “Priority Races” for the May 18, 2021 Local Elections:
by Jeanice Chieng
Policy Manager
On August 24th a group of 45+ parents and community advocates gathered at PCUN (United Farm Worker’s Union) in Woodburn, OR to discuss HB 3499 (English Language Learner reform law) that was passed in 2015. This summit comes right as the Oregon Department of Education works through the beginning stages of implementing […]
by Jeanice Chieng
Education Justice Manager
Our education system is failing students of color from non-English speaking homes who are in enrolled in English Language Learner (ELL) programs. There is a roughly 24% opportunity gap between ELL students and non-ELL students–recent Oregon data shows that only 51% of ELL students graduate high school on […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 20, 2016
Contact: Luann Algoso
Community Engagement Manager
luann@apano.org, 971-340-4861
APANO Youth Win Key Step for Ethnic Studies in Portland Public Schools
Portland, Ore. – Yesterday the APANO-led Ethnic Studies resolution was introduced to the Board of Education Teaching and Learning Committee, and ethnic […]
